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Bolton Swings Sinatra: The Second Time Around (2006)

Where the lyrics of Bolton Swings Sinatra: The Second Time Around take you, and where it was really made.

Michael Bolton revisits Frank Sinatra standards with a big band, and the album's recording credits name studios in Connecticut and Los Angeles.

Key places

Recording at Passion Studios (2006)

Recording site Passion Studios — The album credits list Passion Studios in Westport, Connecticut as a recording location. The point is set at city-center level. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Recording at Capitol Studios (2006)

Recording site Capitol Studios — The album credits list Capitol Studios in Hollywood, California as a recording location. The point marks the studio building. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Recording at Record Plant (2006)

Recording site Record Plant (Los Angeles) — The album credits name Record Plant in Los Angeles as a recording location, alongside Westlake Studios. The point marks the Record Plant building. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Recording at Westlake Studios (2006)

Recording site Westlake Recording Studios — The album credits name Westlake Studios in Los Angeles as a recording location, alongside Record Plant. The point marks the Westlake Studios building. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• Bolton Swings Sinatra: The Second Time Around is an album by Michael Bolton
• Produced by Alex Christensen
• Arranged and conducted by Chris Walden
• Bolton records songs originally made notable by Frank Sinatra
• Twelve tracks, including a duet on "The Second Time Around" with Nicolette Sheridan
• Released 23 May 2006

Background

• Covers of standards that Sinatra made famous, mostly from the mid-century songbook
• Chris Walden Big Band supplies horns, woodwinds and strings
• Mike Lang plays acoustic piano, Hammond B3 organ and celeste
• Dean Parks plays guitars and Vinnie Colaiuta plays drums
• Mike Valerio plays bass and Luis Conte plays percussion
• Shari Sutcliffe serves as music contractor and project coordinator

Recording

• Steve Genewick credited for recording
• Al Schmitt credited for recording and mixing
• Recording studios named in the credits: Passion Studios in Westport, Connecticut; Capitol Studios in Hollywood; Record Plant and Westlake Studios in Los Angeles
• Mastering by Alex Christensen and Ralf Kessler, with the mastering location listed as Pinguin in Hamburg, Germany

Cover

• Front and back cover photography by Naomi Kaltman
• Third page photography also by Naomi Kaltman

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · it.wikipedia.org

Tracklist

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Formation

• Born Michael Bolotin on February 26, 1953, in New Haven, Connecticut.
• At age 14 he formed the group the Nomads, which was signed to a singles contract by Epic Records when he was 16.
• Began recording in 1975 at The Church Studio in Tulsa, Oklahoma, under his original family name Bolotin.
• Early career focused on hard rock; his band Blackjack once opened for Ozzy Osbourne on tour.

Career

• Anglicized his name to Bolton and gained his first major hit as a songwriter, co-writing "How Am I Supposed to Live Without You" for Laura Branigan.
• Recorded his own version of "How Am I Supposed to Live Without You" in 1988, reaching number one on the Hot 100.
• Achieved peak success as a pop ballad singer in the late 1980s and early 1990s with songwriters such as Diane Warren and Desmond Child.
• Covered Otis Redding's "(Sittin' On) the Dock of the Bay" (1987) and Percy Sledge's "When a Man Loves a Woman," a Grammy-winning cover on the 1991 album Time, Love & Tenderness.
• Faced a plagiarism suit from the Isley Brothers over "Love Is a Wonderful Thing," settled with a $4.2 million payment.
• Has sold more than 75 million records, with eight top 10 albums and two Billboard number-one singles.
• Later worked in television and film, appeared on Dancing with the Stars, and produced the documentary American Dream: Detroit.

Reception

At release

• Bolton Swings Sinatra: The Second Time Around released 23 May 2006
• Album by Michael Bolton, produced by Alex Christensen
• Arrangements and conducting by Chris Walden, who leads the Chris Walden Big Band on the album
• Twelve tracks of songs originally made notable by Frank Sinatra
• Track 1 "You Go to My Head" runs 4:03
• Track 2 "Fly Me to the Moon" runs 2:58
• Track 3 "For Once in My Life" runs 3:20
• Track 4 "Summer Wind" runs 2:34
• Track 5 "My Funny Valentine" runs 3:52
• Track 6 "I've Got You Under My Skin" runs 3:31
• Track 7 "That's Life" runs 3:17
• Track 8 "The Second Time Around" is a duet with Nicolette Sheridan and runs 4:03
• Track 9 "The Girl from Ipanema" runs 3:12
• Track 10 "Night and Day" runs 4:01
• Track 11 "They Can't Take That Away From Me" runs 3:10
• Track 12 "Theme from New York, New York" runs 2:28
• Personnel includes Michael Bolton on vocals, Mike Lang on keyboards, Dean Parks on guitars, Mike Valerio on bass and Vinnie Colaiuta on drums
• Horn, woodwind and string sections are credited individually, including concertmaster Ralph Morrison
• Solo credits list Jason Delaire on saxophone, Dan Higgins on saxophone, Rick Baptist on trumpet and flugelhorn, and Heitor Pereira on guitar
• Backing vocals on track 7 are credited to Carmen Twillie and Terry Wood
• Recording credits list Steve Genewick and Al Schmitt, with Schmitt also credited for mixing

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• Track 8 is a duet, with Nicolette Sheridan singing alongside Bolton
• Jason Delaire takes saxophone solos on tracks 1 and 12
• Heitor Pereira takes the guitar solo on track 9, "The Girl from Ipanema"
• Carmen Twillie and Terry Wood sing backing vocals on track 7, "That's Life"
• Mastering is credited to Pinguin in Hamburg, Germany, listed as the mastering location
• Naomi Kaltman shot the front and back cover photography as well as the third page photography

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · it.wikipedia.org

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