Michael Buble - It's Time

Michael sticks to Frank Sinatra's tried and tested formula of feel good swing and includes some mushy love songs on It's Time.

It is hard not to like this album, which includes some of the most enduring and greatest songs ever written. Buble delivers energetic versions of "Feeling Good" and "I've got you under my skin" in his brilliant singing voice, with his usual finesse.

Highlights of It's Time include Buble's duet with Nelly Furtado on which she abandons her usual style to slot into Buble's warm tone, and his version of Engelbert Humperdink's "Quando, Quando, Quando". This old number never sounded sexier.

Unfortunately, Michael takes a misplaced risk in including his self-penned ballad "Home". He shows promise as a songwriter but "Home" is not much more than boy band fluff targeting teenage girls and doesn't really fit the rest of the album.

On the plus side, covers of Marvin Gaye's "How Sweet It Is" and Leon Russell's "Song for You" give a glimpse into Buble's vocal capabilities, although he doesn't stray too far from his comfort zone. He ends off the album with a rendition of Stevie Wonder's "You and I".

- Ashlin Simpson