John Barrowman [Import]

John Barrowman | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 2, 2010)
• Original Release Date: 2010
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: 101 DISTRIBUTION
• ASIN: B0034XRCV0
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #24,650 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. When I Get My Name In Lights (The Boy From Oz)

2. One Night Only (Dreamgirls)

3. Copacabana (Copacabana)

4. I Won't Send Roses (Mack and Mabel)

5. Memory (Cats)

6. Don't Cry Out Loud (The Boy From Oz)

7. My Eyes Adored You (Jersey Boys)

8. The Kid Inside (Is There Life After High School?)

9. So Close (Enchanted) Duet with Jodie Prenger

10. Unusual Way (Nine)

11. You'll Never Walk Alone (Carousel)

12. The Winner Takes It All (Mamma Mia!)

13. Oh What A Night (Jersey Boys)

Editorial Reviews

Best known for playing Captain Jack Harkness in the BBC series Torchwood and Doctor Who, he has also been a judge on the award-winning BBC1 entertainment shows How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria?, Any Dream Will Do and I d Do Anything. He has also hosted his own primetime Saturday night TV extravaganza, Tonight's The Night and graced London s West End as Zaza in the Olivier Award-winning La Cage Aux Folles.

John Barrowman is perhaps his most personal album to date the album he has always wanted to make. As with 2007's Another Side and 2008's Music Music Music, it is a masterful, evocative and uplifting journey into perhaps the man's first love, musical theatre, comprising his favourite moments from Cats, Mamma Mia, Jersey Boys and Mack and Mabel to name a few. The album is filled with instantly familiar classics - Memory , The Winner Takes It All , My Eyes Adored You - to the less immediately familiar, such as So Close , a spine-tingling duet with Jodie Prenger. Also included is a beautiful version of You ll Never Walk Alone from Carousel, a song which his mother sang to him as a child. Every track holds an emotional relevance for John.

Customer Reviews

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars John Barrowman is magnificent!, August 17, 2010

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Barbara Weatherwax (NV USA) - See all my reviews
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I discovered John on Utube when I was listening to Larry Kert - and was practically speechless. His technique is breathtaking. Particularly the cut - I won't bring You Flowers- which is an example of a voice perfectly placed = amazing breath control = impecible taste in every way. I make these comments as a student and teacher of vocal technique. As a performer, of course he is an international star - well deserved. Since this purchase, I have bought 5 more of his albums (I can't get enough). This one is actually the best.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent as usual, March 16, 2010

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V. Arney "Blind Chick" (Austin Texas) - See all my reviews
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Got this today and listened to it right away - wonderful as usual with John's music, but kinda bummed because the song "The Doctor and I" was supposed to be on it (per [..] and a few other sites) and wasn't included. :( Bad press, overhype or a version only sent to folks in the US.

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars John Great as always, April 9, 2010

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James W. Mccully (Wake Forest, NC United States) - See all my reviews
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I have gotten to be a really big fan. I think the first time I had heard of him or heard him sing, was a Stephen Sondheim video with Carol Burnett. He's got a lot of talent. I have bought most of his CDS and his DVD from UK amazon. He has a great range in his voice. He's multitalented. For the songs on the CD, I always did love, " I Won't Send Roses,". He sings it very well, emotionally and techncially as far as holding notes, being musical. I've heard it done by him on the concert DVD and on youtube by him. I also heard Michael Feinstein sing it. I am partial to John's interpretation. I particualarly like The Kid Inside. I like the tune and John again does a great job. He does a great job of "Don't Cry Out Loud", a hit for Melissa Manchester. Key changes and long held notes. I like to sing with him. I'm a singer, too. I pretty much sing in his range. He sings "You're Just too Good to be True", the Four Seasons hit. These songs are from Broadway and movies, mostly. He seems to love Barry Manilow because he has Copacobana on this CD. He has sung a lot of Barry's songs on previous albums. He sings a duet with someone I think he's paired with before. They sing "So Close" from Enchanted. I will have to admit I prefer the movie version. I don't care for this version much. It's not bad, but I kind of think the woman dominated the song and feels overdone. Other songs featured include, "You'll Never Walk Alone" from Carousel, and "Memory" from Cats. John sings well on everything.