Stages

構成数 : 1枚
合計収録時間 : 00:53:57
Audio Mixers: Humberto Gatica; Martin Nessi. Recording information: Abbey Road, London, England; Avatar Studios, New York, NY; Blackbird Studios, Nashville, TN; Capitol Studios, Hollywood, CA; Lionshare Studios, Hollywood, CA; MSR, New York, NY; Sony Scoring Stage, Culver City, CA; SoulFuel Studios, Nashville, TN; Tal Bergman Studios, Los Angeles, CA; United Recording, Hollywood, CA; Westlake Studios, West Hollywood, CA. Photographer: James Dimmock. Josh Groban always skirted the edges of middlebrow pop so it's a certain relief to hear the classical singer go all in on 2015's Stages, a tribute to the great songs of the Great White Way. He throws a few movie tunes in for good measure, including the opening "Pure Imagination" from Charlie & The Chocolate Factory and "Over the Rainbow," but the concentration is on A Chorus Line, Les Miserables, The Fantasticks, Into the Woods, and Sunday in the Park with George -- lots of Sondheim, lots of musicals from after the peak of '60s crossover. Nevertheless, in its handsome deliberation, Stages does feel like a throwback to '60s LPs comprised of tunes everybody knows, sung by singers everybody knows. Groban in some ways benefits from a less operatic setting, as it naturally scales back his soaring excess, and the record is also nicely modulated -- a mellow, attractive journey to the middle of the road, a place that seems to suit Groban just fine. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

【曲目】
01. Pure Imagination [Willy Wonka / Charlie & The Chocolate Factory]
02. What I Did For Love [A Chorus Line]
03. Bring Him Home [Les Misérables]
04. Le Temps Des Cathedrals [Notre-Dame de Paris]
05. All I Ask Of You (duet with Kelly Clarkson) [The Phantom Of The Opera]
06. Try To Remember [The Fantasticks ]
07. Over The Rainbow [The Wizard Of Oz]
08. Children Will Listen / Not While I'm Around [Into The Woods / Sweeney Todd]
09. You'll Never Walk Alone [Carousel]
10. Old Devil Moon [Finian's Rainbow]
11. Finishing The Hat [Sunday In The Park With George]
12. If I Loved You (with Audra McDonald) [Carousel]
13. Anthem [Chess]