Closer by Josh Groban - Closer By Josh Groban

Closer by Josh Groban









Closer By Josh Groban





Thanks to a fortuitous intersection of talent and fate, 22-year-old Josh

Groban hasnt finished his senior year in performing arts school but has

already released his sophomore effort on a major major label. Fans of the

young vocal phenoms debut will find much to enthrall them here, even if it

nudges the singer closer to the center of producer/mentor David Fosters

MOR pop sensibilities. Eschewing much of its predecessors more overt

classic-lite pretensions and pop-rock covers for a slate of dramatic,

Eurocentric ballads that serve as a showcase for the singers inviting

baritone, Groban shrewdly positions himself as the American alternative to

the Bocelli-Watson crossover axis. Caruso may find the singer falling short

of its operatic inspiration, but Oceano and My Confession quickly

showcase his true dramatic range (which seems to all but yearn for a

bona fide Broadway musical challenge), while a vocal take of Bacalovs

graceful Il Postino theme uses classical virtuoso Joshua Bells violin

flourishes to good effect. To his credit, Groban displays some promising

efforts at songwriting collaboration on the bittersweet Per Te and

Remember When It Rains, while the ambient/ethnic soundscape of Deep

Forests Never Let Go offers a teasing alternative to the records otherwise

melodramatic production formula. Groban has found commercial triumph

via Fosters mentoring, but there remains a nagging sense here that he

hasnt truly pushed himself as an artist--yet. --Jerry McCulley



When my mom first brought home this CD, I had my doubts... more than

half of the songs were in a foreign language! But 1 minute into the first

song, I reliezed that my doubts were ill-founded... this guy is great!







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