ALIANÇA DOS TEMPOS

This album could become a real masterpiece. It features everything that's necessary, starting with luxurious musical ideas and ending with excellent performance and musicianship. However its peculiar charm is particularly destroyed by the awful vocals. Yes Aron Shade knows how to compose great music. (Don't be confused by Fabio Ribeiro's participation, on this album he played all keyboards but wrote only a couple of tracks.) But Mr Shade's (sorry, Lord) singing is dreadful. When a singer thinks he has an acting talent while in fact he hasn't, the result is tearful. Mr Shade tries to simulate an oldman, but de facto simulates a hoarse-voiced youngman instead. In addition, when he sings loudly he sings out of tune. By golly, he'd better remain the main composer but delegate the singing to someone who really can sing. It's annoying when a great musical work is spoiled by an easily removable factor.