| Product Summary | | Label: Rca Records | | UPC: 00828766117523 | | Release Date: 4/27/2004 | | Buy.com Sku: 60630970 | | Item#: MQGYYK | | Buy.com Sales Rank: 25530 | Format:  CD |
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| | The judges have called them the "best group of 12 in the history of 'American Idol.'" The Top 12 contestants from the third season of the popular hit series have put their special touch on the greatest soul classics of all time, for a compilation album released by the RCA Records Label. Interest in the third season contestants continues to build, thanks to the soaring ratings for "American Idol," with record highs being set this season by FOX Television. The "Greatest Soul Classics" album will be the first recorded product by this latest group of "American Idol" finalists. This album follows the successful releases of compilation albums by the first and second season contestants, as well as multi-platinum albums by Kelly Clarkson, Ruben Studdard, and Clay Aiken.
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Notes & Personnel Info |  | Personnel: Mark Jaimes, Carl Sturken (guitar); James McMillan (trumpet, horns); Pete Murray (piano); Postmaster (keyboards, programming); Steve Jordan (drums); Cindy Mizelle, Evan Rogers, Priscilla Jones (background vocals). | | Audio Mixers: Al Hemberger; Rob Chiarelli; Brad Gilderman. | | Recording information: Quietmoney Studios, Barns Green, West Sussex, England; The Little Big Room, Burbank, CA; The Loft, Bronxville, NY. | | Photographer: Mike Segal. | | Arranger: James McMillan. | | Unlike most of its competitive reality-TV brethren, AMERICAN IDOL refreshingly eschews much of the winner-takes-all attitude. Although rivalries certainly appear and controversies flare up, contestants frequently display a spirit of camaraderie. This good-natured attitude finds its way onto this AMERICAN IDOL compilation. Released before the dust even settled on the third season, GREATEST SOUL CLASSICS features finalists side-by-side with contestants already voted down. Individually and together, they put their spin on tried-and-true R&B standards. | | Fantasia Barrino--along with Latoya London and Jennifer Hudson, part of a trio of candidates referred to by many as the Three Divas--opens the set with a powerful rendition of "Chain of Fools," followed by George Huff's evocative recreation of "Me and Mrs. Jones." No one vying for the third-season crown hits a false note, and other standouts include Diana DeGarmo's remarkably worldly take on "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" and a subdued, sweet "Neither One of Us (Want to Be the First to Say Goodbye)," performed by Jennifer Hudson, who was controversially rejected from the show. The collection ends, fittingly enough, with the whole cast getting together on a rousing chorus of the always-inspiring "Ain't No Mountain High Enough." |
Producer: Evan Rogers; James McMillan; Carl Sturken |
Engineer: Al Hemberger; Matt Noble; Brad Gilderman |
| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 04/27/2004 | | Original Release Date : 2004 | | Catalog ID : 61175 | | Label : RCA Records (USA) | | Number of Discs : 1 | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00828766117523 |
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