One thing that wasn't listed on the write up for this week (at least when I read it), is that Emmy Rossum played the lead, Christine, in the movie version of the Phantom of the Opera in 2004. And so, it's evident that she absolutely has a classically great voice. But in terms of this album, once you've heard one song, you've heard them all. They're all breathy and they have this, like, rounded quality to them, as if they were meant for putting a baby to sleep, or carrying an egg on a spoon across a yard without it dropping. There are no edges.
There are bits that sound like they could be verging on that cool Imogen Heap / Frou Frou sound, but they never quite get there. The "Rainy Days and Mondays" cover is like the opposite of Karen Carpenter's voice, which is almost devoid of that breathy quality. But no one ever said covers have to sound just like the original, so that's really just an observation. In all of its 48 minutes, even if the critics ripped it apart, the only feeling I get is that this album is exactly what Emmy Rossum and Stuart Brawley set out to do.
There are bits that sound like they could be verging on that cool Imogen Heap / Frou Frou sound, but they never quite get there. The "Rainy Days and Mondays" cover is like the opposite of Karen Carpenter's voice, which is almost devoid of that breathy quality. But no one ever said covers have to sound just like the original, so that's really just an observation. In all of its 48 minutes, even if the critics ripped it apart, the only feeling I get is that this album is exactly what Emmy Rossum and Stuart Brawley set out to do.
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