Forever Cool

Compilation album by Dean Martin

Released

August 14, 2007

Studio

Capitol Studios

Genre

Vocal Jazz

Length

40:26

Dean Martin chronology

Dino: The Essential Dean Martin
(2004)

Forever Cool
(2007)

Amore
(2009)

Forever Cool is a compilation album of duets, featuring singer Dean Martin paired with various artists. It was released in 2007 (12 years after his death) through Capitol Records.

Unlike several duet albums (for example, fellow Rat Pack singer Frank Sinatra's 1993 duets album), this posthumous one utilizes the archived voice tracks of Martin himself paired with contemporary singers and instrumentalists such as Kevin Spacey, Martina McBride, Shelby Lynne, Joss Stone, Chris Botti, and a few others.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

Forever Cool has received generally mixed reviews. Jeff Tamarkin of Allmusic criticizes other vocal artists such as Robbie Williams for his appearance in "Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone", stating he is out of his league. He also stated that Joss Stone and former American Idol contestant Paris Bennett did not stand a chance. Tamarkin, however, praises the instrumentalists Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, and smooth jazz artists Chris Botti and Dave Koz for lightening up the tracks "Who's Got The Action", "I've Grown Accustomed To Her Face" and "Just In Time" respectively. The only true standout in the bunch with as much certifiable personality as Martin was French artist Charles Aznavour for his duet with Dino on "Everybody Loves Somebody". The disadvantage was that the original hit single was not used but instead a lesser version. In the end, Tamarkin indicates that "it's Dean Martin who saves the day each time out".^[2]

This album peaked #39 on The Billboard 200 charts in 2007.^[3]

Track listing

"Who's Got the Action?" (George Duning) featuring Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
"Ain't That a Kick in the Head?" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Sammy Cahn) featuring Kevin Spacey
"I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face" (Frederick Loewe, Alan Jay Lerner) featuring Chris Botti
"Baby O" (Johnny Mercer, John Rotella) featuring Paris Bennett
"Who Was That Lady?" (Heusen and Cahn) with The Capitol Studios Orchestra
"Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone" (Sam H. Stept, Sidney Clare) featuring Robbie Williams
"I Can't Believe That You're in Love" (Clarence Gaskil, Jimmy McHugh) featuring Joss Stone
"Just in Time" (Jule Styne, Betty Comden, Adolph Green) featuring Dave Koz
"Baby, It's Cold Outside" (Frank Loesser) featuring Martina McBride
"King of the Road" (Roger Miller) featuring Kevin Spacey
"You're Nobody till Somebody Loves You" (Russ Morgan, Larry Stock, James Cavanaugh) featuring Shelby Lynne and Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
"Arrivederci Roma" (Renato Rascel, Pietro Garinei, Sandro Giovannini, Carl Sigman) featuring Tiziano Ferro
"Everybody Loves Somebody" (Irving Taylor, Ken Lane) featuring Charles Aznavour
"Lullaby" (Johannes Brahms/Traditional) [Acoustic]

References

↑ Allmusic review
↑ "Forever Cool" Review - Allmusic (accessed June 7, 2011)
↑ "Forever Cool" Charts & Awards - Allmusic (accessed June 7, 2011)

Dean Martin

Discography

Studio albums	Dean Martin Sings Swingin' Down Yonder Pretty Baby Sleep Warm A Winter Romance This Time I'm Swingin'! Dino: Italian Love Songs Cha Cha de Amor French Style Dino Latino Dean "Tex" Martin: Country Style Dean "Tex" Martin Rides Again Dream with Dean The Door Is Still Open to My Heart Dean Martin Hits Again (Remember Me) I'm the One Who Loves You Houston Somewhere There's a Someone Dean Martin Sings Songs from The Silencers The Hit Sound of Dean Martin The Dean Martin Christmas Album The Dean Martin TV Show Happiness Is Dean Martin Welcome to My World Gentle on My Mind I Take a Lot of Pride in What I Am My Woman, My Woman, My Wife For the Good Times Dino Sittin' on Top of the World You're the Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me Once in a While The Nashville Sessions

Posthumous albums	Live from Las Vegas Forever Cool

Compilation albums	Hey, Brother, Pour the Wine The Best of Dean Martin Dino: The Essential Dean Martin

Singles	"Powder Your Face with Sunshine (Smile, Smile, Smile)" "If" "You Belong to Me" "That's Amore" "Sway" "The Naughty Lady of Shady Lane" "Mambo Italiano" "Young and Foolish" "Under the Bridges of Paris" "Memories Are Made of This" "Innamorata" "Standing on the Corner" "Return to Me" "Angel Baby" "Volare" "On an Evening in Roma" "Just in Time" "Ain't That a Kick in the Head?" "Everybody Loves Somebody" "The Door Is Still Open to My Heart" "You're Nobody till Somebody Loves You" "Send Me the Pillow You Dream On" "(Remember Me) I'm the One Who Loves You" "Houston" "I Will" "Somewhere There's a Someone" "Come Running Back" "A Million and One" "Nobody's Baby Again" "(Open Up the Door) Let the Good Times In" "Lay Some Happiness on Me" "In the Chapel in the Moonlight" "Little Ole Wine Drinker, Me" "In the Misty Moonlight" "You've Still Got a Place in My Heart" "Not Enough Indians" "Gentle on My Mind" "I Take a Lot of Pride in What I Am" "Detroit City" "She's a Little Bit Country" "Baby, It's Cold Outside"

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