Not so 'blunt' after all...
Its difficult to administer a pre-judgement of James Blunt's vocal range and comfort level at higher octaves, if you listen to "You're Beautiful" for the first time. When he starts with "My life is brilliant", you assume that he's a low-rider, but then he launches into the main (keyword:non-falsetto) chorus, without any kind of warning, even though the quality of voice may seem kind of scratchy and unclean to a first-time listener, but Blunt grows on you with sharp turns and delicate notes. I also love the way he falsettoes "f***in' high" (or for those who heard the radio edit, "flyin' high") even though he doesn't need to.
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Same goes for all of "Back to Bedlam". John-Mayer meets REM.
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