James LaBrie

Voice Type: Tenor
Vocal Range: E♭2-B♭5(-C♯6)
Meilleure vitrine de Rangee: "In Too Deep" (E♭2-E♭5), "Octavarium" (G2-G5)

Significant High Notes

• B♭5 ("The Killing Hand" live in Milano)
  
• A5 ("Number of the Beast", "Lines in the Sand", "Octavarium", "A Fortune in Lies", all live)
  
• G♯5 ("Cemetery Gates" live, "The Killing Hand" live in Milano and in Hamburg)
  
• G5 ("The Killing Hand", "Pull Me Under" live, "Thrill of the Night", "Octavarium", "Children of the Damned", "Learning to Live" - from Dream Out Loud, "Perfect Strangers", "Since I've Been Loving You")
  
• F♯5 ("Learning to Live", "Day 20: Confrontation", live versions of "Metropolis", "The Mirror", "To Live Forever", "Learning to Live", "Cemetery Gates", "Strange Kind of Woman", "Sheer Heart Attack")
  
• F5 ("Innocence Faded", "The Killing Hand")
  
• E5 ("Take the Time", "Another Day", "Under a Glass Moon", "Learning to Live", "Surrounded", "Voices")
  
• E♭5 ("Another Day", "Take the Time", "To Live Forever" live, "In Too Deep")
  
• D5 ("The Mirror", "Innocence Faded", "The Killing Hand", "To Live Forever" live, "Take the Time", "Pull Me Under", "Metropolis Pt. I: The Miracle and the Sleeper", "The Glass Prison")

Significant Low Notes

• E♭2 ("In Too Deep")
  
• F♯2 ("In Too Deep")
  
• G2 ("Octavarium", "Nothing but the Best", "Home", "The Answer Lies Within")
  
• G♯2 ("Octavarium", "Wither", "Disappear", "The Count of Tuscany")
  
• A2 ("Just Look at Me", "6:00", "Day 20: Confrontation", "Voices", "Lie", "The Silent Man")
  
• B♭2 ("Saved by Love", "Fatal Tragedy", "A Change of Seasons")
  
• B2 ("Learning to Live", "Scarred", "The Count of Tuscany", "Who You Think I Am")

Last I checked, his C♯2 wasn't fry...
I thought the F2 in "Octavarium" was just a mistake on Axisundone's part...everyone else says the passage bottoms at G2. There's an alleged E2 in a live performance of "Burning My Soul", though.

I don't think there's that much to discuss for this guy, though...there's already been several videos about his range that more or less cover everything.

Great singer. Gets way too much flak.

That live Octavarium A5 is definitely full.

Maxim wrote:Last I checked, his C♯2 wasn't fry...
I thought the F2 in "Octavarium" was just a mistake on Axisundone's part...everyone else says the passage bottoms at G2. There's an alleged E2 in a live performance of "Burning My Soul", though.

I don't think there's that much to discuss for this guy, though...there's already been several videos about his range that more or less cover everything.

You sure? The D's sound full, but when he slides down it sounds very fryish. Its close enough really that its probably not outside his range.
Hm, I had thought there was an F in there as well, but E2's even better.

I think the discussion would have more to do with whether his head voice does in fact extend up that high. Like I said, I'm pretty confident it does, but that he also uses falsetto on some things (for some reason).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iNyDi7yQlA

There's no way that A5 is anything but full.

Number of the Beast A5 is 100% full as well... Damn.

Sherick wrote:

Maxim wrote:Last I checked, his C♯2 wasn't fry...
I thought the F2 in "Octavarium" was just a mistake on Axisundone's part...everyone else says the passage bottoms at G2. There's an alleged E2 in a live performance of "Burning My Soul", though.

I don't think there's that much to discuss for this guy, though...there's already been several videos about his range that more or less cover everything.

You sure? The D's sound full, but when he slides down it sounds very fryish. Its close enough really that its probably not outside his range.

If Ray ever makes a reappearance, he'll be able to clarify for us as to where the full C♯2 is...I don't quite remember for myself.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Unwe1g_D2qA&feature=related

5:34. Hot damn.

Curiosity wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Unwe1g_D2qA&feature=related

5:34. Hot damn.

Holy SHIT

I think it's safe to assume that one is full voice.

He hits another INSANE G5 at 6:04.

Where does Labrie top here?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1gjgiVZlQ8&feature=related

Curiosity wrote:Where does Labrie top here?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1gjgiVZlQ8&feature=related

That's a B♭7! Nice find.

Why thank you.

Yeah, '92 was a good year for him.

Sherick wrote:Yeah, '92 was a good year for him.

The fact that he chickens out on all notes above F♯5 in every other version makes me doubt this clip's credibility, though...and don't even get me started on the range gap that this would give him!