The VOX is a Drug
Official album cover, *swoon*:
As much as I enjoy looking at the pretty, my addiction of the day is to Clay Aiken's voice. I downloaded all 14 of the clips that were available earlier today at Sony Music Store and have been playing them nonstop all day. The clips are now hidden on the site but you can listen to them at Marhaven's Musings. I've never heard his voice so delicate and nuanced, particularly on the new song "Everything I Have," which is absolutely gorgeous.
Here's a quick synopsis of the 30 second snippets from A Thousand Different Ways:
Songs I had never heard before and am absolutely loving:
Lonely No More--Very pretty, memorable melody and lovely acoustic guitar work. Future single material.
Here You Come Again--gentle and conveys a certain resignation
Everything I Have--gorgeous melody and woodwind work. Voice is so nuanced and natural on this.
Broken Wings--really cool ethereal arrangement with haunting background singer
Song I've never heard before and is very good:
Sorry Seems to be the Hardest Word--mmm breathy, raspy Clay
Song I've heard before and am shocked that I like:
Everything I Do (I Do It For You)--light touch (hardly sounds like Clay in fact), cool flute sound in the background. I was so sick of the original that I thought I'd be happy to never hear the song again, but I like Clay's version a lot.
Songs I've heard before and are very good
Without You--mmmm, lower register Clay
Because You Loved Me--I always liked this song and this arrangment is nice
I Want to Know What Love Is--cool rock instrumentation
Songs I've never heard of and are okay
These Open Arms--Typical belting song, nothing too special
When I See You Smile--ETYGA and WISYM seem so redudant in sound and not especially creative in arrangment
Songs I've heard before and are okay
Everytime You Go Away--ETYGA and WISYM seem so redudant in sound and not especially creative in arrangment
Right Here Waiting--I still prefer Richard Marx's more yearning version
A Thousand Days--I haven't liked this song since Clay debuted it last summer, but it's probably the most rock of all the songs
Overall I love the quality of his voice on these clips, they still lean towards the boybandy sound on Measure of a Man but show more of the dynamic range Clay's vocal capabilities and his unique phrasing. Sooo pretty. *Sigh* I can't wait for the album!
Tags: Clay Aiken, song clips, A Thousand Different Ways
As much as I enjoy looking at the pretty, my addiction of the day is to Clay Aiken's voice. I downloaded all 14 of the clips that were available earlier today at Sony Music Store and have been playing them nonstop all day. The clips are now hidden on the site but you can listen to them at Marhaven's Musings. I've never heard his voice so delicate and nuanced, particularly on the new song "Everything I Have," which is absolutely gorgeous.
Here's a quick synopsis of the 30 second snippets from A Thousand Different Ways:
Songs I had never heard before and am absolutely loving:
Song I've never heard before and is very good:
Song I've heard before and am shocked that I like:
Songs I've heard before and are very good
Songs I've never heard of and are okay
Songs I've heard before and are okay
Overall I love the quality of his voice on these clips, they still lean towards the boybandy sound on Measure of a Man but show more of the dynamic range Clay's vocal capabilities and his unique phrasing. Sooo pretty. *Sigh* I can't wait for the album!
Tags: Clay Aiken, song clips, A Thousand Different Ways
posted by sw | 7:22 PM
3 Comments:
A drug indeed. Baby, point me to the nearest dealer. *g*
I'm not ready to critique yet. I've missed The Vox so much that I'm afraid I would be totally biased at this point. I'm a ballad lover, so I'm not surprised I like what I heard. I'm pretty sure critically, Clay will be raked over the coals, but I think this CD has huge commercial potential. Love and heartbreak never go out of style. You can only hump your lump under the London Bridge while bringing the sexy back so many times. After a while, it's time for some wailing and vox sex. *g*
VV/EE
Lyrichord,
I appreciate your critique, but I am in the "must hear more" car. In my "research" (LOL!), I have mostly found that non/now new Clay fans are looking forward to the unbelievable VOX no matter the song.
Interestingly, a staunch fan of Paul McCartney listened to all the clips and promptly named ATD as her absolute favorite.
This song was never been one of my favorites; but from this brief clip, it has certainly risen on my chart.
Great blog! I wonder if I have written another one in this response. *g*
Caro (Carolina On My Mind)
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Request that they play Clay Aiken's new songs. They get ahold of CDs earlier, so they might just play the other songs on the CD. They are covered in 300 countries alone.
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