Ronan
Keating has teamed up with legendary composer Burt Bacharach to record his brand
new album, 'When Ronan Met Burt', which has just been released.
A long time
fan of Burt's staggering back catalogue, Ronan is thrilled to be working with
one of his all-time musical heroes on this very special collaboration. The Irish
superstar first contacted Burt last year; he was ecstatic when the iconic composer
and producer agreed for them to work together.
Backed by a full orchestra,
the result was a spectacular album recorded by the duo earlier this year. All
the tracks featured are classics composed by Burt over the course of his impressive
fifty year career and include instantly recognisable hits such as 'Walk On By',
'The Look Of Love', 'What The World Needs Now Is Love' and 'I Just Don't Know
What To Do With Myself'. All the tracks were recorded live with a full orchestra,
ensuring that the grandeur and stature of these timeless classics was captured
and conserved.
"It has been a dream come true to work with Burt on
this album," Ronan says of the collaboration. "I grew up listening to
his songs and the tracks we've chosen to record for the album are simply some
of the greatest pop masterpieces ever written, so it was an honour to sing them
alongside the man himself."
Speaking about the recording session Ronan
said, "It was one of the hardest sessions I've done. It's hard enough trying
to do justice to such legendary tunes but to record them with the man himself
was another level of pressure".
Burt said of the process, "To
do these songs with a different slant and approach on them made it very interesting
for me. And too be able to work with Ronan and expose these songs to maybe a younger
audience as well as my fan base. Then to be able to record it in the legendary
Capitol recording studio - full orchestra live. Quite a trip we were on Ronan."
'When
Ronan Met Burt' is Ronan's eighth solo album in Australia and follows his 2010
Platinum ARIA album "Duet", which was released exclusively for his Australian
and New Zealand fans and the Platinum plus 2009 album "Songs For My Mother"
which spent four weeks at the top of the ARIA Album Chart. Last year Ronan spent
time in Australia working as a judge on 'The X Factor' and went on to win the
competition with one of the acts he mentored.
'When Ronan Met Burt'
1) The Look Of Love
2) Walk On By
3) I'll Never Fall In Love Again
4) Arthur's Theme (The Best That You Can Do)
5) My Little Red Book
6)
What The World Needs Now
7) Something Big
8) I Just Don't Know What To
Do With Myself
9) This House Is Empty Now
10) Make It Easy On Yourself
'When Ronan Met Burt' is available now.
