http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005-2007 by the authors Wed, 6 Aug 2008 18:39:53 EDT http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2008/04/20/101339.php#comment-737736 I agree that Steve Tyrell's voice is somewhat raspy, but for me that is what makes this CD so enjoyable to listen to. These songs do not have the orchestrated smooth voices of the originals, but in the same manner that Joe Cocker's voice is not smooth, but real, Steve Tyrell's voice has a bittersweet tone, that gives the impression he has lived each of the songs, and is singing from experience and from heart. The variations in tonations from the originals, and the fact that these songs are finally sung from a male perspective, gives them new meaning. I find this particular CD to be full of more feeling than any other version of many of the Bacharach songs I have heard in years, 737736@blogcritics.org Wed, 6 Aug 2008 18:39:53 EDT