


Josh Groban - Illuminations: Easy Piano 90. Similar to his previous albums, Illuminations. Josh Groban Illuminations Easy Piano Series: Easy Piano Folios Format: Softcover Artist: Josh Groban Josh Groban says that most of the songs on his Rick. Josh Groban says that most of the songs on his Rick Rubin-produced CD are about specific situations that Ive had where love has. He covers Declan O'Rourke’s “Galileo (Someone Like You)" with an otherworldly beauty similar to Jeff Buckley’s reinvention of Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah.” Throughout Illuminations Rubin keeps the tipping-point at the edge, pushing Groban to deliver some of his best vocal performances to date. Illuminations is the fifth studio album by American singer-songwriter Josh Groban, produced by Rick Rubin. Following the opening instrumental “The Wandering Kind (Prelude),” Groban retains a slivered vestige from Noël with “Bells of New York City,” a beautifully melancholic piece that muses on Manhattan’s holiday church bells. Instead, 2010’s Illuminations plays with a classic and timeless elegance that’s devoid of over-exaggerated vocal gymnastics. Groban’s fifth studio album doesn’t play with the dire urgency of Johnny Cash’s final album, nor does it resonate with a raw and stripped-down production that’s synonymous with Rubin’s work. Josh Groban says that most of the songs on his Rick Rubin-produced CD are about specific situations that I've had where love has existed and ultimately failed. After the outstanding accolades of his 2007 quintuple-platinum Christmas outing Noël, Josh Groban did what any smart and successful artist would do - cut an album with Rick Rubin. Josh Groban says that most of the songs on his Rick Rubin-produced CD, Illuminations, are about specific situations that Ive had where love has existed.
