Josh Groban - Josh Groban

This is Josh Groban's first studio album and is definitely his most classical to date. The album is mostly foreign language, with a mix of French, Italian and Spanish. There are also a few English songs. However, it is my opinion that the foreign language are the stronger songs on this album, with the possible exception of 'Let Me Fall' which is a beautiful haunting song. My favourites of the foreign language songs are 'Alla Luce Del Sole' and 'Gira Con Me', which Josh sings with fluency and style. On this album he also duets with Andrea Corr (of 'The Corrs') and with Charlotte Church (when she was still a classical music singer. His strong ...  Read the complete review

I HAVE THE X FACTOR!! At least that's what i think! I recently bought AWAKE by Josh Groban after being bombarded by his music on Radio 2! Yes i listen to Radio 2. I travel about a 1000 miles a week for work and have a secret ambition to be a mini cab driver. In my experience that is the station of choice! I have just returned from a 4 hour journey back from Nottingham this evening and bombarded myself with the Joshmeister since getting stuck in a stack of traffic on the M1. What a fantastic album. I have never sung so much and so loudly in my life. For anyone stuck next to some idiot shouting at the top of their lungs in a black ...  Read the complete review

Josh Groban began his career in 2001 with his debut self titled album. I’d never heard of him until nearer his 2004 release ‘Closer’ but from that album, I had to return to see what I had missed out on. Josh has simply a classical style to his music which narrows his market but working along side some really big names did help him on his path to success. His second album differs slightly from his first and I have to say I still prefer ‘Closer’ to ‘Josh Groban’. I saw him on his Ally McBeal performance which brought the cast to tears and this album has the same impact. Josh played a choir singer who had to sing in front of his class mates which really isn’t ...  Read the complete review