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Track Listings
| 1. Alla Luce Del Sole |
| 2. Gira Con Me |
| 3. You're Still Me |
| 4. Cinema Paradiso |
| 5. To Where You Are |
| 6. Alejate |
| 7. Canto Alla Vita - Groban, Josh & The Corrs |
| 8. Let Me Fall |
| 9. Vincent (Starry Starry Night) |
| 10. Un Amore Per Sempre |
| 11. Home To Stay |
| 12. Jesu Joy Of Man's Desiring - Groban, Josh & Lil Haydn |
| 13. Prayer - Groban, Josh & Charlotte Church |
There are worse things in life for than making your acting debut on the much ballyhooed season finale of Ally McBeal, though teen operatic baritone Josh Groban doesn't seem destined to encounter them anytime soon. As the awkward high school student-client who asks the typically romance-jinxed Ally to his senior prom, Groban performed this debut album's "You're Still You" (adapted from film-composing legend Ennio Morricone's Academy Award-nominated score for Malèna, with lyrics by Linda Thompson) as a heart-tugging, literal showstopper. The young star was just 17 when veteran producer-writer David Foster tapped him to fill in for Andrea Bocelli at rehearsals for the 1999 Grammys, where Groban found himself suddenly dueting with Celine Dion.
If this collection tends to hew sometimes uncomfortably close to Foster's own MOR sonic instincts, the material offers enough challenges to display Groban's talent and the potential of his warm, mature voice: a lyrical take on another Morricone classic, "Cinema Paradiso"; melancholy readings of Don McLean's "Starry, Starry Night" and Albert Hammond's "Alejate"; masterfully dramatic takes of the Neapolitan "Alla Luca Del Sole" and "Canto Alla Vita," the latter featuring the Corrs. Many of Groban's performances here, including a neo prog-rock-opera take on Bach's "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring" (with Lili Haydn), seem both bigger and bolder than their precious musical frameworks, a telling hint that Grand Opera can't be far from his grasp. As said earlier, there are worse things in life.--Jerry McCulley
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'Josh Groban' is the debut album by the California-born vocalist who fuses elements of pop and classical music. He was discovered by producer David Foster, who has previously worked with artists such as Celine Dion and Whitney Houston. Thealbum features material penned by Richard Marx and Linda Thompson.