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Title: Disappointing
Review: I looked forward to Josh Groban's second album as I absolutelyloved his first. His voice was so powerful, emotional and personal. What I especially enjoyed was the way the music did not overwhelm or substitute for the vocals.This album evocked this comment: "My God, he's been Celine Dioned"! My partner, a musician, simply said: "Sounds like songson a hollywood sound track." There are dozens of albums like this and they all sound the same.I have a deeper appreciation of how a producer can make or breakyou. I am a huge fan of Eva Cassidy, who, in part, never becamefamous in her lifetime because producers didn't know what to dowith her wide ranging talent: jazz, folk, torch, ballad, etc. This album indicates a lack of appreciation for the voice bycommercializing the "product" to the point of blandness.
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