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Title: Superior Against An American Idol World, But Is That Much?
Review: Sure, he's miles ahead of the devoid Clay Aiken [who or what isn't?], but I still prefer `You Raise Me Up' when it was recorded as `Wind Beneath My Wings' and I didn't like it much then either. Bland quasi-classical in the same vein as Charlotte Church, his pro-nun-ci-a-tion more suited for the Broadway stage, stabs `Hymne a l'Amour' to stupefaction, misguidedly co-writes a few himself, and gets lost when he decides to get ambient. Groban seems intense in his beliefs, and credit him for not pandering, but, while he seems to love the sound of his own voice, the delivery remains soporific. My grade: C+
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