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It's been an interesting time for Joe McElderry. 2009's X-Factor winner was dropped by Simon Cowell's label last year, only to turn up this year on Popstar To Operastar and win. Now signed with Decca, Joe now releases his brand new album, Classic, just six weeks after winning the reality TV show.
Now, if like ourselves, you're diving in without knowing anything about the show, then you're in for a treat. The 12 tracks of Classic are a mixture of some well known songs in the classic standards as well as some show tunes. The opening track of Canto Della Terra is the first showcase what you can expect from the album but with an unseeming ability to go from classic track in Italian to singing once again in English without much effort, you cannot help but be impressed. He's tackled some big songs too (Nessun Dorma both in English and original Italian and Time To Say Goodbye)
There are the show tunes too, such as Solitare, I Dreamed A Dream and Over The Rainbow, as well as a recording of the song that brought him to the attention of the X-Factor massive, Dance With My Father.
Bearing in mind that McElderry is no opera singer, he has obviously taken what he has learned from Popstar To Operastar and incorporated it into this album. Maybe a 6 week turnaround from winning to album release was too quick, and it's likely to be to 'cash in' whilst it's fresh in the public mind, which is probably why it is a safe list of tracks.
Hopefully future album's will give Joe more of a challenge and give him the chance to improve in what seems to be a new direction for the singer from South Shields.
Rating:4/5
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