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Post by innuendo on Jan 22, 2022 15:23:55 GMT
During their careers a lot of singers change their voices, for better or worse. But what is the year/period they sounded the best? Tell me here
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Post by crazycooky on Jan 22, 2022 15:28:38 GMT
freddie mercurys vocal peak was 1984-1987
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Post by elizabeth on Jan 22, 2022 16:07:29 GMT
Zp Theart's vocal peak - 04 - 06
Rob Halford's vocal peak - 78 - 83 (though hes starting to get really good again)
Kyo's vocal peak - 2012 - currently
Gerard Way's vocal peak - never
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Post by innuendo on Jan 22, 2022 16:12:33 GMT
freddie mercurys vocal peak was 1984-1987 I'd say 1987-1991 more (1979-1982 for live) |
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Post by innuendo on Jan 22, 2022 16:50:51 GMT
Idk it's kinda odd to keep seeing you cite that as his peak when the fact is he was gravely ill in his last two years. Sure the album and material was good but still... His voice in his last three albums was very powerful and he learnt how to mix effectively (infact Queen last songs are the most difficult vocally). If you don't agree with that, I'd Say the period between Crazy Tour and EU Hot Space Tour. |
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Post by ellie on Jan 23, 2022 5:08:31 GMT
I think it’s a situation where in the Hot Space era his voice was at its naturally most powerful but the later innuendo era his technique was at its best. A shockingly similar situation to Billy Joel where 1983ish is probably where his voice was at its strongest naturally but the River of Dreams era showed a drastic improvement of his technique making it arguably his best couple of years vocally
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Post by queenfan11 on Jan 23, 2022 6:58:51 GMT
Ronnie James Dio: 1983-1990, though I could extend it as far back as 1975 or as far forward as 1994. Very consistent voice.
Ozzy Osbourne: 1973-1975
James Hetfield: 1985-1991
Geddy Lee: 1976-1978
Robert Plant: 1968-1972
Rob Halford: Arguably, he had two peaks- 1975-1978 and 1982-1988. The "in-between" period is because he played it a lot more safe vocally.
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Post by innuendo on Jan 23, 2022 7:07:08 GMT
Ronnie James Dio: 1983-1990, though I could extend it as far back as 1975 or as far forward as 1994. Very consistent voice. Ozzy Osbourne: 1973-1975 James Hetfield: 1985-1991 Geddy Lee: 1976-1978 Robert Plant: 1968-1972 Rob Halford: Arguably, he had two peaks- 1975-1978 and 1982-1988. The "in-between" period is because he played it a lot more safe vocally. For Robert Plant I'd say 1968 - 1971, since from August 1971 his voice starts to decline, but 1968 - 1972 is fair too |
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Post by queenfan11 on Jan 23, 2022 7:29:47 GMT
I said through 1972 since he still sounded great through the Australian tour of that year. By the North American tour was when there started being a clear shift.
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Post by Captain Planet on Jan 23, 2022 16:05:21 GMT
James Hetfield: 1985-1991 I cannot disagree more. Hetfield in this period is so incredibly monotone and refuses to hit any semblance of a high note. |
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Post by clem on Jan 24, 2022 11:13:39 GMT
Bruce Dickinson: Early to Mid 1980s.
Greg Lake: Late-1970s. Ironically, "Love Beach" was probably vocally his best album, despite often being seen as his lowest point as a musician.
Tony Kakko: Mid-2000s to Early-2010s.
Alexi Laiho: Early to Mid-2000s. He did what he did reasonably well around this time.
M. Shadows: Mid-2000s to Early-2010s
Bret Michaels: Early-1990s.
Hansi Kursch: Mid-1990s to Early-2000s for his absolute peak. Although he was still sounding excellent in studio on "At the Edge of Time" in 2010.
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Post by centrifuge on Feb 11, 2022 22:10:27 GMT
Burton C. Bell (Fear Factory)'s vocal peak was most certainly 1996 - 1999. He sort of came close in 2006 - 2007. If only he took better care of his voice.
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Post by clem on Feb 20, 2022 15:06:02 GMT
Kanye West was arguably at his studio singing peak on "Donda", last year (even though I still find that album to be a bit of a drag, save a few highlights).
Live, his melodic singing has always been a bit dodgy. It's a bit more difficult to judge someone who uses autotune as a part of the soundscape, but his best performances to me sounded like the ones from around (2013-15). His Jools Holland session in 2013 was as good as I've seen from him.
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Post by fallenalien on Feb 20, 2022 16:10:20 GMT
Kanye West was arguably at his studio singing peak on "Donda", last year (even though I still find that album to be a bit of a drag, save a few highlights). Live, his melodic singing has always been a bit dodgy. It's a bit more difficult to judge someone who uses autotune as a part of the soundscape, but his best performances to me sounded like the ones from around (2013-15). His Jools Holland session in 2013 was as good as I've seen from him. What's his strongest performance on "Donda", iyo? "Come To Life"? |
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Post by clem on Feb 20, 2022 16:35:08 GMT
Kanye West was arguably at his studio singing peak on "Donda", last year (even though I still find that album to be a bit of a drag, save a few highlights). Live, his melodic singing has always been a bit dodgy. It's a bit more difficult to judge someone who uses autotune as a part of the soundscape, but his best performances to me sounded like the ones from around (2013-15). His Jools Holland session in 2013 was as good as I've seen from him. What's his strongest performance on "Donda", iyo? "Come To Life"? Come to Life probably, yeah. He's quite agile in the mid-fourth octave on "Jail" as well, and there are some good melismas through his registers on "Remote Control". |
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Post by Brenda on Feb 20, 2022 20:21:37 GMT
Steve Perry: 1981-1982? Elton John pre-vocal surgery: I'd say his vocal was the strongest naturally around 1974-76, but in terms of technique, I'd say 1982-84. Elton John post-vocal surgery: 1997-98 to me, without a doubt. |
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Post by motorist on Feb 22, 2022 0:53:18 GMT
Chris Cornell reached his peak high notes in 1989-1990, but his peak in defined heavy tone around 1994-1995 IMO
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Post by Discount Roger Taylor on Jun 6, 2022 23:27:24 GMT
Freddie Mercury: Late 70s (News of the World era), and late 80s/early 90s
Matt Bellamy: 2005-2013 (The 2nd Law was his best album vocally, but I think the Black Holes tour was his best tour)
Floor Jansen: Early 2010s
Bruce Dickinson: 2000s
Ronnie James Dio: Late 70s to mid 90s
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Post by Osmosis on Jun 8, 2022 7:27:46 GMT
Liam Gallagher
1993 (Mid) -1997 (Mid)
Susanna Hoffs
1988-1991
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Post by Brenda on Jun 9, 2022 2:14:14 GMT
Liam Gallagher
1994-1994
Susanna Hoffs
1988-1991 I'd extend Liam's peak to 1995. I mean, sure, he stopped using his falsetto pretty much, but as far as chest register is concerned, he was pretty much nailing all songs like Columbia and Slide Away; '96-97 is great, but it was probably around that time that he started shouting a lot of notes, which would later become a terrible habit; '98 his voice was shot from touring, in my opinion the start of his decline; '99-2000 was a great comeback, albeit with a few slips, latter half of 2001 was a wreck, 2002 was average, 2003... not much happened in 2003 but I don't remember it being too bad, it was basically 2002 with a hint of "Kermit tone", which, speaking of it.. you know what happened 2004 onwards. |
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