brywool wrote:The_Noble_Cause wrote:brywool wrote:late for this---
Heard Augeri's interview on the Rock Solid podcast. Great interview. Had forgotten about his album release. It's a really good album. Bought it and his singles after the podcast. I remember being a bit letdown after the 2nd Tall Stories album so I kind of lost track of Augeri. I really like the new album. Nice to have new music from him. A little variety on there, too. 4/5.
I've always appreciated your vocal insights. Curious on your take on some of these tracks. Some songs like Baited Breath or Never Far From Home sound like pristine SA in full voice. Other tracks like Desert Moon or Drive have that falsetto zipped up voice sound that he uses when he tours. Did you notice this?
Yeah, honestly, I look at vocals closely, but if he's able to do what he's doing, considering where he was and his age, then I'm not going to complain. Especially after going through my own vocal bs- I'm not gonna complain. His voice works well in these songs- which are made for him. Just like the Tall Stories stuff- those songs were made for his voice (I mean, Sister of Mercy, c'mon, killer track). The pre-Arrival Journey stuff was made for SP. Augeri's recorded stuff with Journey worked great for him. I remember u loving 'Arrival'. Great sounding album and he sang well on it.
I was hard on SA here about his live singing - but sometimes, you just have to get through the gig- and, like AP, SP, and JSS- they were/are singing the hardest songs in the biz. I was hard on JSS, too. Great singer, I just heard those really early Journey shows he did, and that formed an opinion, but he fixed whatever was going on and ended up doing really well at the end.
I know that Drive isn't a favorite track of peeps. I like that one quite a bit, actually. But I also didn't fault him for Butterfly and Believe, which peeps hated. There are moments here where he does sound pristine. I find that he sounds like Hugo on some of em, too. Like he's using the same vocal approach (voodoo?) that Hugo did. I swear, it sounds like that guy is just whispering the words and yet these f'ng incredible high notes just flop out. I don't know the album well enough to remember which is which and where he does what. Missing album covers and artwork... But I like the album as a whole. I like the variety of the songs, too.
Thanks. I like all the songs on the cd. More replay value than Freedom for me actually. Was just curious. I'll PM you.
