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David Cook and Kristy Lee Cook are gearing up to release records in the fall.
Kristy Lee’s record, Why Wait, produced by songwriter Brett James, drops first on September 6. She’ll still be on tour with the Idols when that happens. Is that the quickest release on record by a Top 12 Idol? I believe it is. Kristy has said in interviews that the album took a speedy 4 days to record. Her single “15 minutes of Shame” will be available for download on August 12.
ETA: Also from the linked article, Kristy gets Carrie Underwood’s leftovers:
Other tracks include Cook’s version of Lee Greenwood’s 1984 Top 10 hit, “God Bless the USA,” which she performed on Idol, as well as “Not Tonight,” a song that James and Chris Lindsey co-wrote with Carrie Underwood.
She’s already recorded “God Bless the USA”, a song she performed on Idol, as an Idol download. She’s currently performing it on tour.
David Cook is working with Green Day producer Rob Cavallo. He tells Entertainment Weekly who he won’t be working with:
The two [Cook and Cavallo] are currently squeezing in studio time whenever the Idol summer tour allows, and Cook still plans to release the album in mid-November. As previously reported, Cook has had writing sessions with Our Lady Peace’s Raine Maida and Collective Soul’s Ed Roland, but there’s one person who isn’t involved with the album: industry vet Clive Davis, the man who executive produced several Idols’ debuts, but whose role at SonyBMG, where he’s currently Chief Creative Officer of SonyBMG Worldwide, has shifted. “I never heard his name brought up,” Cook said.
No Clive Davis? He oversaw poorly selling releases from Blake Lewis and Bo Bice. He also badmouthed Kelly Clarkson’s adventurous release My December before it even dropped. Yes, Clive DO stay away.
Cook also tells EW that “Time of My Life” may or may not end up on the record. He says, “It’s not like there’s any resistance to [the song]…My goal is to make a cohesive record, and I don’t want any song to stick out like a sore thumb.” He’ll need songs about Hearts, Flowers and Bunnies to shore that baby up, and I don’t think that’s happening. I don’t expect “Magic Rainbows” to make the final cut. Do you?
Finally, he mentions in this interview, that there’s a good chance that a cut from his indie CD Analog Heart will be included on the album. He tells Newsday, “I’ve lucked out in that I have a breadth of material to work from. We’re in the tracking process right now, and we’re working with one [song from a previous CD] that looks like it’s going to fit.”
David Cook’s CD is slated for a mid-November release.
Ah ShariG! And The Truth is one of my favorites on AH. I just love the whole album more, the more I listen. And everything I hear on the radio or wherever now, I think, “Gee, David could sing that! And it would be GREAT, it would be much better!” But I want more of HIS writing because I really like his words and music. I was sucked in already by about March on Idol; then, I got AH. That was it…I was a goner. Finally, something I could relate to, words that meant something to me, with melodic, musical, soulful, ROCKIN’ sounds! (I’ve also had to get some MWK and To Have Heroes. Try them, you might like them.)
:blush_tb: I like KLC’s music and can’t wait for her album. I bought all of her songs on AI except 8 days a week. Since I didn’t watch AI on Season 5, I’m not comparing her to Kelly. But I liked Phil too! I am honestly excited for everyone’s music to come out. I’ll buy them all! I love having a diverse collection! Even though most people didn’t like season 6, I did and will continue to support all of them too! GO AI!
Amen sister. I’ll take a pass on that crappy song, and I’ll take a pass on Kristy’s insta-cd (just add blond!). I think Kellie is a far more engaging personality, so I don’t expect Kristy to do as well as she did. Although, admittedly, I know zero about country music or what country fans may want. I just don’t think anyone outside of the AI bubble knows who KLC is, and I don’t anticipate her picking up a ton of new fans.
I’m expecting Cook’s cd to be good, and if it is, I’ll buy it.
You said what I didn’t want to say out loud (about Phil, bc he seems like such a nice guy). But, have you heard Julianne Hough’s song? She a decent singer (more in the Pickler realm than Carrie), but the song is pretty lame. It’s doing well, so who knows- maybe KLC has a shot.
From DC’s Analog Heart album, I think Straight Ahead and Don’t Say A Word have the most Top 40 potential.
I totally agree with you about Don’t Say A Word. That’s my favorite song along with Silver Which I love. Straight Ahead is pretty average IMO and it’s not even in my top 5.
I like Don’t Say A Word and Searchlights
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With a lot of us supporting his upcoming record, I’m sure DC’s album will do really well. *thumbs up*
Good choice! I’m also a Greenday fan. David Cook’s record is in really good hands.
I’m really looking forward to DC’s album, and anticipate its release more than any other album in my memory.
As for a cut from Analog Heart, I would love it if he included Searchlights, Straight Ahead, or Fall Back Into Me. I like these songs a lot, and it would be interesting to hear the results from the hands of a top-notch producer like Cavallo. I am also curious about how David’s vocal interpretation might have evolved, since he refers often to viewing his work as a progression.
Am I wrong, because that article said “a song from a previous album” it did not say that album was Analog Heart. The song in question could possibly be from the never released 2nd Cook cd, which is what I am hoping.
You’re right; excellent point!
AH HAH! Yes, it could be a song from his unreleased 2nd solo album! How about the Optimistic to a Fault song? That’s the only one I know I’ve heard. At least I THINK it’s from the 2nd album. Oh who knows WHAT he will do! Whatever is on this album, I look forward to buying it and loving it.
I liked Magic Rainbows in the context in which it was sung because it fit the occasion, he added his own vibe to it as best he could, but it won’t fit in Cook’s album. Let it be a single all by itself. It is nothing that Cook would ever sing or do himself and he did the best he could with that song. I can’t see it fitting into any album he does. It would stick out like a sore thumb. The album has to flow and since he’s said it would be rock–Magic Rainbows would need to be retired.
I’ve listened to songs from his albums with Axium and I found them much better than Analog Heart. Of course I don’t know what was on his next album that he was working on but I’m sure the lyrics were good–as they were in Analog Heart. He’s evolved since Analog Heart as a singer. It’s a good album, but I don’t see any reason to revisit any of those songs unless he changes the arrangements to fit with his evolution. Good lyrics are the basis of a good song. That’s where you start. Cook always looks at the lyrics first and he never looks back. That’s one of the reasons he didn’t revisit a song on the final 2 night–because he’s already done it.