This is neither an essential nor an endlessly replayable record - but what it is, thankfully, is a delightful entry point to the works of Tony Bennett. Upon release, Love for Sale received generally favorable reviews from music critics, most of whom highlighted the vocal chemistry between Bennett and Gaga.
This notion lends the songs a real emotional weight, where other standards albums have carried the weight of history rather poorly. This will be Bennett’s final album, and by proxy his final collaboration with Gaga (or anyone). Love For Sale is many things: a second studio collaboration with Lady Gaga, an homage to Cole Porter, and actually a rather charming album of jazz standards. Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett pose in the press room after winning the Grammy for Best Traditional Pop Vocals for their album 'Cheek to Cheek' during the 57th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles on. Part of the beauty of this project is the air of finality. Diving into a catalogue as rich and varied as Tony Bennett ’s might seem like a daunting task, but there’s no better place to start than this - his 61st and final studio album. There are many editions of this delicious album floating around in the ether, but the one to get (if you’re into buying physical copies) is the ‘International Deluxe’, which features a live disc of a performance of the whole debut album. There are other songs you’ll definitely recognise too - “Let’s Do It” (performed by Gaga as a solo) and “I Get A Kick Out Of You” are practically written into the fabric of any fan of popular music. The overblown, maximalist and instantly recognisable “I’ve Got You Under My Skin” is another highlight (naturally), but even that pales in comparison to the sheer heat of “I Concentrate On You”. The first solo track is a Lady Gaga run-through of “Do I Love You”, is pleasingly melodramatic, with Gaga’s voice soaring one second, sultry and smoky the next. Bennett and Gaga’s voices seem to bounce off each other, and become emboldened and enlivened by its presence. A few songs into Lady Gaga’s set the question began to loom: where was Tony Bennett This was his 95th birthday show after all, but these two last-minute shows (August 3rd & 5th, and announced just two weeks before taking place) at Radio City Music Hall were billed ominously as One Last Time. In a 60 Minutes special tied to Gaga and Bennetts shows together, Bennetts wife, Susan Benedetto, spoke to.
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The opening trifecta, “It’s De-Lovely”, “Night and Day” and the title track, all showcase how well this concept works. Lady Gaga shared an emotional update on the health of Tony Bennett after they were nominated for six Grammys. Lady Gaga escorts Tony Bennett off stage at his final performance in One Last Time.
There are tracks on here - as there were on their first collaborative album Cheek to Cheek - where the duo sing separately, but the best examples of why these albums work is in the beauty of the two voices coming together. Although many of the people who arrive at this project will have come from Lady Gaga’s immense pool of fans, this is an accessible and enjoyable album for all fans of traditional pop, vocal jazz and easy listening.
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