Classic

Joe McElderry

Paru le 01/01/2011 chez Decca (UMO)
Artistes principaux : Joe McElderry
Genre : Pop

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While the brightly colored schlager pop of 2009 X-Factor winner Joe McElderry's debut album, Wide Awake, was an admirable attempt to distance himself from the karaoke treatment most people expected, it was of little surprise that the army of housewives and grandmothers who helped him storm to victory didn't exactly warm to its Hi-NRG beats and falsetto pop melodies. Utterly overshadowed by runner-up Olly Murs' cod-reggae success, the South Shields vocalist looked to have joined the likes of Steve Brookstein and Leon Jackson on the scrapheap of failed Cowell signings, having been dropped by Sony just months after its release. However, thanks to the constant merry-go-round of reality TV, McElderry was handed a lifeline after being invited to appear on ITV's Popstar to Operastar, a show he went on to win with over 80-percent of the final vote. But away from the glare of the cameras, he faced a second struggle, to transfer his undeniably likeable and down to earth personality to his Decca-released follow-up, Classic, a combination of classical crossover standards and orchestral reworkings of modern pop songs. With interpretations of Andrea Bocelli's "Canto Della Terra" and "Time to Say Goodbye," and a bilingual version of Titanic theme, "My Heart Will Go On," the choice of material may be far more suited to the Sunday night TV audience than the Scissor Sisters-esque vibes of his first offering. But as pleasant as McElderry's musical theater-esque voice is, it's nowhere near as powerful or distinctive enough to do justice to such operatic behemoths as "Nessun Dorma" (also featured here in an original English-language adaptation, "Hear My Prayer"), and Verdi's "Va Pensiero," while the string-soaked version of Luther Vandross' "Dance with My Father" (the number he performed at his initial X-Factor audition) and renditions of tracks associated with Susan Boyle ("I Dreamed a Dream"), and Britain's Got Talent winner Jai McDowall (Josh Groban's "To Where You Are") suggest that he's become scared to leave his talent show background behind. You can't blame McElderry for wanting to play it safe after his bid at pop stardom backfired, but while Classic might steer him away from the last chance saloon, it's a formulaic and predictable affair which suggests a lifetime of Westlife-esque ballads disappointingly lies ahead.

© Jon O'Brien /TiVo

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Canto Della Terra

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Tom Bailey, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Fridrik Karlsson, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Per Lindvall, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - The City Of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra - Joe McElderry, Voice, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - James Fitzpatrick, Orchestra - Francesco Sartori, ComposerLyricist - Lucio Quarantotto, Author - Ray Staff, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Steven Baker, Producer, String Arranger, Programming, AssociatedPerformer - Craig Hendry, Producer, Bass Guitar, Assistant Producer, AssociatedPerformer - Phil Bodger, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Jan Holzner, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Brighton Festival Chorus, Choir - Richard Hein, Conductor - Lucie Svehlova, Concertmaster, AssociatedPerformer - Stanja Vomackova, Writer, AssociatedPerformer - Nick Browning, Ukulele, AssociatedPerformer