CN/RBN/Mirrors

[P Worley]

On Thu, 9 May 1996, ross.reyes wrote:

> > If there's a gaff BOC album its probably _Mirrors_ :^)
>
> I agree.  The beginning of the end for BOC.  The style completely
> different than earlier.  Text book songs and performance.
>
> Bloom actually thought he could sing on that album.
>
> He was good on albums, 1,2,3,4, very natural sounding.
> OK on albums 5,6, but hit the voice lessons or something by the time
> Mirrors rolled around.  He actually thought he could sing.   His
> voice just got way too clean, his style way too polished from that
> album on.
>
> RR
>

I don't know about that.  It was more the style of all the songs on the
album, not just Eric's voice.  There were some great songs on Mirrors; The
Great Sun Jester for example.  Mirrors wasn't the first album with mellow
songs on it.  Look at The Last Days Of May.

-PWW

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Peter William Worley
inhaler at u.washington.edu