![]() His ease provides a welcome tonic to Gaga's eager glee club theatrics and there are some sparks that arise from this contrast. Comparatively, Bennett takes things perhaps a shade too casually, relying on charm as much as skill. Gaga also is occasionally betrayed by her taste for camp - it's fetching when she's re-creating the splendor of 1976 within the album art but when she begins throwing out flirty asides on "Goody Goody" ("I'm no goodie, I'm a baddie"), she slips on the thin ice she's skating upon. She has the chops to sing these warhorses but she sometimes seems unsure of her skills, relying on sheer power when she'd be better off easing into a lyric. lang in 2002, while Gaga is grounded in music theater and cabaret, a background that is perhaps too apparent on Cheek to Cheek even when it serves her well. Bennett naturally has a long track record not just in regards to the Great American Songbook, but in presenting it to modern audiences, freshening it up for an MTV Unplugged in 1994 and cutting a full album with k.d. Furthermore, the two aren't such an odd pair. Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett sang before 2014's Cheek to Cheek - she popped up on his 2011 collection Duets II - so this standards album isn't exactly out of the blue. ![]() Purchase and download this album in a wide variety of formats depending on your needs. ![]()
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