Awake (Josh Groban album)

Infobox Album |
Name = Awake
Type = Album
Artist = Josh Groban


Released = November 07, 2006
Genre = Pop / Classical / Vocal
Length =
Label = Reprise Records / 143 Records
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:dpfqxqurldhe link] |Last album = "Closer
(2003)
This album = "Awake"
(2006)
Next album = "Noël"
(2007)

"Awake" is a platinum-certified album by the American singer-songwriter Josh Groban. Announced on September 13, 2006, it is Groban's third studio album, and a follow-up to his multi-platinum album "Closer". "Awake" was released on November 7, 2006.The album has sold more than 2,500,000 copies worldwide. As of September 2008, it has sold 2,000,000+ copies in the US. [ [http://www.pulsemusic.proboards48.com/index.cgi?board=gmn&action=display&thread=1196868234&page=2 Pulse Music Board - Billboard 200 12/15/2007: Josh Groban #1, 539K ] ]

Album Information

The album's first single is "You Are Loved (Don't Give Up)". The album features producers Imogen Heap, Marius De Vries, Guy Sigsworth, Eric Mouquet, Glen Ballard and David Foster (who also worked on previous Groban works). As with all Josh Groban albums, songs on "Awake" are performed in English, Italian and Spanish. The album offered a more modern vibe to Groban's voice by using more instruments aside from the occasional classic piano accompaniment in his previous albums. The album also featured Groban's head voice technique as evident in most of the tracks in the album.

Awake additionally features tracks that credit Groban's recent movements in South Africa. "Lullaby" and "Weeping" (album tracks 11 and 12) are sung by Groban in conjunction with the renowned South African musical group Ladysmith Black Mambazo, with further contributions from Vusi Mahlasela and Dave Matthews. "Weeping," a pop song originally composed in South Africa, is thematically oriented with the country's history of Apartheid. [] "Lullaby" is a track included in the album as a supplement to "Weeping," considered one of the album's major highlights. "Lullaby" is meant to flow gaplessly into "Weeping," but the rest of the album uses gaps. The song "Now Or Never" was produced and co-written with English singer/songwriter Imogen Heap.

Track listing

# "Mai" (Leo Z./Andrew Sandri/Marco Marinangeli) - 4:35
# "You Are Loved (Don't Give Up)" (Thomas Salter) - first single - 4:49
# "Un Dia Llegara" (Oksana Grigorieva/Claudia Brant) - 4:18
# "February Song" (Josh Groban/Marius de Vries/John Ondrasik) - 5:12
# "L'Ultima Notte" (Marinangeli) - 4:22
# "So She Dances" (Asher Lenz/Adam Crossley) - 4:54
# "In Her Eyes" (Michael Hunter Ochs/Jeff Cohen/Andy Selby) - 4:54
# "Solo Por Ti" (Mark Hammond/Marinangeli) - 3:59
# "Now Or Never" (Groban/Imogen Heap) - 3:38
# "Un Giorno Per Noi" (Nino Rota/Lawrence Kusik/Edward A. Snyder/Alfredo Rapetti) - 5:11
# "Lullaby" "(featuring Ladysmith Black Mambazo)" (Groban/Dave Matthews/Jochem Van Der Saag) - 2:32
# "Weeping" "(featuring Ladysmith Black Mambazo and Vusi Mahlasela)" (Dan Heymann) - 4:45
# "Machine" "(featuring Herbie Hancock)" (Groban/Eric Mouquet/Dave Bassett) - 4:54
# "Verita" "(Only available on the Special Edition)" - 4:01
# "Awake" (Groban/Eric Mouquet/Dave Bassett)"(Only available on the Special Edition)" - 5:11
# "Smile" "(Only available on the Internet Edition, available in limited quantities from www.joshgroban.com or through the Friends of Josh Groban Official Fan Club)" - 3:43

Charts

References

;General references

* [http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=162536 Press Release]
* [http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000I5X81K?tag=warnerbrosrec-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=1789&creativeASIN=B000I5X81K Awake's Page on Amazon]

;Specific references