Oh man, I bought the CD today!! Squee! It is reeeeeeeally good, honestly, I really like it a lot. I mean, of course I knew I would, but out of his three CDs, I think this one's definitely my favourite. I've only listened to it twice so far
but I can tell you that that CD is definitely going to get a lot of use.
So beautiful, this one's gonna be big for sure, I think.
ETA:
Well, I just finished listening to the CD for the third time all the way through (plus several more songs as I was writing this), and I gotta say, it’s truly amazing. I can’t get over it how weird it is though, because there’s not a single song that I don’t love. I mean, usually on CDs there’s some songs that are fantastic and some that I end up not listening to very often, but on this one... it’s giving me this bizarre feeling because they’re all brilliant and I’m just not used to that! :lol: My only criticism of the album is that there’s not one song that stands out above all the rest; I don’t have a favourite song, because they’re all so incredible. On the first CD I loved “Shine” the best right from the first time I heard it, and on the Christmas CD I absolutely love “Don’t Save It All For Christmas Day,” but on this, I just can’t pick! So much love...
See, my theory on why so many of the American Idols never really do well after the show is over is because, really, it’s about so much more than just the voice of the singer; you REALLY need to have good songwriting and accompaniment to make something special. You can’t really have music without the music. :lol: But this album, definitely has MUSIC!! Even without Clay’s amazing voice, the songs are still great. Lots of piano (which I absolutely adore) and plenty of strings (which I love as well). Seriously, for me, if you wanna get me hooked on a song, throw in a beautiful instrumental accompaniment. Which they definitely did on this album. Genius. Brilliant. Love it to pieces. Guess I know what I’m getting half my family for Christmas now.
And, for the first time ever, I’m repeatedly listening to my (relatively) LEAST favourite song, just to see if I ACTUALLY like it less than the others, and I gotta say, it’s still awesome, and just as good as the rest. When I go and play this for my mom, I’m gonna say “ok, so this is my ‘least’ favourite song” just to prove how awesome it is.
Ok, sorry, I kept rambling on for a while there, but I just can’t get over how much Clay rocks. <3 <3 <3