Anne Murray Duets: Friends & Legends CD

Audio Mixers: Frank Filipetti; Kevin Doyle.

Liner Note Author: Larry LeBlanc.

Recording information: Blackbird Studios, Nashville, TN (12/14/1996); Capitol Studios, Hollywood, CA (12/14/1996); Legacy Recording Studios, New York, NY (12/14/1996); Montreal, PQ (12/14/1996); Pase One Studios, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (12/14/1996); The Orange Lounge, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (12/14/1996).

Photographer: Monic Richard.

Anne Murray's DUETS: FRIENDS AND LEGENDS is an anthology of 17 songs the Canadian country superstar has recorded over her career. The track list includes new versions of her own hits, such as "Danny's Song" with Martina McBride, "Daydream Believer" with Nelly Furtado, "Snowbird" with Sarah Brightman, "You Needed Me" with Shania Twain, and "A Little Good News" with the Indigo Girls. Murray also duets with stars like Dusty Springfield, Emmylou Harris, Celine Dion, and the Irish vocal group Celtic Woman.

Personnel: Anne Murray (background vocals); Anne Murray (vocals); Dean Parks, Georges Hebert, Aidan Mason (guitar); Biff Watson (acoustic guitar); Billy Masters, Brent Mason (electric guitar); Enrico DiCecco, Eva Burmeister, Abe Appleman, Hae Young Ham, Catherine Ro, David Chan, Elena Barere, Carol Webb, Katherine Fong, Ann Leathers, Jonathan Dinklage (violin); Irene Breslaw, Desiree Elsevier, Vince Lionti, Craig Mumm (viola); Diane Barere, Jeanne LeBlanc, Richard Locker (cello); Gil Goldstein (strings, accordion); Rob Mathes (strings); Katherine Fink (alto flute); Pamela Sklar (bass flute); Virgil Blackwell (bass clarinet); Diane Lesser (English horn); Andy Snitzer (alto saxophone, trumpet); Jeff Kievit, Tony Kadleck (trumpet); Phil Myers, Bob Carlisle (French horn); Birch Johnson (tenor trombone); Chris Hall (tuba); Lou Pomanti (piano, electric piano, organ, background vocals); Chris Caswell, Brian Gatto, Jim Cox, Steve Sexton, Doug Riley, Steve Nathan (keyboards); David Finck (electric bass); Barry Keane (drums, percussion, background vocals); Gregg Field, Shawn Pelton, Gary Craig (drums); Dawn Langstroth, Nathan Moore, Michael Francis, Peter Cardinali (background vocals).

Additional personnel: Dawn Langstrosh, Isabelle Bonlay, Dusty Springfield, Emmylou Harris, Indigo Girls, Jann Arden, k.d. lang, Martina McBride, Amy Grant, Nelly Furtado, Olivia Newton-John, Sarah Brightman, Shania Twain, Shelby Lynne, Celtic Woman, Carole King, Celine Dion.

Q (Magazine) (p.136) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[[I]t's assembled a stellar castlist....kd lang is lambent on 'A Love Song,' and Jann Arden glows through 'Somebody's Always Saying Goodbye.'"