Not the best American Idol LP....

This LP is alright... the only reason I dont like about this LP is that they picked the songs that really weren't the best songs they performed... They just picked the songs that they either got voted off for or i guess the better performance. Kelly Clarkson had tons of brilliant performances other than 'respect'. I would have rather them put 'without you' on it. And the same with Justin Guarini with his 'get here'. i dont think he should have had 2 songs... To be honest Justin was not that great of a singer... R.J. Helton was way better...



The LP does shine with excellent performances: Tamyra gray ' a house is not a home' (the best), Ryan Starr 'if you really loved me', R.J. Helton 'lately', and Nikki Mckibbin 'piece of my heart'. With these songs alone would be worth the money. i wish everyone had 2 songs on the LP then that would be fair...



E.J. Day and A.J. Gil should have not been in the top 10 at all... their songs were weak and they should have not made it past the top 32. Christina Christian was alright but she did disappoint me on this LP. And Surprisingly Jim Verraros sounded better on the LP than the live performances...



Overall you can tell who should have won idol (tamyra) and who should have been kicked off (justin, E.J., A.J., christina)... by this LP if you want to start or finish your AI collection but dont buy it in spite of anything...

Sad...

It's sad that people can get a record deal for beinga good kareoke singer. Yeah, maybe my fish can get a record deal: They "sing" in tone, can breath, but refue to lip-synch(I know it sounds gay). This is just sad because bands that PLAY THEIR OWN INSTRUMENTS, WRITE THEIR OWN SONGS, and PERFORM THEIR OWN SONGS can pretty much get almost no attention. Let's take the band King's X: Doug Pinnick (vocals/bass) is an amazing metal singer who can sing in perfect pitch and writes good lyrics about God (King's X is a Christian band); Ty Tabor (guitar/vocals) has some of the bestguitar solos you probably don't know; and Jerry Gaskill (drums/vocals) has some pretty complicated rhythm patterns...yet only like a few dozen people (I know a lot more people than that like KX; I'm just exagerating) seem to like this band. It's sad. If you want good music, listen to the band I just menioned (King's X if you weren't paying attention).

(If amazon doesn't post this I will SERIOUSLY get POed!)

The Singing is good but......

The singing is good but honestly, these are not the greatest moments from the season. How can we say that Nikki's best performance is piece of my heart when she totally blows us all away with "I'm the only one"? How does Justin Guarini get two songs and Tamyra Gray only gets one? What ever happened to Christina Christian's "At Last"? How are AJ and Jim even on this cd? However I definitley agree with the song choice for the group song. The songs were sung very well I must say, but the song choice was really poor.



Individual Performance reviews



Natural Woman - Kelly Clarkson - *****

RESPECT - Kelly Clarkson - ***1/2

For Once In My Life - Justin Guarini - ****1/2

Get Here - Justin Guarini - ****

Piece Of My Heart - Nikki McKibbin - ***1/2

House is Not a Home - Tamyra Gray - *****

Lately - RJ Helton - ****1/2

Ain't No Sunshine - Christina Christian - ****

If You Really Love Me - Ryan Starr - ****1/2

My Cherie Amour - AJ Gil - **

I'll Be - EJay Day - ****1/2

Easy - Jim Verarros - **1/2

California Dreamin - ****

A Moment Like This - Kelly Clarkson - ****1/2

Before Your Love - Kelly Clarkson - ****1/2



These Were Not The Greatest Moments of Season 1.