Paul Anka, Budapest Sportarena, 3 June

Anka, who has long shown that he will probe to its limits any musical idea that appeals to him, anticipates skepticism over his performing big-band, crooner-style interpretations of songs by Nirvana, Van Halen, the Cure, and Oasis.

"This is not a novelty," he explains. "When people get past the smirk and the joke, they realize there's a great quality to this CD. They hear the quality of the musicianship, and the arrangements."

"Paul has made these songs his own," says Universal Music Canada president Randy Lennox. "When I first heard the album my immediate thought was, 'What inspired song choices this man has made.' I was also amazed at the renditions, and the arrangements within these songs."

Adds Universal Music Canada Director of Jazz Scott Morin who has co-coordinated the international roll-out of the album”I knew immediately that this was a record done for credibility, not for kitsch. It's truly another step up in Mr. Anka's career."

"Rock Swings" is a stylish recording put together with a hand that knows to stress rhythmic clarity, and fluent dynamics. The production is smooth, and assured. Each song is tailored to Anka's warm and deepened voice. The result is total credibility. You simply forget what the originals sound like.

Initially, Anka had sought to record a Bobby Darin-related album, in tribute to his crooner buddy who died in 1973. However, several labels passed. Then came a proposal from contacts in Germany for him to record an album of timeless ballads and brassy whammo swingers. This time Anka passed. "That has been done to death,' he told his backers.

Anka then came up with the idea of interpreting the music that his five daughters, Amelia, Anthea, Alicia, Amanda, and Alexandra had grown up with. He asked Billboard magazine for its international chart listings from 1980s onward.
Then he spent eight months researching the material."

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