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Josh Groban - Closer

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Track List: Closer

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  1. OceanoDownload & Buy
  2. My ConfessionDownload & Buy
  3. Mi Mancherai (Il Postino)Download & Buy
  4. Si Volvieras A MiDownload & Buy
  5. When You Say You Love Me
  6. Per Te
  7. All'improvviso AmoreDownload & Buy
  8. Broken VowDownload & Buy
  9. CarusoDownload & Buy
  10. Remember When It Rained
  11. Hymne A L'amourDownload & Buy
  12. You Raise Me Up
  13. Never Let Go
  14. Mi Morena
  15. She's Out Of My Life

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Album Details: Closer

Release Date:
11/11/2003
Label:
Wea International
UPC:
093624898429

User Reviews: Closer

  1. Just Amazing

    , March 16, 2004
    Reviewer: Casie - See all Casie's reviews
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  2. He's so lovely

    , September 9, 2007
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From AMG Reviews

In a short period of time, Josh Groban went from being a talented vocalist ready to enter college to the new prince of romantic music with a bestselling debut album and highly rated PBS special. The successful combination of his classical crossover croon, boyish good looks, and association with überproducer David Foster helped Groban become a sensation. His sophomore studio disc, Closer, stays comfortably within the boundaries built by his debut collection as Foster once again helms a modest set of pseudoclassical pop songs dreamily sung in various languages. Listening to Groban, it is easy to understand why this MOR style suits him so well as his maturing voice is not grand enough to fully embrace operatic material yet remains too rich and technical for typical mainstream pop music. On Closer he works within his limitations and the result is a more consistent listen than the scattershot debut with his voice sounding comfortable performing these emotional Europeaninspired pop songs. The best tunes bookend the disc as the atmospheric opener, "Oceano," sets an ominous tone while the mysterious "Never Let Go" is a welcome collaboration with Deep Forest that allows Groban to successfully move away from the saccharine ballads and grow as a vocalist. However, there is still plenty of romance included for the PBS crowd as "When You Say You Love Me" painfully cries out like a rejected Celine Dion cut and the Celticinfused bombast of Secret Garden's "You Raise Me Up" plays like the sequel to his debut's most famous song, "To Where You Are." In addition to his improved vocals, Groban contributes three cowriting efforts that include "Never Let Go," and shows that there is a future for him to evenly match his skills as a vocalist and a songwriter. Although the disc still focuses on bland rose petal confessions, its highlights point in the right direction and bring Groban Closer to creating an album that eliminates the sick sweetness while remaining a tasty, satisfying treat.

- Aaron Latham, All Music Guide



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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/arrange...Full Josh Groban Biography

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