Heard the songs on bollywoodhungama.com a few times...the Yuvvraaj album is really good!...but...it neither sounds like a Subhash Ghai movie soundtrack nor does it sound like an A.R.Rahman album when he works with big directors...it also sounds a little outdated...
With the exception of Kisna and Yaadein, all of Subhash Ghai's musical extravaganzas had atleast one "screaming" hit track - the soundtracks had lively and immensely entertaining music with lavish and elaborate instrumental arrangements...in comparison, Yuvvraaj is too simple, and relying a lot on electronic sound...less instruments work only when the melody is powerful, which is not the case here... As for the "outdated" remark...the Manmohini track might sound very 21st century-ish to some, but in actuality a techno band called Snap tried this experiment with great success in their song Rame released in 1996/97 -- I remember that song being hugely popular in my school (check out the song on Youtube)...Shano Shano sounds like a dance number from the UK Top 40 charts back in the early 90's... I'm not sure what Subhash Ghai's trying to do here, the music is too low-key for his standards...don't get me wrong, I love all the songs from Yuvvraaj, but this just doesn't sound like a Subhash Ghai album, its more like an Abbas-Mustan or a Farhan Akhtar movie soundtrack (which is a compliment actually)... And, where's Gulzar?...I don't see his touch anywhere save for a couple of lines...for goodness sakes he's teaming up with Ghai & ARR, I expected hardcore unconventional yet superb poetry here...moving on, ARR saab please stop using Alka Yagnik because clearly her voice is not what it used to be...lastly, Benny has a very good voice, but a song like Tu Meri Dost needs a more experienced and a stronger singer... Well, those were my initial reactions, they might change later on...lets see...
