Nobody But Me

by Michael Buble

Overview

Ever since crossing over with his 2005 soft rock hit "Home," Michael Buble has attempted to balance his love of traditional jazz standards with his knack for sincerely delivered contemporary pop material. It's something his similarly inclined crossover contemporaries, from Harry Connick, Jr. and Jamie Cullum to Josh Groban and Diana Krall, have all attempted with greater and lesser degrees of success. Even before them, legends like Frank Sinatra and Nat King Cole regularly strayed beyond the pages of the Great American Songbook, hoping to wrangle the odd country & western, polka, or latest British Invasion hit into submission. That said, Buble is arguably the best at doing the crossover dance. Blessed with a warm, inviting voice and attractively louche stage presence, Buble is a 21st century Bobby Darin; a mutable lounge act who knows when to swing, when to play it straight, and when to pepper a lyric with just enough tongue-in-cheek to let the hipsters know that you smell the cheese too. It's a multi-layered skill set that's helped him achieve a level of mainstream success on par with that of his more pop-oriented peers. Not surprisingly, he keeps the dance going with his slick, superbly executed ninth studio album, 2016's Nobody But Me. Co-produced by Buble along with a cadre of big-name pop producers including Johan Carlsson, Alan Chang, Jason "Spicy G" Goldman, and the Monsters & Strangerz, the album is not dissimilar from the Canadian artist's past works. Here, we get a handful of well-curated standards, from a jaunty reading of the Matt Monro classic "My Kind of Girl" to a lush, orchestral take on "The Very Thought of You" to a brightly swinging, Sinatra-esque version of "My Baby Just Cares for Me." And while it's Buble's finely honed talent for delivering these urbane, time-tested songs that remains the foundation of his appeal, he continues to defy easy categorization with his various forays into newly penned, modern radio-ready pop. Cuts like the crisp, '50s rock-meets-2000s-hip-hop title track, the twangy and soulful "Today Is Yesterday's Tomorrow," and the ukulele-accented duet with Meghan Trainor "Someday," are peppy anthems that make the most of Buble's charm. Ultimately, that Buble can successfully transition on Nobody But Me from the uber-earnest acoustic guitar boy band romance of "I Believe in You" to the giddy, mandolin-soaked, Dean Martin-pastiche of "On an Evening in Roma (Sotter Celo de Roma)" and make both work is at the least an enviable skill and at best, a kind of pop magic. Very few of his contemporaries can do that and nobody but Buble can own it like he does here. ~ Matt Collar

Product Details

Release Date:	10/21/2016
Label:	Reprise / Warner Bros.
UPC:	0093624917663
Rank:	192472

Tracks

1. I Believe in You
2. My Kind of Girl
3. Nobody But Me
4. On an Evening in Roma (Sotter Celo de Roma)
5. Today Is Yesterday's Tomorrow
6. The Very Thought of You
7. I Wanna Be Around
8. Someday
9. My Baby Just Cares for Me
10. This Love of Mine

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Michael Buble   Primary Artist,Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Charlie Davis   Trumpet
Joel Derouin   Violin
Rusty Higgins   Saxophone
Joel Shearer   Guitar
Neel Hammond   Violin
Keith Carlock   Drums
Cecilia Tsan   Cello
Wayne Bergeron   Trumpet
Alma Fernandez   Viola
Erik Kertes   Bass,Vocals
Caroline Campbell   Violin
Bijon Watson   Trumpet
Christian Hebel   Violin
Harry Shirinian   Viola
Tereza Stanislav   Violin
Lisa Dondlinger   Violin
Jenni Olson   Flute
Alan Chang   Piano,Vocals,Keyboards,Vocals (Background)
Andrew Duckles   Viola
Serena McKinney   Violin
Stephen Erdody   Cello
Graham Dechter   Guitar
Dan Higgins   Saxophone
Alyssa Park   Violin
George Doering   Mandolin
Timothy Loo   Cello
Ross Golan   Vocals (Background)
Greg Huckins   Saxophone
Charlie Bisharat   Violin
Joel Peskin   Saxophone,Sax (Baritone)
Mattias Bylund   Strings,Horn Engineer
Shalini Vijayan   Violin
Peter Erskine   Drums
Andrew Martin   Trombone
Craig Gosnell   Trombone
Alex Hahn   Saxophone
Garrett Smith   Trombone
Leslie Reed   Oboe
Brandon Fields   Saxophone
Sean Hurley   Bass
Walter Simonsen   Trumpet
Tina Soule   Cello
Bryan Lipps   Guitar,Vocals,Trumpet
Drew Dembowski   Double Bass
Songa Lee   Violin
Katia Popov   Violin
Erik Arvinder   Violin
Natalie Leggett   Violin
Bob McChesney   Trombone
Brian Dembow   Viola
Bill Cunliffe   Piano
Katisse Buckingham   Sax (Tenor)
Black Thought   Rap
Bruce Dukov   Violin
Lucia Micarelli   Violin
Chuck Berghofer   Bass,Double Bass
Carol Pool   Violin
Robert Brophy   Viola
Lyle Workman   Guitar
Ben Wolfe   Bass
Jacqueline Brand   Violin
Jeff Hamilton   Drums
Marion Felder   Drums
Nick Ariondo   Accordion
Sara Parkins   Violin
Heather Clark   Flute
Ralph Morrison III   Violin
David H. Speltz   Cello
Matthew Funes   Viola
Tamara Hatwan   Violin
Vanessa Freebairn-Smith   Cello
Luke Maurer   Viola
Laszlo Mezo   Cello
Brian Green   Guitar
Ira Glansbeek   Cello
Mattias Johansson   Violin
Erik Hughes   Trombone
Johan Carlsson   Drums,Organ,Piano,Guitar,Harmonica,Percussion,Tambourine,Synthesizer,Guitar (Acoustic),Vocals (Background)
Victoria Miskolczy   Viola
Steven Holtman   Trombone
Thomas Diener   Viola
Kevin Kumar   Violin
Maia Jasper White   Violin
Nina Evtuhov   Violin
Brad Leali   Saxophone
Josefina Vergara   Violin
Darius Campo   Violin
Gary Grant   Trumpet
Dave Walther   Viola
William Ross   Strings
Marisa Kuney   Violin
Caroline Buckman   Viola
Johana Krejci   Violin
Irina Voloshina   Violin
Julie Berghofer   Harp
Shawn Mann   Viola
Roberto Cani   Violin
Tamir Hendelman   Piano
Stuart Clark   Clarinet
Armen Ksajikian   Cello
Giovanna Clayton   Cello
Stephen Dress   Bass
Laura Dickinson   Vocals (Background)
Lemar Guillary   Trombone
Ryan Lerman   Drums,Guitar
David Bukovinszky   Cello
Meghan Trainor   Ukulele,Featured Artist,Vocals (Background)
Brian Clancy   Saxophone
Ross Gasworth   Cello
Luke Mauer   Viola
Jacob Braun   Cello
Benjamin Powell   Violin
Ron Clark   Violin
Joel Paragman   Violin
Mike Valerio   Double Bass
Joel Parkman   Violin
Jordan Vincent   Vocals (Background)
Josh Johnson   Saxophone
Magnus Johnsson   Trumpet
James Ford III   Trumpet
Ina Veli   Violin
Carolyn Riley   Viola
Adam Schroeder   Saxophone
Nick Vayenas   Trombone
Tomas Jonsson   Saxophone
Mike Lebrun   Saxophone
Mark Robertson   Violin
Wojtek Goral   Saxophone
Andrew Shulman   Cello
Radu Pieptea   Violin
Ralph Williams   Clarinet
Nils Petter Ankarblom   Horn
Jason Goldman   Guitar,Vocals

Technical Credits

Walter Donaldson   Composer
John Hanes   Mixing Engineer
Sandro Taccani   Composer
Johnny Mercer   Composer
Leslie Bricusse   Composer
Erik Kertes   Composer
Alan Chang   Arranger,Composer,Producer
Timothy Loo   Contractor
Ross Golan   Composer
Humberto Gatica   Engineer
Joe Soldo   Contractor
Mattias Bylund   Editing,Engineer,String Engineer
Jimmy Douglass   Engineer
Michael Buble   Arranger,Composer,Producer
Chris Walden   Arranger,Orchestration
Al Schmitt   Mixing
Bryan Lipps   Composer
Serban Ghenea   Mixing
Tariq Trotter   Composer
Patrick Williams   Arranger,Orchestration
Sol Parker   Composer
Ray Noble   Composer
Jason Goldman   Horn Arrangements,Arranger,Composer,Engineer,Producer,Orchestration
Cindi Peters   Contractor,Production Coordination
David Larson   Composer
Sam Holland   Engineer
Noah Passovoy   Engineer
Randy Merrill   Engineer
Tony Asher   Composer
Johan Carlsson   Composer,Producer
Adam Greenholtz   Engineer
Brian Wilson   Composer
Gus Kahn   Composer
Brian Warwick   Engineer
William Ross   Orchestration,String Arrangements
Steve Genewick   Engineer
Umberto Bertini   Composer
Frank Sinatra   Composer
Chris Reynolds   Engineer
Ryan Lerman   Composer
Sadie Vimmerstedt   Composer
Tom Jackson   Composer
Cory Bice   Engineer
Jeremy Miller   Engineer
Ryan Enockson   Engineer
Meghan Trainor   Composer
Harry Styles   Composer
Henry Sanicola   Composer
Nan Fredricks   Composer
Filip Bekic   Composer
Calle Ask   Composer
Frans Povel   Composer
The Monsters & Strangerz   Producer
Jeremy Lertola   Engineer
Robert Magnus   Composer
Tom Coyne   Mastering
Gina Zimmitti   Contractor,Orchestra Contractor