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RELEASED 8 OCTOBER
VIDEO: Herbert Grönemeyer - Will I Ever Learn
Soft-rock star Herbert Grönemeyer is über-popular in his native Germany, but then again, so is David Hasselhoff.
I Want, Grönemeyer’s debut English-language recording, is a classic example of middle-of-the-road mediocrity.
Imagine a 56-year-old James Blunt, singing clichéd yarns about broken hearts and kindred souls from the side of his mouth, as a backing group slogs through the theatrical power chords and synths of a recent Bryan Adams B-side. Yeah.
It’s not terrible – James Dean Bradfield and Antony Hegarty make notable appearances on the album – just a little too safe.
Herbert Grönemeyer is surely on his way to becoming one of the biggest names in soft-rock. Sadly for him, though, only literally.
5/10
