Kevin Stanley - 12/16/2010

Russell Watson's opening theme for Star Trek: Enterprise, "Where My Heart Will Take Me" which he recorded in 2001 for the US TV show is excellent. Diane Warren wrote the song and I liked it so much that I listened to it time and again when watching Star Trek. However that seems a very long time ago now and the only other time that I heard anything about Watson in the interim was that he once again sang "Where My Heart Will Take Me" in 2007 for something to do with the launch of the Space Shuttle Endeavour, which I thought was very fitting, and of course when he hit the headlines more recently with news of him fighting brain cancer, which he has now reportedly recovered from thankfully.

Watson debuted in 2001 with an album entitled "The Voice", now in 2010 he has released with his latest album entitled "La Voce (The Return of The Voice)". So I put the CD in to my CD player and it was at this point that I found out something interesting... Watson sings the majority of his songs in another language; hell I don't even know what language it is! Italian I imagine. But I do not understand it. There are two tracks performed in English though: "Be My Love" and "Someone To Remember Me" as well as "Io Che Non Vivo (Senza Te)" which might sound familiar as it is "You Don't Have To Say You Love Me"

I really enjoyed this album, despite the language difficulties, Watson's voice is strong and clear, he sings both expertly and beautifully and his music and songs are a wonderful crossover between popular songs and operatic singing.

Don't be put off by a perceived language barrier, jump in and enjoy it.