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Published on Sunday, Aug 12, 2007
CONSTANTINE Constantine Maroulis Sixth Place Records
The fourth season of American Idol had two standouts: country singer Carrie Underwood, who went on to win a Grammy and sell millions of CDs, and rocker Bo Bice, who has faded into oblivion.
Then there was Constantine Maroulis remember him? Your mom and Paula Abdul were fans. Maroulis, who would stare dreamily into the Idol cameras, had the girls phoning in votes on the strength of his smoldering looks and raspy tenor. He later parlayed his 15 minutes into stints on the CBS soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful and on Broadway in The Wedding Singer.
Broadway is where he clearly belongs.
His self-titled debut disc an odd and unbalanced mix of 12 pop-rock songs showcases his impressive pipes, which are pitch-perfect for, say, the male lead in Rent.
Maroulis sounds like the lead singer of the roots-rock band Train on Everybody Loves, featuring a bland chorus of na na na na's and an earnest wish that ''everybody love someone tonight.''
He does a dead-on impression of the Strokes in the angsty track I Thought It Was Something, an obvious homage to the New York City garage band. He flirts with a Latin groove on Girl Like You. He takes a rock-lite approach when informing an ex-girlfriend that he's taking back his Favorite T-Shirt and his Prince record, too.
The catchy Heaven Help the Lonely great for driving has Maroulis ''looking for adventure'' in the arms of a love interest. Abdul would dig it.
The final track, Midnight Radio, is unintentionally hilarious. Maroulis gives shout-outs to Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Yoko Ono and himself yes, himself as he extols all ''the strange rock 'n' rollers'' and ''the misfits and the losers.''
Somehow, Maroulis manages to get away with such dreck thanks to his appealing voice. As a solo artist, though, he needs to find a style all his own.
Erin CarlsonAssociated Press
CONSTANTINE Constantine Maroulis Sixth Place Records
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