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Nov 13
Music album review, American Idol Comments Off
David Archuleta, the first LP release of American Idol-runner up David Archuleta, is pure pop cotton-candy. An album of power ballads, there isn’t a song here that isn’t appealing and catchy, captured by Archuleta’s breathy Celine Dion-like vocals.
The Dion comparison isn’t that far fetched. Here we have a vocalist with a soft touch, a breathtaking range, and the ability to pump the emotional flotsam out of a ship wreck. Track after track falls into a similar formula. My Hands has the some sort of vocal undulations that made Crush a hit single. Desperate is practically the same song, with a tougher exterior to be sure. Even Angels, the cover track that showed up on Idol, sounds like it belongs on this album.
Archuleta and his producers managed to avoid the schlock of say, a Meat Loaf song. That’s a good thing. But it does raise a question how these songs are going to translate into a concert. Ballad after ballad is going to slot an Archuleta show into what? A Josh Grobin type of thing? Until he can afford Celine Dion size production, I would think the energy level of his concerts (notwithstanding the 12-year girls screaming in chorus) would flatline. There’s nothing here to get the crowd pumped.
That said, the most diverse track of the bunch is Your Eyes Don’t Lie. The track has a different beat than the rest, and the vocals are jumpy (in a good way) even the whistling is a interesting twist from the rest of the album.
By the way, what’s with the cover photo? He looks tired and tough.
