Cheek to Cheek
| Lady Gaga
Cheek to Cheek
Cheek to Cheek is a collaborative album by American singers Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga. It was released on September 19, 2014, by Interscope Records and Columbia Records. In 2011, Bennett and Gaga first met at the Robin Hood Foundation gala in New York City. After these two later recorded a rendition of "The Lady Is a Tramp", they began discussing plans for working on a jazz project. Cheek to Cheek consists of jazz standards by popular jazz composers such as George Gershwin, Cole Porter, Jerome Kern, and Irving Berlin. The album was inspired by Bennett and Gaga's desire to introduce the songs to a younger generation, since they believed that these tracks had universal appeal. -Wikipedia
Critic Reviews
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Billboard
Gaga thought about calling it quits, but as it turns out, Mother Monster just needed a grandpa figure to put things in perspective.
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The Guardian
The chemistry is real between the Cheek to Cheek duo as Bennett gives Gaga gravitas, and she gives him energy
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Sputnik Music
Purposefully evoking a time long past, rather than recreating it, it is not an album of great ambition, nor one of great importance in the grand scheme of things.
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Rolling Stone
Lady Gaga’s classical training has always been key to her origin story, so this album with 88-year-old crooner Tony Bennett is no big surprise.
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Consequence of Sound
What’s perhaps the most surprising about Cheek to Cheek is its ability to bring the aloof and complicated Lady Gaga down to earth.
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Slant Magazine
It’s the oldest trick in the book: Past-prime pop singer attempts to boost his or her relevance in the face of dwindling sales and hastily changing trends by commissioning the help of a hotter, more bankable artist.
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Pop Matters
Ultimately, Cheek to Cheek is pleasant through and through.
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LA Times
Lady Gaga, Tony Bennett a bad-dream team on 'Cheek to Cheek'
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Telegraph
Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga duet on an album concocted in the spirit of throwaway fun
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Vanity Fair
I hope that this isn’t a one-off for Gaga, and that she keeps at the Great American Songbook.
Listeners Reviews
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Lady Gaga's voice translates extremely well into a duet album with Tony Bennett. Full of fun and a beautiful blend of their voices, Cheek to Cheek is a warm album. This album is full of an energy that both singers must've had for each other in the creation of it - it all works and clicks together oh so beautifully. 5/5
By Jasmine J
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