Track Listing

1. Who's Got The Action (with Big Bad Voodoo Daddy)
2. Ain't That A Kick In The Head (with Kevin Spacey)
3. I've Grown Accustomed To Her Face (with Chris Botti)
4. Baby O (with Paris Bennett)
5. Who Was That Lady (with Orchestra)
6. Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone (with Robbie Williams)
7. I Can't Believe That You're In Love (with Joss Stone)
8. Just In Time (with Dave Koz)
9. Baby It's Cold Outside (with Martina McBride)
10. King Of The Road (with Kevin Spacey)
11. You're Nobody Til Somebody Loves You (with Shelby Lynne, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy)
12. Arrivederci Roma (with Tiziano Ferro)
13. Everybody Loves Somebody (with Charles Aznavour)
14. Lullaby (Dean Martin acoustic)

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #48691 in Music
• Released on: 2007-08-14
• Number of discs: 1

Amazon.com
To honor Dean Martin's broad appeal and countless contributions to modern entertainment via his legendary music, stage, film and television career, many of the world's top artists have recorded new collaborative tracks with him on Dean Martin: Forever Cool. Forever Cool's 14 tracks pair Martin's original vocals with new arrangements and an all-star group of collaborators in a salute to the unparalleled talent and charisma of the man known around the world as "Dino". A special CD/DVD edition of Forever Cool is also available & contains a 25 minute "making of" & interview documentary footage.

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Whether you see Dean Martin as an iconic, velvet-voiced crooner or a repugnant symbol of Vegas excess, Forever Cool is a fascinating--if flawed--experiment in keeping the celebrated performer contemporary. A reworking of his vocal tracks as duets with internationally known collaborators (from British singer Joss Stone to Italian chart-topper Tiziano Ferro), the album additionally features new arrangements as well as one previously unreleased track (an a cappella version of "Brahms' Lullaby"), all seamlessly mixed with droll studio banter ("Last time I was this hot I had a kid") that gives the recording a palpable immediacy. In keeping the new instrumental backing tasteful and smart, producers Rob Christie, Phil Ramone, Patrick Williams, and Bobby Colomby spotlight Martin's considerable vocal skills and rescue him from his unctuous, drunk, and schmaltzy self-caricaturizing, even as some of the spoken prattle threatens to lift the martini glass to that trait. While trumpeter Chris Botti and saxophonist Dave Koz prove sparkling choices as collaborators, the selection of vocal guests sometimes seem head-scratchingly strange. Stone, who appears on "I Can't Believe That You're in Love with Me," is far too husky a singer to pair with Martin's smooth mega-baritone (and one can't help but think she could be his great-granddaughter), while Paris Bennett, the American Idol finalist, comes off as lightweight as Tinkerbell. Perhaps not surprisingly, actor/singer Kevin Spacey, with his hipster Bobby Darin chops, comes closest to matching Martin's joie de vivre, while Martina McBride's elastic, adaptive soprano makes her the most believable female counterpart, even as she is forced to truncate her usual phrasing. All in all, this is a thoroughly enjoyable invitation to a fantasy cocktail party where Dino is always, and ever, the star. --Alanna Nash

Customer Reviews

Dean Martin Forever Cool
This is an excellent compilation of
Dean Martin's songs. Fabulous quality and a great disc for reminiscing.
Well worth adding to a collection.

Creative
Clever recreations using modern technology allowing contemporary artists to perform 'with' the late-Dean Martin. Not all tracks work (i.e., "King Of The Road" with Kevin Spacey), while others add a certain artistic 'spark', notably "Baby-O" with Paris Bennett and "You're Nobody Till Somebody Loves You" with Shelby Lynne and Big Daddy Voodoo, to the downright disgusting ("I Can't Believe You're In Love with Me" with Joss Stone). This collection is a good contemporary introduction to the lazy singing style vocal talent that was Dino Martin.

"Oh, That Felt Good!"
This is what Kevin Spacey says at the end of "Ain't It A Kick In The Head", one of his duets with Dean, and that just about sums up this whole album for me. Hearing Dean again with vocalists Kevin Spacey (yes, that's right the gifted actor sings on this album), and Charles Aznavour, musicians Dave Koz and Chris Botti among others who admire Dean and those classic songs is a treat for anyone who enjoys Dean's music. Many people seem to dislike these "duet" albums as if they are somehow cashing in on someones name. But projects like these, if they are done well as I believe this one is, only keep his memory alive and bring new listeners to his music. Yes, I own it, and I feel good every time I listen to it.