Five for Fighting - Message for Albert

Primary Artist
Five for Fighting
Album Title
Message for Albert
Release Date
March 11, 1997 
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Review by John Franck
Led by child prodigy and multi-instrumentalist, singer/songwriter John Ondrasik, Five For Fighting's debut album Message For Albert is an intelligent, well-crafted collection of brooding mid-tempo songs. Delving deep into Billy Joel meets Ben Folds meets Satchel territory, Ondrasik has the uncanny ability to take beautiful melodies like the simple piano phrasing of "Day By Day" and weave them into stunning, multi-layered vocal arrangements replete with gorgeous string crescendos, each playing off each other like a well-oiled machine. Read More