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Title: At least he's not Charlotte Church!
Review: Like Charlotte Church, Josh Groban is very gifted to have such a beautiful, mature voice at a young age. The selections here show off his warm, rich, sound, but it is easy to tell that his singing technique is juvenille even if his voice sounds mature. The color and depth of his voice lends itself well to classical music, but the vibrato doesn't spin evenly and there are a few intonation (pitch) problems that are surprisingly apparent. It is obvious that the recordings here are doctored with lots of reverb--hearing him unamplified would be interesting. If he follows the footsteps of Charlotte Church, however, and includes real opera arias on his next CD, he will be well on his way to ruining his voice prematurely. In my opinion, he should have stayed in school and developed a more solid singing technique before venturing out into the recording industry! I'd hate to see a voice like that suffer the same fate as Charlotte Church's.
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