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Track Listing
1. Alla Luce del Sole - (Italian)
2. Gira con Me - (Italian)
3. You're Still You
4. Cinema Paradiso (Se) - (Italian)
5. To Where You Are
6. Alejate - (Spanish)
7. Canto Alla Vita - (Italian, featuring The Corrs)
8. Let Me Fall - (from "Cirque Du Soleil")
9. Vincent (Starry Starry Night)
10. Un Amore Per Sempre - (Italian)
11. Home to Stay
12. Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring - (featuring Lili Haydn)
13. Prayer, The - (Italian, with Charlotte Church)
Album Notes
Personnel includes: Josh Groban, The Corrs, Charlotte Church (vocals); William Ross (conductor); Ramon Stagnaro, Dean Parks (guitar); Lili Hayden (violin, background vocals); Richard Marx (piano, keyboards); David Foster, Walter Afanasieff (keyboards); Curt Bisquera (drums); Rhys Fulber, Felipe Elgueta (programming); Efrat, Marco Marinangeli (background vocals).
Producers include: David Foster, Walter Afanasieff, Toni Renis, Richard Marx,
Humberto Gatica.
Engineers include: Felipe Elgueta, Humberto Gatica, Nick Marshall.
Josh Groban's meteoric rise to stardom began when hit producer David Foster selected him as a last-minute replacement at the dress rehearsal for the 1999 Grammy Awards, where the then-17-year-old singer stood in for Andrea Bocelli in a duet with Celine Dion. The rest, as they say, is history. But can the precocious baritone truly compete with the more seasoned powerhouses of the Classical Crossover scene?
Groban's self-titled debut album validates Foster's prescience and proves that the young vocalist is more than able to hold his own. He moves confidently through an eclectic program with a poise that belies his youth and relative inexperience. He uses his warm voice to great effect in a variety of settings provided by veteran songwriters such as Richard Marx, Albert Hammond, Carole Bayer Sager, and Linda Thompson, among others. Highlights include a poignant reading of Don McLean's "Vincent," a dramatic account of the Neapolitan song "Canto Alla Vita" (featuring the Corrs), and a rock-anthem version of Bach's "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring" (with Lili Haydn on violin), as well as "The Prayer," a soaring duet with fellow wunderkind Charlotte Church. With this debut, Groban delivers a crowd-pleasing effort that marks the beginning of what will undoubtedly be a stellar career.
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