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intereact!Josh Groban
Retail Price (not our price): $18.98
Release Date: 2003-11-11
Manufacturer: Reprise / Wea
Format: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Track List
Now here, for your listening pleasure, the tracks...
| Disc 1 |
Editorial Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):
1) Amazon.com
Thanks to a fortuitous intersection of talent and fate, 22-year-old Josh Groban hasn't 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 phenom's debut will find much to enthrall them here, even if it nudges the singer closer to the center of producer/mentor David Foster's MOR pop sensibilities. Eschewing much of its predecessor's more overt classic-lite pretensions and pop-rock covers for a slate of dramatic, Eurocentric ballads that serve as a showcase for the singer's 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 Bacalov's graceful "Il Postino" theme uses classical virtuoso Joshua Bell's 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 Forest's "Never Let Go" offers a teasing alternative to the record's otherwise melodramatic production formula. Groban has found commercial triumph via Foster's mentoring, but there remains a nagging sense here that he hasn't truly pushed himself as an artist--yet. --Jerry McCulley
Customer Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5
1) magical voice... [Rating: 4 out of 5]
Great songs and beautiful music....his voice is full of passion and magic...classic style...It would be even better if it had more selection of English songs in this CD...Can't understand the lyrics of many songs, but I do love his voice and the wonderful music.2) Josh Groban [Rating: 5 out of 5]
Josh Groban has a beautiful voice and this CD shows it. I listen to him on the way to work - makes my day start out great!3) Smooth Velvet Voice [Rating: 4 out of 5]
Although I only purchased this CD for the sake of ONE SONG.... 'YOU RAISE ME UP' I listened to the other songs on the CD in foriegn languages and even though I didn't understand a word...... I enjoyed the silky smooth and velvet voice!!4) Gave as a Gift [Rating: 4 out of 5]
Since I gave this item as a gift I can't give it a fair review, but I can say that my mother was very pleased to receive it and is enjoying it.5) he has a nice voice [Rating: 3 out of 5]
guess I'm just over the same old same old sound he has.don't get me wrong, he is amazingly talented..... with a phenomenal voice,I just got a touch bored.