SO CUTE首先，ET，他们这个"独家"还真简短哈。不过秋季这么多牛人出新专辑，他们这么关注Clay，还是挺让人高兴的。非常佩服有些fans竟然能听到里面说的内容，我看了几遍都完全不记得他们说了什么。
手上的戒指让不少人……激动啊，幸亏不是左手。不过我倒挺想看看那样会产生什么效果~
Well, 你担心什么就来什么。
www.fadedyouth.com但是我看了press release之后就不担心了。他们确实觉得现在写出来的歌都惨不忍睹的话，那就唱covers吧。更何况那些歌我都没怎么听过，除了我说特讨厌的那首。Clive Davids那么精明也应该不会做太差的决定。
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Clay Aiken is hearkening back to his 'American Idol' roots, rehashing a bunch of tired old, kareoke "love" songs on his New CD titled: 'A Thousand Different Ways' (oh the jokes write themselves here) due out September 19.
This is exactly what I was afraid of.
Back For More没在新专辑让不少人都挺吃惊的，包括我。因为它听上去那么radio-friendly。不过想想——这张专辑的主题是love songs，BFM第一句歌词: Not too crazy'bout love songs, never been into that kinda stuff. 它注定与这张专辑无缘了。也许会在single里，作为bonus track?
以前我还转过一篇blog那人常写跟Idol有关的事，她说BFM就是对radio的测验，如果这次他们还是不管怎么说都不放这首歌的话，说明广播除了和唱片公司做私下交易也不会干别的了。但这回……这个测验也实行不了了。但是你看这首歌要是真有studio版也不一定就那么那么好，'cause he is always awesome live. That charisma might have disturbed you from really judging the melody.
他们也承认过后悔第一张专辑应该多点upbeat songs. 这从后来Clay演唱会选歌也能看出来。（i.e. Where the Streets Have No Name, Kyrie, All About Love, Chain Of Fool, Still the One, Rosanna, um...When Doves Cry, LOL）但我以为这张会都是ballads的。（哦，小朋友们会很失望的）他在这件事儿上，也做了妥协。"It is compromise.How much of this was compromise? Maybe not as much as imagined. Clay is a very smart man." Bon Jovi竟然了一首。不过其实，额，Bon Jovi唱过这首歌，不过好像没有发行过？还有Clay自己参与写的那首歌会是什么样呢？Wondering.
Clay本身性格那么hilarious，我真是很难想象现在这个形象采访会是什么样的。他以前老说自己是nerdy guy from NC, 那这回呢？之前这么多年，无数次采访都要提到他这个makeover的事（鉴于他audition时候惊爆的形象），现在就更加免不了这个问题了，呵呵。有人说没准发行之前都不会有采访，哦，这个想法太不能接受了。看到他的Fanclub&MySpace全都改版，变成灰色系，很喜欢但是，难道要开始装酷？RCA看上去还挺花心思的。
Thank God他终于不穿得一层又一层了。
LOS ANGELES, Calif., August 3 /PRNewswire
The long wait for Clay Aiken fans is over. RCA Records will release the singer's third album, "A Thousand Different Ways" on September 19th. The project, Aiken's first outing since 2004, combines 10 cover versions of well-known songs from the '70s, '80s and '90s with four brand-new songs.
The album is a follow-up to Aiken's debut set, "Measure of a Man," which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard album chart and is certified triple-platinum, as well as the platinum-selling "Merry Christmas with Love," the best-selling holiday album of the 2004 season.
For Aiken, the new album's title has multiple meanings. "This is an album of love songs," he explains, "but they are about all different kinds of love. Romantic love, Friendship, Unconditional love. There are a thousand different kinds of love; a thousand different ways to tell someone you love them. And, on top of that, since so many of these songs are covers, it's realistic to say that many of them have been or could be sung a thousand different ways."
In fact, Aiken has put his own spin on some of the well-known songs he has recorded for his new album. "These are songs I heard growing up. I loved them then and I still love them today, but we decided to do them a little differently. They have new arrangements and we put our own style on some of them."
Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil's "Here You Come Again," a No. 3 hit for Dolly Parton in 1978, stands out for Aiken. "I've always loved that song," he says. "But for this album, we didn't use a country arrangement. It's a ballad version now. Adam Anders produced the most amazing arrangement and I couldn't wait to sing it."
Aiken credits Chairman CEO BMG U.S., Clive Davis for coming up with the concept for the album. "When we first embarked on making an album, my executive producer Jaymes Foster and I started out with one or two covers, then we had three. We slowly discovered that it's harder these days to come by songs that are as superb as the songs that I grew up on. Based on that, it was Clive's brainchild that we take classic love songs of the last 30 years and pair them with four new songs. He is a man who not only knows music, but really has his finger on the pulse of what listeners want to hear."
Those who have come to expect Aiken to belt out a song won't be disappointed. The album shows off Aiken's vocals in a big way with songs like the Bad English hit "When I See You Smile" and Harry Nillsson's "Without You." But Aiken will surprise fans by singing in a more relaxed style on some tracks than they have heard before, showing a different, sexier side.
Aiken fans will also be glad to know he was personally involved with the selection of every track and that he participated in every aspect of the album. "For the first album, most of the songs were chosen ahead of time. I was less of a participant in the process. The second album was a Christmas album, so we naturally chose songs of the season. This new album has much more of me in it. Right from the beginning, Clive and Jaymes wanted to find songs that were right for me. Jaymes told me, "Stay in your lane, but remember it's okay to swerve a little and see where it takes you.' That's exactly what we did."
The following is a complete track listing for the much-anticipated "A Thousand Different Ways," including writer and producer credits:
RIGHT HERE WAITING
Originally recorded by: Richard Marx
Written by: Richard Marx / Produced by: John Fields
WHEN I SEE YOU SMILE
Originally recorded by: John Waite
Written by: Diane Warren / Produced by: John Fields
WITHOUT YOU
Originally recorded by: Badfinger and Then Harry Nilsson
Written by: William Collings, Thomas Evans, Michael Gibbins, Peter Ham,
and J.C. Molland
Produced by: John Fields
LONELY NO MORE
(NEW SONG)
Written by: Andreas Carlsson, Samuel Waermo, Mimmi Waermo & Clay Aiken
Produced by: Andreas Carlsson and Samuel Waermo
SORRY SEEMS TO BE THE HARDEST WORD
Originally recorded by: Elton John
Written by: Elton John & Bernie Taupin
Producer by: Per Magnusson & David Kreuger
EVERYTIME YOU GO AWAY
Originally recorded by: Paul Young
Written by: Daryl Hall
Produced by: Adam Anders
EVERYTHING I DO (I DO IT FOR YOU)
Originally recorded by: Bryan Adams
Written by: Bryan Adams, Michael Kamen & Robert John "Mutt" Lange
Produced by: John Fields
I WANT TO KNOW WHAT LOVE IS - Guest Vocals by Suzie McNeil
Originally recorded by: Foreigner
Written by: Michael Jones
Produced by: Russ Irwin, Marti Frederiksen & Charlton Pettus
THESE OPEN ARMS
(NEW SONG)
Written by: Jon Bon Jovi & Desmond Childs
Produced by: John Fields
BECAUSE YOU LOVED ME
Originally recorded by: Celine Dion
Written by: Diane Warren
Produced by: Eman
HERE YOU COME AGAIN
Originally recorded by: Dolly Parton
Written by: Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil
EVERYTHING I HAVE - Featuring William Joseph on Piano（Oh, Love it!!!!!）
(NEW SONG)
Written by: Jeremy Bose
Arranged by: Jeremy Lubbock
A THOUSAND DAYS
(NEW SONG)
Written by: Christian Leuzzi, Aldo Nova & Emanuel Olsson
Produced by: John Fields
BROKEN WINGS
Originally recorded by: Mr. Mister(他这么喜欢这人的歌？这谁啊？)
Written by: Richard Page, John Lang & Steve George
Produced by: Eman
