Futurist, The - Robert Downey Jr. > Reviews > RDJ magic, gr8 voice, good lyrics.

Author's product rating:   

Originality	Definitely a cut above the rest
Lyrics	Thought-provoking
Quality and consistency of tracks	Mixed
How does it compare to the artist's other releases	Not applicable
Value for Money	Satisfactory

Advantages:	His heartffelt songs are lovely 2 listen to .
Disadvantages:	Too slow, he's much better singing faster songs .

Recommend to potential buyers:

yes

Full review

I first knew about Robert Downey Jnr (RDJ) when I watched the 1992 Chaplin which he won a couple of awards for, which were well deserved.

Then I started watching Ally McBeal and I totally fell in love. His preformance as her love interest in season 4 is fantastic, he's funny, smart and one hell of an actor.

As most people know he's sufferd with acholic and drug problems through his life (idiot, but still loveable) and in season 4 of Ally McBeal he got thrown in jail again and got thrown off the show.

Throughtout the show he did many preformances my favourite being his preformance with Sting singing Every Breath You Take, I know they we're either good friends before that or are good friends since.

The only problems I have with this cd is it's too slow. I'm much more of a rock chick myself but this was a bit too slow. Also I know he wanted to put his own work on the disk but I was disapointed that he didn't do some songs he preformed in Ally McBeal.

My favourite song on this album has to be "Smile" by Charlie Chaplin, sung by RDJ. This song never fails to make me smile, especially when he sings it.

Songs like Man Like Me show that's he's trying to rise above his bad past and become a new man. 5.30 is also a lovely song to listen to.

If you didn't really get on with this cd, buy season 4 of Ally McBeal and you'll see his real talent. I think the songs on this album are pretty much all the same and his vocals arn't as good as he was when he was on Ally Mcbeal.

My favourite song on this album "Smile" is really worth listening to, especially since it was recorded in only one take, you can really here the emotion behind his voice.

If you do like this cd, have a look at Ally McBeal- For once in my life cd, it's got some great songs by RDJ with some brilliant duets.

Don't spend too much money on the disk as it's not really worth it, I think he's beter when he's singing faster songs.

Hope this was helpful.

Kirsty.xx