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Album Spotlight: Paul Anka – Rock Swings (2005)
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The Album: Rock Swings (2005) The Artist: Paul Anka (yes, that Paul Anka—the 1950s teen idol who wrote “Diana” and “Put Your Head on My Shoulder”) The Concept: One of the most bizarre, brilliant, and brazenly audacious cover albums ever recorded. Paul Anka - Rock Swings -Flac--TntVillage-
The Concept: The Chairman of Pop Meets the Mosh Pit
Released in 2005, Rock Swings is one of the most audacious and successful "guilty pleasure" albums of the 2000s. The premise sounds like a recipe for disaster: take the suave, golden-voiced crooner Paul Anka—the man who wrote "My Way" and "Puppy Love"—and have him cover some of the most aggressive, angst-ridden rock and alternative songs of the 80s and 90s. Album Spotlight: Paul Anka – Rock Swings (2005)
The result, however, was not a novelty act, but a critically acclaimed masterclass in arrangement. Produced by Bobby Rock, the album transforms tracks by Nirvana, Van Halen, Soundgarden, and Bon Jovi into finger-snapping, big-band swing anthems. It proved that underneath the distortion and flannel, these songs possessed brilliant melodic skeletons that could stand up to the standards of the Great American Songbook. The result, however, was not a novelty act,