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Something of a protégé of Celine Dion (he's managed by her husband and manager, René Angélil, and made his commercial breakthrough with a 2000 duet with Dion, "Sous le Vent"), Quebecois adult contemporary singer Garou (born Pierre Garand) has until now stuck to the French-language market. Piece of My Soul is his first English-language album, and it follows a similar formula to Dion's push into the Anglophone market a little over a decade before, featuring songs by Dion's core stable of songwriters (including 1980s one-hit wonder Aldo Nova, who co-wrote the title track and "Coming Home") as well as tracks by bigger names. Matchbox 20's Rob Thomas wrote the first single, the cookie-cutter pop/rocker "Stand Up" (not, unfortunately, a cover of the Ludacris single of the same name, which would have been as much a hoot as Dion's ill-advised take on AC/DC's "You Shook Me All Night Long"), and the dramatic ballad "First Day of My Life" (already a 2006 hit for ex-Spice Girl Melanie C) was written by Enrique Iglesias. Unfortunately, the album seems so calculated toward the American adult contemporary market that the things that made Garou's French-language albums unique -- particularly an appealingly rough-edged and at times almost bluesy voice that often made him sound like Quebec's equivalent of prime '70s vintage Neil Diamond -- are all but absent here. The pleasant but forgettable songs have so little personality either in the glossy radio-ready arrangements or in Garou's newly anodyne vocal style that the album title starts to sound cruelly ironic: soul is the one thing this album is almost entirely lacking.
© Stewart Mason /TiVo
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Garou, Performer - Sebastian Nylund, Acoustic Bass - Sebastian Nylund, Guitar - Sebastian Nylund, Background Vocal - Rob Thomas, Composer - Rob Thomas, Lyricist - Chris Lord-Alge, Mixing Engineer - Linda Norrgard, Background Vocal - Peer Astrom, Keyboards - Peer Astrom, Drums - Peer Astrom, Guitar - Peer Astrom, Background Vocal - Peer Astrom, Producer
(P) 2008 Sony Music Entertainment Canada Inc.
Anders Wollbeck, Lyricist - Anders Wollbeck, Composer - Peer Astrom, Acoustic Bass - Peer Astrom, Mixing Engineer - Peer Astrom, Keyboards - Peer Astrom, Guitar - Peer Astrom, Background Vocal - Peer Astrom, Producer - Peer Astrom, Drums - Wayne Hector, Composer - Wayne Hector, Lyricist - Mattias Lindblom, Lyricist - Mattias Lindblom, Composer - Lasse Mårtén, Recording Engineer - Emil Heiling, Background Vocal - Janson & Janson, Arranger - Garou, Performer - Sebastian Nylund, Guitar - Markus Bergkvist, Recording Engineer - Stockholm Session Strings, Strings
(P) 2008 Sony Music Entertainment Canada Inc.
Garou, Performer - Anders Melander, Composer - Anders Melander, Lyricist - Johan Bobäck, Programmer - Ulf Forsberg, Strings - Chris Lord-Alge, Mixing Engineer - Peer Astrom, Producer - Peer Astrom, Programmer
(P) 2008 Sony Music Entertainment Canada Inc.
Vito Luprano, Producer - Peer Astrom, Keyboards - Peer Astrom, Drums - Peer Astrom, Guitar - Peer Astrom, Background Vocal - Peer Astrom, Producer - François-Éric Lalonde, Recording Engineer - Niklas Flyckt, Mixing Engineer - Don Mescall, Composer - Don Mescall, Lyricist - Anders Bagge, Producer - Garou, Performer - Martin Sutton, Composer - Martin Sutton, Lyricist - Sebastian Nylund, Acoustic Bass - Sebastian Nylund, Guitar - Jennie Lovgren, Background Vocal
(P) 2008 Sony Music Entertainment Canada Inc.
Carl Falk, Lyricist - Carl Falk, Composer - Garou, Performer - Alex Vargas, Lyricist - Alex Vargas, Composer - Sebastian Nylund, Guitar - Kevin Hughes, Lyricist - Kevin Hughes, Composer - Peer Astrom, Acoustic Bass - Peer Astrom, Mixing Engineer - Peer Astrom, Keyboards - Peer Astrom, Drums - Peer Astrom, Guitar - Peer Astrom, Background Vocal - Peer Astrom, Producer - Pierre Garand, Composer - Pierre Garand, Lyricist
(P) 2008 Sony Music Entertainment Canada Inc.
Garou, Performer - Aldo Nova, Lyricist - Aldo Nova, Producer - Aldo Nova, Composer - Emil Heiling, Background Vocal - Anders Barrén, Producer - Anders Barrén, Acoustic Bass - Anders Barrén, Lyricist - Anders Barrén, Guitar - Anders Barrén, Keyboards - Anders Barrén, Composer - Peer Astrom, Drums - Peer Astrom, Guitar - Peer Astrom, Background Vocal - Peer Astrom, Producer - Vito Luprano, Producer
(P) 2008 Sony Music Entertainment Canada Inc.
Johan Bobäck, Recording Engineer - Ronan Hardiman, Lyricist - Ronan Hardiman, Composer - Jimmy Källkvist, Acoustic Bass - Peer Astrom, Mixing Engineer - Peer Astrom, Keyboards - Peer Astrom, Drums - Peer Astrom, Guitar - Peer Astrom, Background Vocal - Peer Astrom, Producer - Don Mescall, Composer - Don Mescall, Lyricist - Lasse Mårtén, Recording Engineer - Emil Heiling, Background Vocal - Janson & Janson, Arranger - Garou, Performer - Sebastian Nylund, Guitar - Markus Bergkvist, Recording Engineer - Janne Hansson, Recording Engineer - Stockholm Session Strings, Strings
(P) 2008 Sony Music Entertainment Canada Inc.
Johan Bobäck, Recording Engineer - Jimmy Källkvist, Acoustic Bass - Peer Astrom, Mixing Engineer - Peer Astrom, Keyboards - Peer Astrom, Drums - Peer Astrom, Guitar - Peer Astrom, Background Vocal - Peer Astrom, Producer - Judie Tzuke, Composer - Judie Tzuke, Lyricist - Lasse Mårtén, Recording Engineer - Janson & Janson, Arranger - Garou, Performer - Patrik Lundström, Guitar - Charlie Russell, Lyricist - Charlie Russell, Composer - Sebastian Nylund, Guitar - Markus Bergkvist, Recording Engineer - Graham Kearns, Lyricist - Graham Kearns, Composer - Stockholm Session Strings, Strings - Lucie Silvas, Composer - Lucie Silvas, Lyricist
(P) 2008 Sony Music Entertainment Canada Inc.
Vito Luprano, Producer - Alar Suurna, Recording Engineer - Peer Astrom, Piano - Peer Astrom, Drums - Peer Astrom, Background Vocal - Peer Astrom, Producer - François-Éric Lalonde, Recording Engineer - Guy Chambers, Composer - Guy Chambers, Lyricist - Niklas Flyckt, Mixing Engineer - Mårten Eriksson, Recording Engineer - Anders Bagge, Producer - Sarah Dawn Finer, Background Vocal - Janson & Janson, Arranger - Enrique Iglesias, Lyricist - Enrique Iglesias, Composer - Garou, Performer - Sebastian Nylund, Acoustic Bass - Sebastian Nylund, Guitar - Stockholm Session Strings, Strings
(P) 2008 Sony Music Entertainment Canada Inc.
Andy Marvel, Composer - Andy Marvel, Lyricist - Sebastian Nylund, Guitar - Garou, Performer - Johan Bobäck, Recording Engineer - Ulf Forsberg, Strings - Dimitri Ehrlich, Composer - Dimitri Ehrlich, Lyricist - Peer Astrom, Acoustic Bass - Peer Astrom, Mixing Engineer - Peer Astrom, Keyboards - Peer Astrom, Drums - Peer Astrom, Guitar - Peer Astrom, Background Vocal - Peer Astrom, Producer - Peer Astrom, Arranger
(P) 2008 Sony Music Entertainment Canada Inc.
Henrik Janson, Arranger - Markus Bergqvist, Recording Engineer - S.N.Y.K.O., Strings - François-Éric Lalonde, Recording Engineer - Carl Falk, Guitar - Andreas Carlsson, Background Vocal - Andreas Carlsson, Composer - Andreas Carlsson, Lyricist - Kristian Lundin, Recording Engineer - Kristian Lundin, Mixing Engineer - Kristian Lundin, Keyboards - Kristian Lundin, Lyricist - Kristian Lundin, Programmer - Kristian Lundin, Producer - Kristian Lundin, Composer - Nana Hedin, Background Vocal - Jake Schulze, Mixing Engineer - Jake Schulze, Percussion - Jake Schulze, Keyboards - Jake Schulze, Programmer - Jake Schulze, Recording Engineer - Jake Schulze, Producer - Garou, Performer - Håkan Wollgård, Recording Engineer - Ulf Janson, Arranger - Esbjörn Öhrwall, Guitar
(P) 2008 Sony Music Entertainment Canada Inc.
Vito Luprano, Producer - Peer Astrom, Drums - Peer Astrom, Guitar - Peer Astrom, Background Vocal - Peer Astrom, Producer - Paul Blenn, Lyricist - Paul Blenn, Composer - François-Éric Lalonde, Recording Engineer - Niklas Flyckt, Mixing Engineer - Anders Bagge, Producer - Don Mescall, Composer - Don Mescall, Lyricist - Garou, Performer - Martin Sutton, Composer - Martin Sutton, Lyricist - Sebastian Nylund, Acoustic Bass - Sebastian Nylund, Guitar
(P) 2008 Sony Music Entertainment Canada Inc.
Sebastian Nylund, Guitar - Garou, Performer - Aldo Nova, Lyricist - Aldo Nova, Composer - Chris Brooke, Mixing Engineer - François-Éric Lalonde, 2nd Engineer - François-Éric Lalonde, Mixing Engineer - Peer Astrom, Lyricist - Peer Astrom, Acoustic Bass - Peer Astrom, Keyboards - Peer Astrom, Drums - Peer Astrom, Composer - Peer Astrom, Producer - Humberto Gatica, Mixing Engineer - Humberto Gatica, Recording Engineer
(P) 2008 Sony Music Entertainment Canada Inc.
Album review
Something of a protégé of Celine Dion (he's managed by her husband and manager, René Angélil, and made his commercial breakthrough with a 2000 duet with Dion, "Sous le Vent"), Quebecois adult contemporary singer Garou (born Pierre Garand) has until now stuck to the French-language market. Piece of My Soul is his first English-language album, and it follows a similar formula to Dion's push into the Anglophone market a little over a decade before, featuring songs by Dion's core stable of songwriters (including 1980s one-hit wonder Aldo Nova, who co-wrote the title track and "Coming Home") as well as tracks by bigger names. Matchbox 20's Rob Thomas wrote the first single, the cookie-cutter pop/rocker "Stand Up" (not, unfortunately, a cover of the Ludacris single of the same name, which would have been as much a hoot as Dion's ill-advised take on AC/DC's "You Shook Me All Night Long"), and the dramatic ballad "First Day of My Life" (already a 2006 hit for ex-Spice Girl Melanie C) was written by Enrique Iglesias. Unfortunately, the album seems so calculated toward the American adult contemporary market that the things that made Garou's French-language albums unique -- particularly an appealingly rough-edged and at times almost bluesy voice that often made him sound like Quebec's equivalent of prime '70s vintage Neil Diamond -- are all but absent here. The pleasant but forgettable songs have so little personality either in the glossy radio-ready arrangements or in Garou's newly anodyne vocal style that the album title starts to sound cruelly ironic: soul is the one thing this album is almost entirely lacking.
© Stewart Mason /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 13 track(s)
- Total length: 00:46:33
- Main artists: Garou
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Columbia
- Genre: World Europe French Music
(P) 2008 SONY BMG MUSIC (CANADA) INC.
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