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Rating: 
- Josh's lyrics are spiritually uplifting/voice of an angel
For those of you who have suffered loss in your life, Josh's music will help you through. I heard him for the first time just after I lost my fiance to possible suicide on May 3rd (my birthday) in 2003. I found the love of my life after he had suffered a fatal gun shot wound to his head. I was devistated. I thought my life was over. I considered suicide myself. But then, I heard Josh singing "To Where You Are" and it was as though it had been written just for me. His beautiful voice calmed me. His lyrics soothed my soul and made me feel close to my love once again. Josh is an inspiration to me and I find his music to be the sweetest sound on earth. "Alejate" is one of my favorites too, yet I have no idea what it says as it is in another language. I just know the words must be as beautiful as Josh makes them sound. GOD BLESS JOSH GROBAN for bringing those in pain comfort through his remarkable voice.
P.S. Josh is yet more amazing in concert. I saw him this summer and he was so powerful and breathtaking...words cannot describe his performance. The woman touring with him who plays violin is equally amazing and her soul shines through her beautiful performance too!
Rating:
- Good voice, terrible music.
This young man has a pretty damn good voice for someone his age. He's not what I'd consider truly opera material, but it is suitable for an enjoyable listening.
The problem is, the music is just plain cheesy pop. Like others have said, you'd have to be a soccor-mom soap-opera watcher to be able to swallow the tripe. Now, let's say this man were making music along a creative vein such as Radiohead, then it would be truly phenomenal.
I'm still of the group that believe in reality in music. I don't want to hear some nobody's pop or lackluster classical over this man's voice. I want to hear this man's internal perspective. I want him to write the songs and I want to hear something different than the cheesyness. There's a reason bands like the Beatles stand out. Integrity. He has yet to prove it, it honestly appears as if he's just another marketing tool to be abused by a greedy music company.
Man, if only this guy would get out and do his own stuff. Until then, I simply cannot respect him.
Rating: - His voice is like eating great chocolate!
I received this album from a friend for christmas, and I was
completely in love with this man voice!
His songs are wonderfully written, you can place yourself in them and how he is feeling when he sings them.
I think his voice is like the "smoothness of fine chocolate when it is melted"
Rating: - Awesome, amazing, spectacular, beyond anything ever heard...
You may not believe it but I was a skeptic at first. When my mom bought the CD after hearing Josh Groban on the radio I was reluctant to listen to a CD where half the songs were in a language I couldn't understand.
Then I heard "The Voice."
Wow. He was ~20 when he recorded this? I was stunned. His voice was spectacular. Even if you had no idea what the words meant you still managed to understand them! And it was because of the emotion that Josh Groban protrays in singing. What makes Josh Groban such a refreshing singer are two things:
1. He manages to blend the line between classical and pop with ease.
2. His voice is so mature he could sing opera but the music he sings reflects his age.
Altogether it creates a wonderful package that leaves you wanting more. This is the best debut album I have ever heard in my life.
Rating: - I agree with Denny
He was the pop and classical singer Josh Groban made his debut in the seventh grade, but then put music aside for a few years until he enrolled at the Interlochen Arts Program. In late 1998, he hooked up with a friend of his vocal coach, producer/writer/arranger David Foster. Groban worked for Foster as a rehearsal singer on a series of high-profile events, including the inauguration of Grey Davis as governor of California and the Grammy Awards (at which he rehearsed Foster's "The Prayer" with Celine Dion in place of Andrea Bocelli). He was accepted into the theater department of Carnegie Mellon College, but put his education on hold when he was offered a recording contract at Warner Bros. Records through Foster's 143 imprint. He made his recording debut singing "For Always" with Lara Fabian on the soundtrack to A.I.: Artificial Intelligence, and appeared in the 2001 season finale of the television series Ally McBeal. His debut album, Josh Groban, was released in November 2001. Over the next year, Groban became a star. His album went double-platinum, and had his own PBS special in November 2002. A month later, he performed "To Where You Are" and "The Prayer" at the Nobel Peace Prize Concert in Oslo, Norway, and joined The Corrs, Ronan Keating, Sting, Lionel Richie and others for a holiday performance at the Vatican in Rome. In November 2003, Groban issued his second album, Closer. Two months later, he earned his first ever number one when Closer skyrocketed from number 11 to number one on the Billboard album charts.
Producer, record executive, and songwriter David Foster has a long history of trying to wed commercial considerations to the lighter elements of pop music, and in young Josh Groban, whom he adopted as a protégé in late 1998 when the singer was 17, he is trying to get in on the classical crossover market effectively occupied by the likes of Andrea Bocelli, Sarah Brightman, and Charlotte Church (who duets with Groban on "The Prayer" here). Groban has a rich voice that falls somewhere between a low tenor and a high baritone, and Foster has here crafted or commissioned music that will sound classical to the ears of non-classical fans, much of it with lyrics in Italian to complete the effect. "Gira con Me," for example, is a slow ballad that sounds like it may have escaped from a minor opera, but in fact was composed by Foster and songwriter/producer Walter Afanasieff (best-known for his work with Mariah Carey). Groban is also given some ballads in English, with songwriting credits that include such Southern California pop-meisters as Richard Marx, Albert Hammond, Carole Bayer Sager, and Foster's wife, Linda Thompson. The result is an ersatz classical crossover record that won't fool the experts but easily could find its way into households that welcome Celine Dion and other sub-operatic emoters of her ilk. Groban is certainly not to be blamed for taking his chances with Foster instead of staying in college or pursuing a classical career, and his first album is enjoyable even if it doesn't live up to its pretensions.
- Josh's lyrics are spiritually uplifting/voice of an angelFor those of you who have suffered loss in your life, Josh's music will help you through. I heard him for the first time just after I lost my fiance to possible suicide on May 3rd (my birthday) in 2003. I found the love of my life after he had suffered a fatal gun shot wound to his head. I was devistated. I thought my life was over. I considered suicide myself. But then, I heard Josh singing "To Where You Are" and it was as though it had been written just for me. His beautiful voice calmed me. His lyrics soothed my soul and made me feel close to my love once again. Josh is an inspiration to me and I find his music to be the sweetest sound on earth. "Alejate" is one of my favorites too, yet I have no idea what it says as it is in another language. I just know the words must be as beautiful as Josh makes them sound. GOD BLESS JOSH GROBAN for bringing those in pain comfort through his remarkable voice.
P.S. Josh is yet more amazing in concert. I saw him this summer and he was so powerful and breathtaking...words cannot describe his performance. The woman touring with him who plays violin is equally amazing and her soul shines through her beautiful performance too!
Rating:
- Good voice, terrible music.This young man has a pretty damn good voice for someone his age. He's not what I'd consider truly opera material, but it is suitable for an enjoyable listening.
The problem is, the music is just plain cheesy pop. Like others have said, you'd have to be a soccor-mom soap-opera watcher to be able to swallow the tripe. Now, let's say this man were making music along a creative vein such as Radiohead, then it would be truly phenomenal.
I'm still of the group that believe in reality in music. I don't want to hear some nobody's pop or lackluster classical over this man's voice. I want to hear this man's internal perspective. I want him to write the songs and I want to hear something different than the cheesyness. There's a reason bands like the Beatles stand out. Integrity. He has yet to prove it, it honestly appears as if he's just another marketing tool to be abused by a greedy music company.
Man, if only this guy would get out and do his own stuff. Until then, I simply cannot respect him.
Rating:
- His voice is like eating great chocolate!I received this album from a friend for christmas, and I was
completely in love with this man voice!
His songs are wonderfully written, you can place yourself in them and how he is feeling when he sings them.
I think his voice is like the "smoothness of fine chocolate when it is melted"
Rating:
- Awesome, amazing, spectacular, beyond anything ever heard...You may not believe it but I was a skeptic at first. When my mom bought the CD after hearing Josh Groban on the radio I was reluctant to listen to a CD where half the songs were in a language I couldn't understand.
Then I heard "The Voice."
Wow. He was ~20 when he recorded this? I was stunned. His voice was spectacular. Even if you had no idea what the words meant you still managed to understand them! And it was because of the emotion that Josh Groban protrays in singing. What makes Josh Groban such a refreshing singer are two things:
1. He manages to blend the line between classical and pop with ease.
2. His voice is so mature he could sing opera but the music he sings reflects his age.
Altogether it creates a wonderful package that leaves you wanting more. This is the best debut album I have ever heard in my life.
Rating:
- I agree with DennyHe was the pop and classical singer Josh Groban made his debut in the seventh grade, but then put music aside for a few years until he enrolled at the Interlochen Arts Program. In late 1998, he hooked up with a friend of his vocal coach, producer/writer/arranger David Foster. Groban worked for Foster as a rehearsal singer on a series of high-profile events, including the inauguration of Grey Davis as governor of California and the Grammy Awards (at which he rehearsed Foster's "The Prayer" with Celine Dion in place of Andrea Bocelli). He was accepted into the theater department of Carnegie Mellon College, but put his education on hold when he was offered a recording contract at Warner Bros. Records through Foster's 143 imprint. He made his recording debut singing "For Always" with Lara Fabian on the soundtrack to A.I.: Artificial Intelligence, and appeared in the 2001 season finale of the television series Ally McBeal. His debut album, Josh Groban, was released in November 2001. Over the next year, Groban became a star. His album went double-platinum, and had his own PBS special in November 2002. A month later, he performed "To Where You Are" and "The Prayer" at the Nobel Peace Prize Concert in Oslo, Norway, and joined The Corrs, Ronan Keating, Sting, Lionel Richie and others for a holiday performance at the Vatican in Rome. In November 2003, Groban issued his second album, Closer. Two months later, he earned his first ever number one when Closer skyrocketed from number 11 to number one on the Billboard album charts.
Producer, record executive, and songwriter David Foster has a long history of trying to wed commercial considerations to the lighter elements of pop music, and in young Josh Groban, whom he adopted as a protégé in late 1998 when the singer was 17, he is trying to get in on the classical crossover market effectively occupied by the likes of Andrea Bocelli, Sarah Brightman, and Charlotte Church (who duets with Groban on "The Prayer" here). Groban has a rich voice that falls somewhere between a low tenor and a high baritone, and Foster has here crafted or commissioned music that will sound classical to the ears of non-classical fans, much of it with lyrics in Italian to complete the effect. "Gira con Me," for example, is a slow ballad that sounds like it may have escaped from a minor opera, but in fact was composed by Foster and songwriter/producer Walter Afanasieff (best-known for his work with Mariah Carey). Groban is also given some ballads in English, with songwriting credits that include such Southern California pop-meisters as Richard Marx, Albert Hammond, Carole Bayer Sager, and Foster's wife, Linda Thompson. The result is an ersatz classical crossover record that won't fool the experts but easily could find its way into households that welcome Celine Dion and other sub-operatic emoters of her ilk. Groban is certainly not to be blamed for taking his chances with Foster instead of staying in college or pursuing a classical career, and his first album is enjoyable even if it doesn't live up to its pretensions.