<img style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=writingtosanity-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B003ATUFPS" alt="" width="1" height="1" border="0" />
<img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-3803" style="margin: 8px;" title="michael_bolton" src="http://writingtosanity.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/michael_bolton2-290x290.jpg" alt="Photo of Michael Bolton's album One World, One Love" width="290" height="290" />Throughout the course of his career, Michael Bolton has sold over 53 million records. He has earned multiple Grammy trophies for Best Male Vocalist and countless other honors, including six American Music Awards. He has performed with such powerhouses as Luciano Pavarotti and Ray Charles, written songs with Bob Dylan, and penned hits for the likes of Barbara Streisand, Cher and KISS.

With his latest album, <a title="Michael Bolton - One World, One Love" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003ATUFPS/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=writingtosanity-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B003ATUFPS" target="_blank"><em>One World, One Love</em></a>, Michael wanted to meet two goals by co-writing most of the 12 songs:
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	<li>Create something current without sounding like he was trying to pass himself off as contemporary</li>
	<li>Every song has to make you feel good (no more "heartbreak" songs, no more soul classics)</li>
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I believe he's done what he set out to do, with this album being musically and vocally brilliant, and it inspires me to take another look at some of his "old" albums, too.  You can have a listen here:

<a href="http://assets.umrg.com/ecard/michael_bolton/widget/" target="_blank">Michael Bolton - One World, One Love</a>

Tracks included on this album:

<em>1. Just One Love
2. Ready For You
3. Hope It's Too Late
4. Murder My Heart
5. The Best
6. My Lady
7. Need You To Fall
8. Sign Your Name
9. What You're Doing To Me
10. Survivor
11. You Comfort Me
12. Crazy In Love</em>

<em>One World, One Love</em> is in stores now, with a six-month World Tour through September 2010.

<em>Disclosure: I received a complementary copy of this CD from Universal as a member of <a href="http://childsplaypr.com/index.cfm" target="_blank">Music Moms</a>.</em>