Michael Bublé’s highly anticipated next album, To Be Loved, will be released in the US on April 23, 2013. International Bublé fans will be treated to the album’s release a few days earlier, on April 15th.
Reprise Records also announced that the album’s first single, “It’s a Beautiful Day,” will debut on February 25th.
To Be Loved is Buble’s sixth studio album. His most recent album, the holiday-themed Christmas, sold seven million copies and earned the title of the second best-selling album of 2011. Produced by Bob Rock, To Be Loved includes standards as well as four original songs, all co-written by Bublé.
Among the tracks on To Be Loved are the Bee Gees’ “To Love Somebody,” Dean Martin’s “Nevertheless (I’m In Love With You),” the Jackson 5’s “Who’s Loving You,” Jackie Wilson’s “To Be Loved” and Elvis Presley’s “Have I Told You Lately.” And Oscar-winning actress Reese Witherspoon joins Bublé on Frank and Nancy Sinatra’s “Something Stupid.”
“My new record is about love, happiness, fun, and yummy things. Getting to work with my friend and longtime collaborator Bob Rock (Call Me Irresponsible, Crazy Love, and Christmas), who produced the entire album, was very exciting. We’re a good team. I love the songs we selected this time out. It was also terrific working once again with my songwriting partners,” said Bublé.
