"A whinging, whining strangled cat" is one description of the voice of Kasey Chambers I've heard. I agree with this perceptive assessment. The faux American accent, the inability/unwillingness to make even the slightest attempt at a beautiful or expressive sound. Chamber's voice is abrasive and distinctly unpleasant. The worst "professional" singer I've ever heard.

More outrageous glop from Flipper Giordano.

"Fauxhemian"? Missy Higgins may seem to be a strange choice for this list, but I think that she is not a good singer and her tiresome vocal mannerisms wore out their welcome very fast on me. Her material is very pretentious, too.

Another undisciplined singer who seems to think that aimless vocalisations and a generally overwrought approach, à la Mariah Carey, can substitute for a basic expressive interpretation of a melodic line. Her timbre is mediocre and affected.

The best thing I can say about the jejune voice of Beyoncé is that it is a generic contemporary pop voice. I guess the truth is that she has an unfocused and inexpressive vocal technique which she attempts to cover up with aimless and musically illogical vocal melismata. Her basic vocal timbre is prosaic. Looks? Well, she does have that to fall back on!

I am sure he is a nice guy, but can he sing opera? I am afraid to say that the answer is no. He has little sense of phrasing. Virtually no light and shading and his timbre is very much the same throughout every song. Boring.

A milksop Rat-Pack wannabe who sings these songs "swing-by-number" style and with very little sincerity or feeling. When I first heard this I thought it was a mildly amusing camp send-up of Frank Sinatra and then it was pointed out to me that this guy is serious... Oh dear! The G-Factor is a work here: Music for Gays, Grannies & Girls ... and maybe desperate housewives.

Sort of like Marg Simpson. Hmmm, make that Patty or Selma! A "novelty voice", and little more.

It pains me to say this, because I know and like Ms Ceberano (she used to be my neighbour in Melbourne), but this is not a good album. Kate's voice is not suited to this material and the result is very prosaic. Mademoiselle Ceberano's voice is much better suited to singing Jazz and mega disco ballads. Her forays into Rock and Lounge are highly misguided and lack credibility, in my humble opinion.

I defy anyone to find any emotional content in this terribly dull recording. Norah Jones seems to have a tessitura of less than an octave and dynamic range of piano to mezzopiano. Light and shade? Nope. A very dull and uninteresting voice.