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Artist: Lee MeadEdition: Music CD
Format: Import
CD Release Date: 2007-11-12
Music Label: Polydor UK
Soundtracks:
- Gonna Make You A Star
- Paint It Black
- You And Me
- Why Can't We Make Things Work
- Stronger
- All That You Know
- How Can I Be Sure
- The Best Is Yet To Come
- When I Need You The Most
- Make It With You
- Any Dream Will Do [*]
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Music Review: Lee, come to the U.S!
Rating: 4 Stars
"Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" is a show dear to my heart and a random Google/YouTube fest led me to Lee. What a doll! This eponymous album is his first, and while it feels somewhat hastily cobbled-together in order to capitalize on his sudden fame, it is overall a very enjoyable album.
He has a very easy tenor. He never over sings but instead delivers clear, lovely performances. "Make It With You," in particular, is a standout precisely because he doesn't over deliver and the track isn't overproduced. They sat him down with a guitar and let him sing. The result is intimate and sensual, as if you're in the room with him.
The album has some misses for me that come off as common pop fare. "Why Can't We Make Things Work," for instance. Pretty generic. No harm, no thrill. "Gonna Make You a Star" seems to be a waste of his rich voice and interpretive ability. It's a bit shrill and frenetic for me. "All That You Know" is a little more interesting with its swelling to the chorus and touches of falsetto (not always a fan of falsetto but it's judiciously applied here).
I'm from the U.S. and am not familiar with the Sugababes work (have heard of them, just never listened) but I did check out their version of "Stronger" to compare it with Lee's. Theirs is a funky anthem to independence while Lee has turned his version into a nice little power ballad with a believable emotional thrust. His ability to interpret a lyric is really remarkable. This is most strongly evidenced when seeing him perform, but definitely comes across audibly as well.
"How Can I Be Sure" was made famous by David Cassidy. I wasn't familiar with Cassidy's version but I love Lee's! There's something hypnotic about it. "The Best Is Yet to Come" is pretty. I can see it playing at weddings all over the land.
I know Lee is capable of greatness, and this quick album gives glimpses of his potential. I hope his future offerings will more accurately reflect who he is as an artist. If he truly identifies with 70s pop tunes then that's cool with me (the 37 year old Bread song is my favorite after all), but he can do much better than the generic pop contributions which take up half of this debut. It's not unusual for new artists to need an album or two to hit their stride, particularly when their fame is the result of a talent search or manufactured entity and they're being pressured by management.
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