I agreed with you until I got the Just So CD. This is a studio album, and apparently John was recording his part by himself. Admittedly, it's a musical and not just a collection of songs, and he's playing a (musical) part and not just singing a collection of unrelated songs, but I like it very much.
For the most part, I agree with your comments on Another Side. Leaving aside the post-processing that was done with a steamroller as well as the elevator-music arrangements, I definitely prefer his voice when he's singing as if he's doing a performance and not as if he's singing to someone in the same room (and trying not to blast them out). I'm not so sure it was the poor song choices so much as how he chose to present them. IMHO, his voice is much better when he's supporting with his diaphram. (And I definitely think that his "I've got 15 minutes free now, so let's record something" schedule was a factor in the mix.) I had intended to give the album to a friend at Christmas, to introduce her to JB, but after hearing it decided against that idea.
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Date: 2007-12-25 04:11 am (UTC)I agreed with you until I got the Just So CD. This is a studio album, and apparently John was recording his part by himself. Admittedly, it's a musical and not just a collection of songs, and he's playing a (musical) part and not just singing a collection of unrelated songs, but I like it very much.
For the most part, I agree with your comments on Another Side. Leaving aside the post-processing that was done with a steamroller as well as the elevator-music arrangements, I definitely prefer his voice when he's singing as if he's doing a performance and not as if he's singing to someone in the same room (and trying not to blast them out). I'm not so sure it was the poor song choices so much as how he chose to present them. IMHO, his voice is much better when he's supporting with his diaphram. (And I definitely think that his "I've got 15 minutes free now, so let's record something" schedule was a factor in the mix.) I had intended to give the album to a friend at Christmas, to introduce her to JB, but after hearing it decided against that idea.