The Promise [CD]

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• Rated 5 out of 5 stars

  a great cd

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  I love listening to Il Divo. Their voices are well matched. I would recommend any of their cd's to anyone. If you want to relax as you listen to music this is a good cd for that.

  Posted 12 years ago by dungeon

• Rated 4 out of 5 stars

  IL DIVO- The Promise

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  There is more range to their performances of the songs, and the type of song is more diverse. There seems to have been a subtle shift in the dynamics within the group, and to me anyway, they appear to have gelled more as a group. I haven't heard a song they have performed that I didn't like, and their rendition of the songs on this new CD certainly does not disappoint. While "The Promise" is better than Il Divo's last album "Siempre", it's still not "great". Once you play the first few songs through a couple of times, the songs seem to blend together and there is a boring similarity and a sad lack of original songs. It seems to be an awkward split of Il Divo standard "take a pop song and belt it out with an operatic twist" and very classical pieces... I happen to like the songs mid way and on.. it 's a nice album, great for having some wine and just relaxing but to keep on playing it? maybe I have to play it a few more times to get the REAL FEEL of it. are they really just cardboard cut-outs with nice voices and pretty faces?? Well as a woman they are very easy on the eyes and you can feel the testostrone coming at you from every angle...I have seen them perform (not live) but they do have that certain something...so even if their viewers are mostly female,we can use a pick me up in the bad times that we live in..

  Posted 17 years ago by suuzq35

• Rated 4 out of 5 stars

  Something Different

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  If you're searching for something different, this is a CD you should definitely look into! Most of the songs are sung in Italian, but many of them are familiar songs so you have an idea of what you are listening to. These men are all professionally trained musicians, so the sound is wonderful. I've been to many operas and can recognize their operatic roots.We listen to a lot of classical music around here, and this is something that I definitely wouldn't mind adding to the mix to liven things up. My favorite song on the album was Hallelujah. It's a song I've always liked, but they really brought it to life for me. Being an ABBA fan, I also really enjoyed The Winner Takes it All as well. I was a little disappointed with Amazing Grace - it's one of my favorite songs and I thought that they could have done a lot more with it.

  Posted 17 years ago by AprilFL