Michael Ball
If Everyone Was Listening
(CD / Download)
Cat. No.: USMTVCD009
Barcode: 698458040923
Playing Time: 56.47
LC Code: 20401
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’If Everyone Was Listening...’ is Michael Ball’s
19th studio album. Having chosen 15 of his favourite songs in the spirit of his
Sunday night show on Radio 2, Michael set about arranging and recording them
and this, his most personal album to date, is the spectacular result.
Spanning the last 40 years, the album is a mix of old and new, classic and
contemporary, with a couple of surprises thrown in. Kicking off with Michael’s
sassy rendition of ’Bad Things’, the theme to the TV show, True Blood, it
features songs by some of his other favourite current artists including
Alison Krauss (’Simple Love’), Jason Mraz (’I Won’t Give Up’) and Jake Owen
(’What We Ain’t Got’). Michael also reworks tracks that he loved while he was
growing up: Bob Seger’s ’Still The Same’ and the Everly Brothers’ ’Let It Be
Me’ which Michael recorded with vocal group The Overtones.
Other tracks include the evergreen ’You Needed Me’, made famous by Anne Murray,
Sarah McLachlan’s stunning ’Angel’ and of course the rousing title track ’If
Everyone Was Listening’ by Supertramp.