Anne Murray Duets: Friends & Legends
Duets: Friends & Legends is a studio album by Canadian country artist Anne Murray. The album features seventeen of Anne's best-known songs re-recorded as duets with her favourite female singers.[2] While the record mostly consists of new studio tracks, Anne's duet with Celine Dion on "When I Fall in Love" was taken from a 1996 TV special.[2] The late Dusty Springfield's vocal on "I Just Fall in Love Again" was lifted from Springfield's 1979 recording of the track.[3]
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| Released | November 13, 2007 (Canada) January 15, 2008 (United States) | |||
| Recorded | 1979 (Dusty Springfield), December 14, 1996 (Anne and Celine Dion), Fall 2006-Summer 2007 at Blackbird Studios, Capitol Studios, Phase One Studios, Legacy Recording Studios, Orange Lounge | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 61:53 | |||
| Label | Manhattan | |||
| Producer | Robert Lange Anne Murray Phil Ramone | |||
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The album was released in Canada on November 13, 2007, where it reached #4 on the Canadian Albums Chart and has since been certified 2× Platinum (200,000 albums sold) in that country.[4] It received two nominations at the 2008 Juno Awards (Album of the Year and Pop Album of the Year), although it was originally omitted from the Album of the Year category after a calculation error.[5]
Anne Murray - Friends & Legends is also the title of a one-hour television special produced for CBC Television by Out to See Entertainment Inc. The show features duets by Anne Murray with her daughter Dawn Langstroth, Jann Arden and various other artists.
In the United States, the album was released on January 15, 2008, and peaked at #42 on the Billboard 200 as well as #8 on the Top Country Albums chart. As of 2016, the album has sold approximately 300,000 copies in the United States.[6]
This is Anne's final album of wholly new recordings. The following year, Anne made her final studio recordings -- four new tracks for the compilation Anne Murray's Christmas Album, which consisted mostly of previously released material.
Tour
To promote the album, Murray embarked on the 'Coast-to-Coast – One Last Time' tour.
Track listing
Personnel
- Kevin Axt - bass (tracks 8 to 9)
- Diane Barere - cello
- Eddie Bayers (tracks 1 to 3)
- Virgil Blackwell - bass clarinet
- Peter Bleakney - bass (track 16)
- Peter Cardinali - bass (tracks 4 to 7)
- Bob Carlisle - French horn
- Chris Caswell - keyboards (tracks 13 to 15)
- Jim Cox - keyboards (tracks 8 to 12),
- Gary Craig (track 16)
- Gregg Field (tracks 8 to 12)
- David Finck - bass (tracks 13 to 15)
- Katherine Fink - alto flute
- George Flynn - bass trombone
- Michael 'Pepe' Francis - guitar (tracks 4 to 7)
- Brian Gatto - keyboards (track 16),
- Gil Goldstein - accordion (tracks 13 to 15)
- Chris Hall - tuba
- Georges Herbert - guitar (track 16)
- Tony Kadleck - trumpet
- Barry Keane - percussion (tracks 4 to 7)
- Jeff Kievit - trumpet
- Jeanne LeBlanc - cello
- Richard Locker - cello
- Liz Mann - alto flute
- Aidan Mason - guitar (track 16)
- Brent Mason - electric guitar (tracks 1 to 3)
- Billy Masters - electric guitar (tracks 13 to 15)
- Rob Mathes - accordion, keyboards (tracks 13 to 15)
- Phil Myers - French horn
- Steven Nathan - keyboards (tracks 1 to 3),
- Dean Parks - guitar (tracks 8 to 12)
- Shawn Pelton - drums (tracks 13 to 15)
- Michael Rhodes - bass (tracks 1 to 3)
- Doug Riley - keyboards (tracks 4 to 7)
- Lou Pomanti - keyboards
- Steve Sexton - keyboards (track 16)
- Andy Snitzer - alto saxophone
- Biff Watson - acoustic guitar (tracks 1 to 3)
- Diane Lesser - English horn
- David Weiss - bass flute
- Pamela Sklar - bass flute
- Birch Johnson - tenor trombone
- Viola
- Irene Breslaw
- Desiree Elsevier
- Vincent Lionti
- Craig Mumm
- Violin
- Abe Appleman
- Elena Barere
- Eva Burmeister
- David Chan
- Enrico DiCecco
- Jonathan Dinklage
- Katherine Fong
- Ann Leathers
- Laura McGinniss
- Catherine Ro
- Ricky Sortomme
- Sylvia Danburg Vlope
- Carol Webb
- Hae Young Ham
- Backing vocals
- Nathan Carter Moore
- Anastasia Saradoc
- Barry Keane
- Bruno Moynie
- Jeff Pelletier
- Lou Pomanti
- Mike Francis
- Peter Cardinali
- Qadi Soraya
- Raine Munro
Chart performance
| Chart (2007)[7] | Peak position |
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| Canadian Albums Chart | 3 |
| Chart (2008) | Peak position |
| U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums | 8 |
| U.S. Billboard 200 | 42 |
References
- Allmusic review
- NASHVILLE SKYLINE: Anne Murray's Friends & Legends Duets
- Anne Murray interview about 'Duets: Friends and Legends.' Archived June 22, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- Friends Jann Arden and Sarah Brightman Join Music Legend Anne Murray on The 2008 JUNO Awards Archived May 13, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- Singer Anne Murray questions handling of flubbed Juno nominees
- allmusic ((( Duets: Friends and Legends > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums ))
- Anne Murray Duets: Friends And Legends - Debuts
