Timeless (The Classics) Vol. 2

Michael Bolton

Released on 12/11/1999 by Columbia
Main artists: Michael Bolton
Genre: Pop/Rock

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For his second collection of pop standard covers, Michael Bolton doesn't really change his course of action, choosing to sing the songs everybody knows ("Sexual Healing," "Tired of Being Alone," "Let's Stay Together," "Try a Little Tenderness," "(What A) Wonderful World," "A Whiter Shade of Pale," etc., etc.). There are two surprises here, Bobby Caldwell's "What You Won't Do for Love" and Bob Dylan's "Like a Rolling Stone," but they're done up in the same adult contemporary arrangements as everything else on the record. So, Timeless: The Classics, Vol. 2 delivers exactly what you expect: predictable songs, as done by Michael Bolton. In one sense, that makes it stronger than some Bolton albums, since the material is all good, but it also highlights the fact that he isn't as subtle or nuanced a singer as his idols, even though he's grown more powerful over the years. Still, by 1999, that was hardly a revelation, and it seems churlish to complain about Bolton's singing or the predictability of the material, since that all comes as no surprise. Thus, that leaves Timeless: The Classics, Vol. 2 as a solid Bolton album. No revelations, no surprises -- just pure Bolton.

© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo

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Timeless (The Classics) Vol. 2

Michael Bolton

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Sexual Healing (Album Version)

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Michael Bolton, Producer - Michael Bolton, Performer - Bashiri Johnson, Percussion - Ted Jensen, Mastering Engineer - Jason Stasium, 2nd Engineer - Melonie Daniels, Background Vocal - Pete Greene, Recording Engineer - Lisa Cochran, Background Vocal - Neil Jason, Programmer - Neil Jason, Bass - Dann Huff, Electric Guitar - Odell Elliott Brown, Jr., Composer - Odell Elliott Brown, Jr., Lyricist - Greg Phillinganes, Keyboards - Shawn Pelton, Drums - Vicki Hampton, Background Vocal - Robert Bailey, Background Vocal - Mick Guzauski, Mixing Engineer - Dave Boyer, 2nd Engineer - Dave Reitzas, Recording Engineer - Steve Milo, Recording Engineer - Dave Delhomme, Keyboards - Eric Schilling, Recording Engineer - Kimberly Fleming, Background Vocal - Andrew Fellus, 2nd Engineer - Rob Mathes, Keyboards - Rob Mathes, Programmer - Phil Ramone, Producer - Marvin Gaye, Composer - Marvin Gaye, Lyricist - Mary Ann Tatum, Background Vocal - Tim Harkins, 2nd Engineer - David Ritz, Composer - David Ritz, Lyricist - Jan Folkson, Programmer - Trey Lorenz, Background Vocal - Jill Dell'abate, Coordinator - Nick Marshall, Mixing Engineer - Jeff Miranov, Guitar - Andre Betts, Programmer - Tom Bender, Mixing Engineer