01 – Ain’t No Mountain High Enough (Ft. Leona Lewis)
02 – How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)
03 – Ain’t Nothing Like The Real Thing (Ft. Melanie Fiona)
04 – Gotta Keep Dreamin’
05 – Nowhere To Run
06 – The Way You Do The Things You Do
07 – You Keep Me Hanging On
08 – What’s Going On
09 – Tracks Of My Tears
10 – Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I’m Yours)
11 – Money (That’s What I Want) (Ft. Orianthi)
12 – Something Out Of Nothin

Michael Bolton – Vocals, Composer, Producer
Aretha Scruggs - Vocals (Background)
Suzie Benson - Vocals (Background)
Lenny Castro - Percussion
Daphne Chen - Violin
Lauren Chipman - Viola
Eric Daniels - Hammond B3, Keyboards
David Delhomme - Hammond B3
Justin Derrico - Guitar
Richard Dodd - Cello
Angela Fisher - Vocals (Background)
Miguel Gandelman - Sax (Baritone), Sax (Tenor)
Eric Gorfain - Violin
Chris Gray - Trumpet
Sasha Krivstov - Bass
Ana Landauer - Violin
Michael Lington - Saxophone
David Low - Cello
Andrea Martin - Composer, Vocals (Background)
Luke Maurer - Viola
Paul Mirkovich 	- Keyboards, Piano, Programming, String Arrangements, Synthesizer, Wurlitzer
Ray Monteiro - Trumpet
Nate Morton - Drums, Percussion
Monet Owens -Vocals (Background)
Ryan Porter - Trombone
Mark Robertson - Violin
Jeremy Rubolino - Orchestration
The Section Quartet - Strings
Melanie Taylor - Vocals (Background)
Michael Thompson - Guitar
Toni Scruggs - Vocals (Background)
Dave Tozer - Bass, Composer, Guitar, Keyboards, Programming, String Arrangements
Mark Williams - Bass, Guitar, Piano, String Arrangements
Jesyca Wilson - 	Vocals (Background)

Once he became a superstar, Michael Bolton contented himself with recording covers of popular standards, whether that meant the soul hits of the '60s (1992's Timeless: The Classics, 1999's Timeless: The Classics, Vol. 2) or the Great American Songbook (2003's Vintage, 2006's Bolton Swings Sinatra), so it's something of a surprise that he neglected to release a dedicated Motown album until 2013, when he issued Ain't No Mountain High Enough: A Tribute to Hitsville USA. Lasting no longer than a tight ten tracks, Bolton picks nine songs familiar to all -- among them, "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)," "The Way You Do the Things You Do," "What's Going On," and "Tracks of My Tears" -- emphasizing the latter half the '60s and Marvin Gaye in particular. He dares not mess with the arrangements, he just replicates the originals, giving them a harder, brighter gloss -- a gleaming surface that isn't necessarily unappealing. More importantly, Bolton has settled into his skin as a singer, deciding to never reach for the gut-busting heights that could make him an object of ridicule back in the '90s. Here, he sounds relaxed and happy to be singing songs he's always loved, sometimes in the company of Kelly Rowland ("Ain't No Mountain High Enough") or Melanie Fiona ("Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing"). It's hardly major by any stretch -- these are songs you know and love, sung how you know and love them -- but it is one of the most likeable records Bolton has made. --- Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Rovi

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01. Love Is Everything (Feat. Rascal Flatts) 04:33
02. Fields Of Gold (Feat. Eva Cassidy) 04:13
03. Sajna (Feat. A.R. Rahman) 04:11
04. Pride (In The Name Of Love) (Feat. Anne Akiko Meyers) 04:29	play
05. I'm Not Ready (Feat. Delta Goodrem) 04:32
06. Over The Rainbow (Feat. Paula Fernandes) 03:29
07. When A Man Loves A Woman / It's A Man's Man's Man's World (Feat. Seal) 05:34
08. The Prayer (Feat. Lara Fabian) 04:28
09. You Are So Beautiful (Feat. Chris Botti) 03:53
10. Make You Feel My Love (Feat. Helene Fischer) 03:15
11. Hallelujah (Feat. MB's Children's Choir) 03:44			play
12. Steel Bars (Feat. Orianthi) 04:16

Gems - The Duets Collection is the 21st studio album by American pop singer Michael Bolton. The album was released on Sony Music / Legacy Recordings on 21 June 2011.

Gems – The Duets Collection includes exciting musical collaborations with Grammy Award®-Winning Country Super Group, Rascal Flatts, Oscar Award®-Winning Composer\Producer, A.R. Rahman, International Pop Superstar, Seal, Australian singing sensation, Delta Goodrem, and the famed late vocalist Eva Cassidy.

"It was an incredibly rewarding experience recording this album," says Bolton. "The opportunity to work with legendary talent like David Foster, Dan Huff, A.R. Rahman and some of the absolute greatest singers and recording artists in the entire world was inspiring. I can't wait to share the special music we all created with the world."

David Foster cooked up a duet featuring Michael singing "When a Man Loves a Woman" and Seal joining in with James Brown's "It's a Man's, Man's, Man's World." Foster says, "I woke up at 6 AM one morning with the idea that these two songs could go together, with these two great voices from different genres, and they embraced it. This is a powerful, powerful moment. It's a real shootout, and it's impossible to say who wins, because they're both so amazing."

Michael Bolton has sold more than 53 million records, released 20 studio albums, won multiple Grammys® for Best Male Vocalist and countless other honors, all while selling out arenas worldwide. In 2002 the singer-songwriter earned a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame. He has sung with legends like Luciano Pavarotti and Ray Charles, written songs with greats such as Bob Dylan and Lady Gaga, penned hits for a diverse range of artists, including Barbra Streisand and KISS, played guitar with B.B. King and had his music recorded on a track by hip-hop superstar Kanye West (featuring megastar Jay-Z). Of all that he has accomplished, perhaps nothing is more important to Bolton than the foundation he founded in 1993, The Michael Bolton Charities, Inc. Based in his home state of Connecticut, the major focus of The MBC is the critical issue of violence against women. Since its inception, The MBC has dispersed over $6 million in grants to various organizations that support children and women at risk of poverty, abuse, neglect, homelessness and domestic violence. --- .prnewswire.com

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CD 1
1. How Am I Supposed To Live Without You
2. Time, Love And Tenderness
3. When A Man Loves A Woman
4. How Can We Be Lovers
5. Soul Provider
6. To Love Somebody
7. Fools Game
8. Back In My Arms Again
9. Steel Bars
10. That's What Love Is All About
11. (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay
12. When I'm Back On My Feet Again
13. Georgia On My Mind					play
14. Everybody's Crazy
15. Said I Loved You...But I Lied
16. Completely
17. Ain't Got Nothing If You Ain't Got Love
18. Walk Away

CD 2
1. Love Is A Wonderful Thing
2. Can I Touch You...There?
3. The Hunger
4. Go The Distance
5. Sexual Healing
6. Reach Out I'll Be There
7. The Best Of Love
8. Wait On Love
9. Since I Fell For You
10. Lean On Me
11. I Found Someone
12. Forever's Just A Matter Of Time
13. Nessun Dorma!					play					
14. Try A Little Tenderness				
15. Soul Of My Soul
16. A Love So Beautiful
17. Missing You Now

Singer/songwriter Michael Bolton had an extensive, though not very successful, career under his real name, Michael Bolotin, before emerging in the mid-'80s as a major soft rock balladeer. He turned up on RCA Records in the mid-'70s singing in a gruff, Joe Cocker-like voice both his own blue-eyed soul songs and cover tunes. Neither record buyers nor critics were much interested by the result. He then became the lead singer in Blackjack, a heavy metal band that made two albums for Polydor at the end of the '70s and the start of the '80s. In 1983, he changed his name to Michael Bolton, signed to Columbia Records as a solo act, and relaunched his career.

Michael Bolton was released in April 1983, and made the Top 100 bestsellers, as did its single, "Fools Game." At the same time, "How Am I Supposed to Live Without You," which Bolton had co-written, became a Top 40 hit for Laura Branigan. Nevertheless, Bolton's second Columbia album, Everybody's Crazy (1985), was a commercial flop. His breakthrough came with his third album, The Hunger, released in September 1987. On this album, Bolton abandoned the more hard rock aspects of his style to concentrate on blue-eyed soul singing: both on his own songs, such as "That's What Love Is All About," and on covers like Otis Redding's "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay." Those two songs became Top 40 hits.

Soul Provider, released in July 1989, turned Bolton into a superstar, reaching the Top Ten, selling four million copies, and spawning five Top 40 singles, including Bolton's number one version of "How Am I Supposed to Live Without You," and the Top Ten hits "How Can We Be Lovers" and "When I'm Back on My Feet Again." "How Am I Supposed to Live Without You" won Bolton a Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance. Time, Love & Tenderness, released in April 1991, was even more successful, hitting number one, selling six million copies, and featuring four Top 40 hits, including the chart-topping cover of Percy Sledge's "When a Man Loves a Woman," and the Top Ten hits "Love Is a Wonderful Thing" (later the subject of a successful plagiarism suit brought against Bolton by the Isley Brothers) and "Time, Love and Tenderness."

Bolton won another Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance, for "When a Man Loves a Woman," but he had to put up with abuse from two camps of detractors at the February 1992 ceremony. Just after Bolton had performed, pre-rock songwriter Irving Gordon won the Song of the Year award for "Unforgettable" and pointedly attacked songs that "scream, yell, and have a nervous breakdown" and singers who "have a hernia" when they sing. Then, backstage, Bolton faced a hostile press corps of critics unhappy with his tendency to copy great soul singers like Redding, Ray Charles, and Sledge. Bolton suggested they apply their lips to a certain part of his anatomy. He further responded with Timeless: The Classics in September 1992, an album made up entirely of cover songs. It went to number one, sold three million copies, and featured a Top 40 hit in Bolton's version of the Bee Gees' "To Love Somebody." Bolton's next album of original material, The One Thing, came in November 1993. It hit the Top Ten, sold three million copies, and featured the Top Ten hit "Said I Loved You...But I Lied." Bolton released Greatest Hits 1985-1995 in the fall of 1995, which debuted in the Top Ten. The following year, This Is the Time: Christmas Album appeared.

Bolton returned with All That Matters, his first album of new material since 1993's The One Thing, in the fall of 1997. Instead of continuing his success, it was a surprise flop. Not only did it not generate a hit single, it barely cracked the Top 40 and fell out of the charts after 15 weeks. Its lack of success didn't stop Bolton from turning his attention to My Secret Passion, a collection of opera and arias that he released in January 1998. By classical standards, the album was a hit, and the record received a great deal of press and surprisingly good reviews. He supported the two albums with a summer tour which were co-headlined with Wynonna Judd. He voluntarily stepped back for almost four years, disappearing from the public eye until the spring of 2002 when he began promoting Only a Woman Like You, his first album on Jive Records. After a brief sabbatical, he returned with Til the End of Forever, a hybrid new album of seven new recordings and a live greatest-hits concert. In 2006 he released Bolton Swings Sinatra, a 12-song tribute to Ol' Blue Eyes that included a duet with fiancée/actress Nicolette Sheridan. --- William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide

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