American Idol Season 1: Greatest Moments
October 19th, 2009 | by admin |
Arriving as soon as possible after the phenomenal success of Fox’s American Idol: The Search for a Superstar and just before the ~American Idol national tour begins, American Idol: Greatest Moments collects some of the ten semi-finalists’ definitive performances from the series. Though it’s strange for any of these singers to appear on a greatest-hits collection before the winner, Kelly Clarkson, even released her debut album, it isn’t all that surprising — with the tremendous amount of exposure the show attracted, even the most marginally talented semi-finalists still have a few minutes of fame left. As with the show itself, where each of the performers got more or less an equal shot at proving their talent, american idol: Greatest Moments is relatively democratic: The winner and runner-up, Clarkson and Justin Guarini, get two songs apiece, the rest of the final ten each get one song, and the album closes with an ensemble number, the lackluster rendition of “California Dreamin’” all ten finalists performed on American Idol’s final episode. Though democracy is an admirable trait in other ways of American life, in American Idol: Greatest Moments it does some of the more talented semi-finalists a disservice; while it’s nice to commemorate Jim, AJ, and EJ’s tenures on the show with their versions of “Easy,” “I’ll Be,” and “My Cherie Amour,” respectively, it also would’ve been nice to hear more from some of the more memorable contestants, particularly Tamyra Gray, whose “A House Is Not a Home” was one of the show’s highlights (but then, nearly every time she sang it was a highlight), and Christina Christian, whose cool, languid style — represented here by “Ain’t No Sunshine” — just didn’t translate well in a contest designed to discover the next Whitney Houston or Justin Timberlake. Some of the selections are also somewhat questionable: Nikki’s performance of “Piece of My Heart” is adequate, but doesn’t showcase her voice as well as her version of “I’m the Only One” did just a few weeks later. As usual, Guarini and Clarkson sound polished and professional on their signature songs, “Get Here” and “Respect.” However, starting the album out with their performances means the album tends to go downhill from there. Craftily, American Idol: Greatest Moments doesn’t feature Clarkson or Guarini’s renditions of the official American Idol songs, “Before Your Love” or “A Moment Like This” — you’ll have to pick up their respective albums for those. Overall, the collection is definitely a product of the show that inspired it, which will doubtlessly please the fans of the newly minted pop stars on it.
- Heather Phares, All Music Guide
Product Specification :
Release Date :10/01/2002
Format :Audio CD
UPC :078636814124
Label :Rca
List Price :13.98
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By jessica_jlo2002 on Oct 19, 2009
THEY SHOULD MAKE A LAW AGAINST PROGRAMS LIKE AMERICAN IDOL…THANK STUPID FOX FOR ANOTHER AIR-SILICON WANNA BE SINGER
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By out123456out on Oct 19, 2009
To all of those who followed the American Idols (or wished you would have),This is a must get cd, This cd captures the BEST of these young but talented stars. Plus bonus tracks of Kelly Clarkson’s two hit single’s. A MUST CD FOR YOUR COLLECTION
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By sewwwreq on Oct 19, 2009
I bout this album for the pictures and they are all ugly people. where are cute one like rubem? bad songs. bad muisics. bad cover. I paid 2 dollars at Walgreens Checkout and now I am broke, stupid idiot don't buy this unless I can offer mine/
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By rawami91 on Oct 19, 2009
Honestly I just bought this cd for kelly and tamyra. ALL the other songs suck (but one of justin's is ok). Don't waste your money on this.
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By ladymechanic_43 on Oct 19, 2009
hi paul
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By mandy_m2m4ever on Oct 19, 2009
GET REAL FOX THAX FOR THIS STUPID SHOW….TWO WORD… NO TALENT…:(
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By scary60639 on Oct 19, 2009
great better than ever i hope that people would enjoy this beatiful songs like i did. good luck to everybody.
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By wfzh on Oct 19, 2009
Why would I pay for an album of other people’s hits? Remember folks, this was a talent show, although we all fell in love with Kelly Clarkson, we all have people we know that are great singers. If you give them the financial support and professional guidance they could be like Kelly. The true test will be in 5 years, this CD will be in your collection, will you listen to it over the original? Also, it all comes back to bucks. AI is shoving this stuff down the public’s throats. Not because it’s great, but we’re all in a frenzy for it.
By the way, I bought the CD, it’s good, but not great… not like the originals.
My suggestion… think before you buy.
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By rocks_1fan00 on Oct 19, 2009
If you liked the show, you will love this cd. It gives us another chance to experience the great talent that we saw on the show. This is the best colaboration of songs that I have seen. I highly recommend this cd for the entire family. It is great.
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By luv4babyblu on Oct 19, 2009
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