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List Price: $27.98 | | Label: Reprise / Wea
Salesrank: 10180
Released: November 11, 2003 |
| Our Price: $13.90 |
| Used Price: $6.67 |
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| Media: Audio CD |
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Closer Track Listing:
1. Oceano
2. My Confession
3. Mi Mancherai - Joshua Bell
4. When You Say You Love Me
5. Per Te
6. All’Improvviso Amore
7. Broken Vow
8. Broken Vow
9. Caruso
10. Remember When It Rained
11. Hymne A L’Amour
12. You Raise Me Up
13. Never Let Go - Deep Forest
14. Mi Morena
15. She's Out Of My Life
Editorial Review:
S P E C I A L E D I T I O N : A special edition of Closer includes two new tracks, the EPK and exclusive footage of "the making of" the album.
Description of Closer:
Thanks to a fortuitous intersection of talent and fate, 22-year-old Josh Groban hasn't finished his senior year in performing arts school but has already released his sophomore effort on a major major label. Fans of the young vocal phenom's debut will find much to enthrall them here, even if it nudges the singer closer to the center of producer/mentor David Foster's MOR pop sensibilities. Eschewing much of its predecessors more overt classic-lite pretensions and pop-rock covers for a slate of dramatic, Eurocentric ballads that serve as a showcase for the singer's inviting baritone, Groban shrewdly positions himself as the American alternative to the Bocelli-Watson crossover axis. "Caruso" may find the singer falling short of its operatic inspiration, but "Oceano" and "My Confession" quickly showcase the singer's true dramatic range (which seems to all but yearn for a bona fide Broadway musical challenge), while a vocal take of Bacalov's graceful "Il Postino" theme uses classical virtuoso Joshua Bell's violin flourishes to good effect. To his credit, Groban displays some promising efforts at songwriting collaboration on the bittersweet "Per Te" and "Remember When It Rains," while the ambient/ethnic soundscape of Deep Forest's "Never Let Go" offers a teasing alternative to the record's otherwise melodramatic production formula. Groban has found commercial triumph via Foster's mentoring, but there remains a nagging sense here that he hasn't truly pushed himself as an artist--yet. --Jerry McCulley
Closer Reviews:
Heart-felt music and voice! 
2009-09-18 - I started to enjoy vocals a few years ago. When I heard Josh Groban. I started to like it more. There is this relaxing and innocent tone to his voice, one of the best voices out there. I highly recommend his music.!!!
beautiful
2008-06-24 - No other words to express this album,,,the artistry is superb. would recommend to anyone, this album makes me glad I am a music lover, it is inspiring
simply amazing...
2007-02-05 - This was my first Josh Groban album and definitely not my last. I've never been fond of opera for the simple reason that I disliked not knowing the words. Clearly that is not really the problem because as far as I'm concerned Josh can sing to me any language he wants. He has a rich smooth sound that reaches deep inside. I initially purchased this CD for "You Raise Me Up," and discovered a wealth of inspiring music. In mi mancherai (il postino), the duet with Joshua Bell is heart rendingly beautiful. My favorite is "When You Say You Love Me." It's romantic and touching. Throughout, Josh demonstrates a remarkable capacity for variation in his taste in music and his skill in presenting it. This extended version included a DVD that clued me into his latest project AWAKE, which I'm glad I purchased as soon as it became available. I hope to see much more by Josh soon.
Golden Voice!
2007-01-09 - This album has inspired me to begin learning Italian. I learned the words to "Oceano" by heart almost immediately. Not a single song on this album do I not like. Josh is an incredible singer--one of the best voices I have heard in a long time. This is actually the second time I have purchased this album, because I wanted to get the accompanying "Making Of..." DVD.
Wonderful music
2006-06-12 - This is the first album I bought from this artist and I loved it so much I bought all of them and then flew to Las Vegas to see the first concert I have ever been to--that sounds silly since I am over 60 and really think the music is wonderful!
