Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga
Cheek to Cheek
(Streamline/Interscope/Columbia)
2.5/5
This collaboration may come as a surprise, but as soon as you listen to the first song, it makes sense. Bennett and Gaga’s voices sound very serendipitous together; in combination, their voices remind me of an old Judy Garland and Fred Astaire duo.
But here comes the big “however”: every song on the album is a cover. There’s nothing I haven’t heard before, so I would rather put on Garland and Astaire.
Bennett and Gaga declared that this album is designed so that the younger generation could appreciate jazz, but there’s nothing young or fresh about the sound of this album.
The songs are recorded very well, and they are flawless in their execution. Both Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga are extremely talented, but I get the feeling that this album was just a money-grab ploy to combine two unlikely artists on one novelty disc.