Although Steve Lindsey tries a little too hard to make The Grand Tour appeal to everyone, Aaron Neville manages to make the album another solid addition to his latter-day catalog. Lindsey keeps the sound of the album strictly in the mainstream, piling on layers of keyboards, vocalists, and drum machines which neuter any rootsy elements in the music. This is particularly unfortunate, since the selection of songs is interesting, ranging from George Jones and Chuck Berry to Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen. Nevertheless, Neville rises to the material, not the production, giving the music an emotional core. Not every teaming works, but enough songs hit the target to make The Grand Tour worthwhile for dedicated fans.
Ain't no one can sing a pop song like Aaron Neville. The second-youngest of the four Neville Brothers, Aaron had two huge hits (Don't Take Away My Heaven and Don't Fall Apart On Me Tonight) from 1993's the Grand Tour, the second of his modern-day solo records for A&M, but all of his records are filled with nuggets that never come anywhere close to the airwaves, most pulled from a wide and eclect
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| Title | Lyrics | Buy |
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| 1 Don't Take Away My Heaven |
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| 2 I Owe You One |
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| 3 Don't Fall Apart on Me Tonight |
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| 4 My Brother, My Brother |
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| 5 Betcha by Golly, Wow |
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| 6 Song of Bernadette |
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| 7 You Never Can Tell |
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| 8 The Bells |
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| 9 These Foolish Things |
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| 10 The Roadie Song |
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| 11 Ain't No Way |
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| 12 The Grand Tour |
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| 13 The Lord's Prayer |
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