Ditto with Warwick’s duet with Jamie Foxx on the Grammy-winning “Deja Vu.” Although Warwick’s voice isn’t quite as supple as it used to be, Foxx was still in WAY over his head to step into a recording studio with the legend, especially to record a song that was written expressly for her.Īdmittedly, these two songs were originally released on Warwick’s brilliant 1979 Arista debut, Dionne. Overall, Warwick’s done a great job of choosing duet partners, joining forces with singers who are still breathing, and who help her breathe new life into chestnuts from her catalog, while helping her span generations and genres.Ī couple of the new duets ARE dead on arrival, including (surprisingly) her duet with fellow legend Gladys Knight on Warwick’s Grammy-winning “I Know I’ll Never Love This Way Again.” It’s great to hear the divas together in the studio again, but despite their best efforts, the two simply cannot come close to the magic of Dionne’s original. As such, her excellent new Feels So Good album, featuring duets of primarily her own material, has more in common with Babs’ new album than Barry’s. On the other end of the spectrum, Barry Manilow just released an album featuring his vocals electronically paired with the voices of deceased legends like Sammy Davis, Jr., Frankie Lymon, and Louis Armstrong.īlessedly, Dionne Warwick wasn’t a candidate for the latter project, and few singers perform a duet as well as she does. Barbra Streisand scored a #1 album with her recent collection of duet versions of her hits. Duet albums appear to be all the rage this fall.
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