Crazy Love | ||||
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Studio album by Michael Bublé | ||||
Released | October 9, 2009 | |||
Recorded | February - August 2009 | |||
Genre | Vocal jazz, adult contemporary, rock, traditional pop | |||
Length | 47:34 | |||
Label |
143, Reprise 520733 |
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Producer | David Foster, Bob Rock and Humberto Gatica | |||
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Singles from Crazy Love | ||||
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | (75/100) |
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About.com | |
AllMusic | |
BBC Online | (favorable) |
Billboard | (favorable) |
Blogcritics | (favorable) |
The Boston Globe | (favorable) |
Entertainment Weekly | B |
The New York Times | (favorable) |
Los Angeles Times |
Crazy Love is the sixth studio album (and fourth major label studio album) by Canadian vocalist Michael Bublé. It was released through 143 Records and Reprise Records on October 9, 2009. After only three days of sales, it opened atop the Billboard 200 chart with 132,000 copies, making it Bublé's second No. 1 album. Spending the first full week at the top, the album increased in sales to 203,000 copies, staying again at the No. 1 spot on its second week. In Australia, the album debuted at No. 1 on the ARIA Albums Chart and spent six non-consecutive weeks as No. 1. It has since been certified five times Platinum. In the United Kingdom, Crazy Love topped the album charts.
As of October 2016, the album has sold almost 3.1 million copies in the UK. The album won the award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album at the 53rd Grammy Awards. It is one of his best selling works, with approximately 6 million units sold worldwide.
The album was recorded over a period of six months in Los Angeles, New York and Vancouver, Bublé's hometown. Produced by David Foster, Bob Rock and Humberto Gatica, Bublé describes Crazy Love as the "ultimate record about the inevitable roller coaster ride of relationships." The album was named after Van Morrison's 1970 song, "Crazy Love", with a cover version included. Bublé commented on the recording process for the album: "I started this record knowing I was going to record it differently than my previous ones. I dug way deeper and was more introspective on this one. Basically, I sang the truth - made each song autobiographical - and you can definitely hear the difference. I went back to the way my idols made their records. I wanted an organic feel - so people could feel like they were in the studio with me. The musicians and I all sat in the room, recorded it right from the floor and we let the sounds all come together and bleed into one another. It's not contrived. Not too perfect. It just feels really good."