Post by avi on Feb 15, 2025 3:36:13 GMT
Sam Roberts
Vocal Range: G2 - C♯5 - G5
Voice Type: Tenor sometimes
{Vocal Summary}Sam Roberts is an icon of the Canadian rock scene, with countless radio hits and prestigious awards under his belt, and an all-around good singer. Lapsed fans may be surprised to hear that, given his characteristically unpolished vocals on the breakout We Were Born in a Flame, but he's already in near perfect form by Chemical City, and he continued to deliver essentially the same power and consistency up to 2020's All of Us. 2023's The Adventures of Ben Blank saw the beginning of the decline, with some notably strained B4s in "If Only" and the seemingly newfound presence of autotune, although the median performance quality remains roughly the same. His total range is nothing special, and rarely if ever does he flaunt it - he's never emphasized any mixed notes over B4, not that they're much to emphasize - but he's dependable, and he sure knows how to use the range he's got.
Also, I know I didn't actually bold any of them, but every single B♭4 he's done is awesome, and you should check them out. It's always like, oh, he's just going to A4, nothing new, and then he goes to B♭4 and you're like wow Sam, I didn't even know you could do that. Good stuff, dude.
Also, I know I didn't actually bold any of them, but every single B♭4 he's done is awesome, and you should check them out. It's always like, oh, he's just going to A4, nothing new, and then he goes to B♭4 and you're like wow Sam, I didn't even know you could do that. Good stuff, dude.
G5 ("Got Soul but No Money", "Kid Icarus", "Taj Mahal", "When Everything Was Alright")
F♯5 ("The Bootleg Saint", "Spring Fever", "We're All in This Together")
E5 ("Human Heat", "I Like the Way You Talk About the Future", "Shapeshifters", "Spirit in the Sky")
E♭5 ("All of Us")
D5 ("Counting the Days", "End of the Empire", "The Last Crusade", "Paranoia")
C♯5 ("The Ballad of Ben Blank", "The Band vs. the World", "Broken Teeth", "Counting the Days", "Durban Days", "Fall Before You Finish", "Spirit in the Sky")
C5 ("End of the Empire", "The Gate", "Metal Skin", "Rarefied", "This Is How I Live", "Wolf Tracks")
B4 ("Angola", "Ascension", "Bad Country", "The Ballad of Ben Blank", "The Band vs. the World", "The Bootleg Saint", "Bridge to Nowhere", "Chasing the Light" alternate version, "Dead End", "The Hands of Love", "Human Heat", "If Only", "Kid Icarus", "Let It In", "Major Minor", "Paranoia", "Projection", "Rarefied", "Rogue Empire", "Say You'll Be Mine", "Spring Fever", "This Is How I Live", "Too Far", "Tractor Beam Blues", "Up Sister", "Uprising Down Under", "When Everything Was Alright", "With a Bullet")
B♭4 ("An American Draft Dodger in Thunder Bay", "Dead End", "Kid Icarus", "Lake Effect", "Oh Maria", "War Chest")
A4 ("Afterlife", "Ascension", "The Bootleg Saint", "Broken Teeth", "Brother Down", "Cascades", "Counting the Days", "Don't Walk Away Eileen", "Fixed to Ruin", "Got Soul but No Money", "The Hands of Love", "Higher Learning", "I Dream of You", "I Feel You", "If You Want It", "Let It In", "Longitude", "Love at the End of the World", "Major Minor", "Metal Skin", "Mystified, Heavy", "Never Enough", "On the Run" demo, "Picture of Love", "The Pilgrim", "Pretty Ugly", "Projection", "The Resistance", "Ritual Dance", "Rogue Empire", "Roll With the Spirits", "Shapeshifters", "Spellbound", "Step Inside", "Stripmall Religion", "TerraForm", "This Is How I Live", "This Wreck of a Life", "Tourist Trap", "Tractor Beam Blues", "Twist the Knife", "Uprising Down Under", "We're All in This Together", "Where Have All the Good People Gone?", "With a Bullet", "Without a Map", "Youth")
G♯4 ("All of Us", "The Ballad of Ben Blank", "The Bootleg Saint", "Broken Teeth", "Chasing the Light", "Fall Before You Finish", "FIEND", "Golden Hour", "If Only", "No Arrows", "Oh Maria", "Picture of Love", "The Pilgrim", "The Resistance", "TerraForm", "Too Far", "Words & Fire")
G4 ("Afterlife", "An American Draft Dodger in Thunder Bay", "Angola", "Ascension", "The Band vs. the World", "Black Spark", "Brother Down", "Cascades", "The Cathedral", "Climb Over Me", "Dead End", "Detroit '67", "Don't Walk Away Eileen", "End of the Empire", "Every Part of Me", "Faultline Blues", "The Gate", "Got Soul but No Money", "Higher Learning", "The House Inside", "Human Heat", "I Feel You", "Kid Icarus", "Lake Effect", "Lions of the Kalahari", "Longitude", "Love at the End of the World", "Major Minor", "Metal Skin", "Mind Flood", "My Love Is Freeing", "On the Run", "Partition Blues", "Pretty Ugly", "Rarefied", "Sang Froid", "Say You'll Be Mine", "Shapeshifters", "Streets of Heaven (Promises, Promises)", "Stripmall Religion", "Sundance", "Taj Mahal", "Them Kids", "Tractor Beam Blues", "Twist the Knife", "Up Sister", "Waking the Dead", "We're All in This Together", "Wolf Tracks")
F♯4 ("All of Us", "Angola", "Ascension", "The Band vs. the World", "The Bootleg Saint", "Broken Teeth", "The Cathedral", "Chasing the Light", "Climb Over Me", "Counting the Days", "Ghost Town", "Got Soul but No Money", "Graveyard Shift", "The Hands of Love", "If Only", "The Last Crusade", "Let It In", "Love at the End of the World", "Major Minor", "Mind Flood", "Picture of Love", "Pretty Ugly", "Projection", "Rogue Empire", "Roll With the Spirits", "Sang Froid", "Spring Fever", "Step Inside", "Sundance", "Take Me Away", "This Is How I Live", "This Wreck of a Life", "Too Far", "Tractor Beam Blues", "Where Have All the Good People Gone?", "Waking the Dead", "We're All in This Together", "With a Bullet", "Without a Map")
F4 ("Afterlife", "An American Draft Dodger in Thunder Bay", "Black Spark", "Brother Down", "Detroit '67", "Cascades", "Don't Walk Away Eileen", "Lake Effect", "The Gate", "Golden Hour", "Hard Road", "The House Inside", "Human Heat", "I Dream of You", "I Feel You", "If You Want It", "Mystified, Heavy", "No Sleep", "Oh Maria", "Ritual Dance", "Shapeshifters", "Tourist Trap", "Up Sister", "War Chest", "Youth")
E3 ("An American Draft Dodger in Thunder Bay", "Ascension", "Bad Country", "The Ballad of Ben Blank", "The Band vs. the World", "Black Spark", "The Bootleg Saint", "Broken Teeth", "The Canadian Dream", "Cascades", "The Cathedral", "Counting the Days", "Dead End", "Every Part of Me", "Everybody Needs Love", "Fall Before You Finish", "Fixed to Ruin", "Ghost Town", "Graveyard Shift", "Hard Road", "The House Inside", "Human Heat", "If Only", "If You Want It", "Kid Icarus", "The Last Crusade", "Major Minor", "Mind Flood", "My Love Is Freeing", "Never Enough", "Oh Maria", "Paranoia", "Partition Blues", "Picture of Love", "The Pilgrim", "Pretty Ugly", "Rarefied", "The Resistance", "Rogue Empire", "Sang Froid", "Say You'll Be Mine", "Spirit in the Sky", "Spring Fever", "Step Inside", "Streets of Heaven (Promises, Promises)", "Sundance", "Taj Mahal", "Take Me Away", "TerraForm", "This Is How I Live", "Twist the Knife", "Uprising Down Under", "Them Kids", "This Wreck of a Life", "Tractor Beam Blues", "When Everything Was Alright", "Where Have All the Good People Gone?", "Youth")
E♭3 ("Spirit in the Sky", "When Everything Was Alright", "Words & Fire")
D3 ("Angola", "Ascension", "The Ballad of Ben Blank", "Climb Over Me", "Dead End", "Don't Walk Away Eileen", "End of the Empire", "Every Part of Me", "Faultline Blues", "The Gate", "Graveyard Shift", "Hard Road", "Higher Learning", "I Dream of You", "I Like the Way You Talk About the Future", "Lions of the Kalahari", "Longitude", "My Love Is Freeing", "Oh Maria", "Projection", "Ritual Dance", "Sang Froid", "Shapeshifters", "Spellbound", "Step Inside", "A Stone Would Cry Out", "Stripmall Religion", "Sundance", "War Chest", "This Wreck of a Life", "We're All in This Together", "Without a Map")
C♯3 ("Ascension", "Bridge to Nowhere", "Ghost Town", "My Love Is Freeing", "No Arrows", "The Pilgrim", "A Stone Would Cry Out", "This Wreck of a Life", "Picture of Love", "The Resistance", "Spring Fever")
C3 ("FIEND", "The House Inside", "Metal Skin", "Up Sister", "War Chest", "Wolf Tracks", "Youth")
B2 ("Angola", "The Ballad of Ben Blank", "The Canadian Dream", "Cascades", "I Dream of You", "If Only", "Love at the End of the World", "Major Minor", "The Resistance", "Roll With the Spirits", "Spellbound", "Take Me Away", "Waking the Dead")
B♭2 ("Golden Hour")
A2 ("Waking the Dead", "With a Bullet", "Wolf Tracks")
G♯2 ("Golden Hour")
G2 ("Don't Walk Away Eileen", "Faultline Blues", "I Dream of You", "Taj Mahal", "Up Sister")
{Questionable Notes}E5 ("Counting the Days" [2])
D5 ("Spirit in the Sky" [2])
B4 ("Everybody Needs Love" [1])
E3 ("Detroit '67" [2])
D3 ("The Cathedral" [1])
B2 ("This Wreck of a Life" [1])
A2 ("TerraForm" [1])
[1] Anacruses without adequate effort or musical significance
[2] Unclear identity; likely performed by Dave Nugent
D5 ("Spirit in the Sky" [2])
B4 ("Everybody Needs Love" [1])
E3 ("Detroit '67" [2])
D3 ("The Cathedral" [1])
B2 ("This Wreck of a Life" [1])
A2 ("TerraForm" [1])
[1] Anacruses without adequate effort or musical significance
[2] Unclear identity; likely performed by Dave Nugent
{Album Ranges}The Inhuman Condition EP (2002): G2 - C♯3 - B4 - G5
We Were Born in a Flame (2003): G2 - B2 - B4 - D5 - G5
Chemical City (2006): A2 - C♯3 - B4 - C♯5 - F♯5
Love at the End of the World (2008): G2 - B2 - B♭4 - C5 - D5
Collider (2011): C♯3 - D3 - A4 - B4 - C♯5 - D5
Lo-Fantasy (2014): G♯2 - B2 - B4 - G5
Counting the Days EP (2015): E♭3 - G♯4 - A4 - C♯5 - E5
TerraForm (2016): B2 - C3 - B4 - F♯5
All of Us (2020): A2 - B2 - B♭4 - B4 - E♭5
The Adventures of Ben Blank (2023): G2 - B4 - C♯5
All album ranges represent the deluxe editions where applicable.
We Were Born in a Flame (2003): G2 - B2 - B4 - D5 - G5
Chemical City (2006): A2 - C♯3 - B4 - C♯5 - F♯5
Love at the End of the World (2008): G2 - B2 - B♭4 - C5 - D5
Collider (2011): C♯3 - D3 - A4 - B4 - C♯5 - D5
Lo-Fantasy (2014): G♯2 - B2 - B4 - G5
Counting the Days EP (2015): E♭3 - G♯4 - A4 - C♯5 - E5
TerraForm (2016): B2 - C3 - B4 - F♯5
All of Us (2020): A2 - B2 - B♭4 - B4 - E♭5
The Adventures of Ben Blank (2023): G2 - B4 - C♯5
All album ranges represent the deluxe editions where applicable.
• Blue denotes falsetto and whistle passages.
• Boldface denotes outstanding passages.
• Italics denote non-melodic and spoken passages.
• Underlines denote obscured and background passages.
