Idol’s Debut Albums
I’ve only started watching American Idol this season but I have to say this has got to be the best season ever! Even though I haven’t watched the previous seasons of Idol, I can guarantee you that Season 5 is the most talented of the bunch. For this year alone, 4 Idol’s ended up with a recording contract and they are: Kellie Pickler (6th place finisher, I think), Chris Daughtry (4th place finisher), Katharine McPhee (Runner-Up) and Taylor Hicks (Winner).
The first one to come out with an album was Kellie Pickler who went down the "Country" route. I’m not sure if she debuted at no.1 in the country charts but I think she did and then she was 6th or 9th? at the Hot 200 on the Billboard charts. (Forgive me for the lack of information but I never really followed her career, lol)
I’ve listened to some of her songs and the first one was "Red High Heels" which I really love listening to when it came out. And then my most favorite song on her album would be "I wonder" it’s a really sad song. I wasn’t able to buy her album though, just donwloaded the songs that I liked. So overall I think her album is really good. (I’m a fan of country music so I didn’t have a hard time liking the song) If you’re interested in learning more about Ms. Pickler and if you want to listen to some of her songs go to Kellie’s Official Site.
Okay so on to the next one.. This time it’s Chris Daughtry releasing
his album on Nov. 21st entitled "DAUGHTRY". The genre of his album is Pop/Rock I believe.
And I have to say, his album cover Rocks! Hehe! Well duh obviously!
Okay so down to his songs. His first single is called "It’s Not Over" and ummm… I didn’t really like his songs that much, or should I say his voice. I’m not saying that he’s not a great artist but I’m just saying that I’m not a huge fan of his voice. I usually like Pop/Rock music kind of like the one’s with Nickelback and All American Rejects. But I guess for me it depends on the voice and the songs. To each his own. So if you want to hear some of his songs and if you want to learn more about Daughtry then go to this link: Daughtry’s Official Site.
The third one to release his album is the current winner of American Idol, Taylor Hicks. Well actually he’s just about to release his album on Dec. 12th. It’s a self-titled album and his genre is umm… Soul/Blues? Sorry I don’t really know. LOL! But somewhere along those..
Okay so I’m not the biggest fan of Taylor Hicks but I tried to listen to some of his songs and maybe give the guy a chance. (Trust me, I really really tried) But to no avail. His single "Runaround" is umm.. I mean, I didn’t really like all of his 3 songs. But again that’s just my opinion. Well that’s all I can say. If you want to listen to some of his songs and learn more about him go to: Taylor Hick’s Official Site
The last one to release an album would be my idol Katharine McPhee. Her debut album will be released on Jan. 30th 2007.
Don’t be fooled with this album cover, lol. It’s not really her official one. (A Kat Fan made this one and I kinda liked it, Hehe)
Her album cover and album title is yet to be announced.
Katharine will be going down the Pop/R&B route which I am so looking forward to hear. Recently 3 songs were release on Promosquad.com and the name of the artist wasn’t revealed but we figured out that it was in fact Katharine singing those songs. (She confirmed it later on in her Myspace page) The title of the songs were "Open Toes", "Over It" and "Each Other". (You can hear these songs on my profile page.)
Those 3 songs were only DEMO’s though so we’re not sure if it’s going to be in her album. But all I can say is I so LOVE those songs! Now I can’t wait to get a hold of McPhee’s album! I bet it’s going to be awesome!
If you want to learn more about Katharine go to: Katharine’s Official Site
***I swear that these reviews are based on my opinion of the songs and is by no means a result of me being a Katharine Fan.
