Josh Groban by Josh Groban
Amazing!
There are worse things in life than making your acting debut on the much
ballyhooed season finale of Ally McBeal, though teen operatic baritone
Josh Groban doesnt seem destined to encounter them anytime soon. As
the awkward high school student-client who asks the typically romance-
jinxed Ally to his senior prom, Groban performed this debut albums Youre
Still You (adapted from film-composing legend Ennio Morricones Academy
Award-nominated score for Malèna, with lyrics by Linda Thompson) as a
heart-tugging, literal showstopper. The young phenom was just 17 when
veteran producer-writer David Foster tapped him to fill in for Andrea Bocelli
at rehearsals for the 1999 Grammys, where Groban found himself
suddenly dueting with Celine Dion. Indeed, such were his fortunes that the
young Foster protégé was forced to drop out of Carnegie Mellon whe n
professional commitments--including this record--interfered. And if this
collection tends to hew sometimes uncomfortably close to Fosters own
MOR sonic instincts, the material offers enough challenges to display
Grobans talent and the potential of his warm, mature voice: a lyrical take
on another Morricone classic, Cinema Paradiso; melancholy readings of
Don McLeans Starry, Starry Night and Albert Hammonds Alejate;
masterfully dramatic takes of the Neapolitan Alla Luca Del Sole and Canto
Alla Vita, the latter featuring the Corrs. Many of Grobans performances
here, including a neo prog-rock-opera take on Bachs Jesu, Joy of Mans
Desiring (with Lili Haydn), seem both bigger and bolder than their precious
musical frameworks, a telling hint that Grand Opera cant be far from his
grasp. As said earlier, there are worse things in life. --Jerry McCulley
As with all of Josh Grobans other albums, I was blown away by his voice
and the songs.
Many of the songs on this album are in other languages, and even though I
dont speak Italian or French, the songs are still enjoyable.
This is one of Josh Grobans best albums!!
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