Michael Bolton Collection (Timeless/Timeless Vol. 2/Love Songs) CD

THE COLLECTION contains: TIMELESS: THE CLASSICS (1992)/TIMELESS: THE CLASSICS VOL. 2 (1999)/LOVE SONGS (2001).
Personnel: Michael Bolton (vocals); Dann Huff (guitar, electric guitar, tenor guitar); Michael Hart Thompson (guitar, electric guitar); Jeff Mironov, Michael Landau, Steve Lukather, Vernon "Ice" Black (guitar); Dean Parks, Blue Miller (acoustic guitar); Kenny Greenberg (electric guitar); Gayle Levant (harp); Gerald Vinci, Assa Drori, Don Palmer, Harris Goldman, Ronald Folsom, Dorothy Wade, William Hybel, Russ Cantor, Norma Leonard, Rene Mandel, Michael Ferril, Lisa Johnson , Robert Brosseau, Henry Ferber, Gwen Heller, Claudia Parducci, Reg Hill, Dixie Blackstone, Irma Neumann, Betty Moor, Robert Sushel, Mari Botnick, Isabelle Daskoff, Karen Jones, Kathleen Lenski, Sheldon Sanov, Armen Garabedian, Michael Markman, Berj Garabedian, Haim Shtrum (violin); Carole Mukogawa, Dan Neufeld, Kazi Pitelka, Alan DeVeritch, Don McInnes, Linn Subotnick, Cynthia Morrow, Brian Dembow, Roland Kato, Harry Shirinian, Raymond Tischer, Denyse Buffum, Mihail Zinovyev (viola); Paula Hochhalter, Tina Soule, Jodi Burnett, Judy Johnson, Ronald Cooper, Robert Adcock, Anne Karam, Suzie Katayama, Larry Corbett, Dane Little, David Speltz, Christine Ermacoff, Marie Fera, Frederick Seykora (cello); Joel Peskin (woodwinds, saxophone); Dan Higgins, Gary Foster, Don Ashworth, Marty Kristall, Jack Nimitz, Glenn Garrett, Jon Clarke, Bob Sheppard (woodwinds); Dave Koz (alto saxophone); Emilio Castillo, Gary Herbig, Michael Brecker (tenor saxophone); Stephen "Doc" Kupka (baritone saxophone); Lee Thornberg (trumpet, trombone); Greg Adams (trumpet); David Duke, James Atkinson , Jeffrey DeRosa, Richard Todd, Calvin Smith, Brad Warnaar, Brian O'Connor (French horn); Randy Kerber (piano, electric piano, organ); Greg Phillinganes (piano, organ, keyboards); Walter Afanasieff (piano, keyboards, synthesizer, programming); John Hobbs (piano, synthesizer); Ian Underwood (piano); Tony Harrell (keyboards, synthesizer); Rob Mathes (keyboards, programming); David Delhomme, Robbie Buchanan, David Foster (keyboards); Gary Cirimelli (Synclavier, programming, sampler, background vocals); Ren Klyce (Synclavier, programming, sampler); John "4 Daddman" Robinson, Eddie Bayers, Shawn Pelton (drums); Larry Bunker, Bashiri Johnson (percussion); Andre Betts, Jan Folkson, Neil Jason (programming); Chris Rodriguez, Claytoven Richardson, Yvette Williams, Carla Hart, Kathy Garnett-Thompson, Ellecia Pitts, Timothy Godfrey, Janice Harrison, Stephanie Rockwell, Kenneth Day, Sharon Cravin, Kimberly Fleming, Angela Brinn, Yvonne Hairston, Mary Lloyd, Clyde Schofield, Rodney Finney, Pat Hawk, Steve Fowlkes, Lisa Amman, Nicola Walker Smith, Mary Ann Tatum, Miriam Tajonera, Janis Liebhart, Judith Christie McAllister, Ken Moore, Lisa Cochran, Melonie Daniels, Monalisa Young, Rev. Patrick Henderson, Portia Griffin, The Four Tops, Trey Lorenz, Vann Johnson, Vicki Hampton, Wendy Moten, Michael Mellett, Bob Bailey, Yvonne Williams, Carmen Twillie (background vocals).
Audio Mixers: Dana Jon Chappelle; Dave Reitzas; Al Schmidt; Al Schmitt; Mick Guzauski.
Recording information: A&M Recording Studios, Hollywood, CA; A&M Studios, Hollywood, CA; Conway Studios; Emerald ENtertainment, Nashville, TN; Ocean Way Recording, CA; Passion Studios, CT; Right Track Recording Studios, New York, NY; the Hit Factory, NY; The Plant Recording Studios, CA; Westlake Studios, CA.
Director: Louis Levin.
Photographers: Matthew Rolston; Lance Staedler; Timothy White .
Arrangers: Jamie Houston; Johnny Mandel; Michael Bolton; Rev. Patrick Henderson; David Foster.
This three-CD box set collection contains three of Michael Bolton's most popular discs, acting close to a greatest-hits box set, but not close enough. The first disc, Timeless, and its sequel, Volume 2, are soft rock exercises paying tribute to some of Bolton's all-time favorite songs and love ballads. The overly chorused production sounds a bit dat