LOUDER - Lea Michele

Recording information: Barefoot Recording, Los Angeles, CA; East-West Studios, Hollywood, CA; Henson Studios, Hollywood, CA; Magical Thinking Studios, Los Angeles, CA; Matza Ball Studio, New York, NY; Pulse Studios, Los Angeles, CA; Roc The Mic, New York, NY; The Attic, Toronto, Ontario; Westlake Studios, Hollywood, CA.
Photographer: Peggy Sirota.
Lea Michele is not a natural pop star. A theater kid who appeared on Broadway before she was 10, Michele is blessed with a powerful voice designed for a particular kind of stage: the theater, not the club. Her role as Rachel Berry on Glee disguised this flaw by splitting the difference between pop and stage, but even when she was singing chart hits on that Fox television series, it seemed clear that both Berry and Michele were bound for the Great White Way, not MTV. This was true in 2009 and it's even clearer in 2014, as Glee starts its slow crawl to conclusion, prompting Lea Michele to release a long-overdue solo debut called Louder. Michele is determined to follow the Katy Perry template of streamlining EDM while retaining its bombast, then softening her surroundings by dropping an occasional ballad. Where Perry has a limited vocal range, Michele doesn't hesitate to push to the wide ranges of her limits, putting her own imprint on songs cut from the "Firework"/"Dark Horse" cloth. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

• Genre: Pop
• Released: 03/03/2014
• Released: 03/03/2014
• Genre: Pop
• Format: CD
• Format: CD