| Product Summary | | Label: RCA RECORDS/SBME | | UPC: 00886973346327 | | Release Date: 11/18/2008 | | Buy.com Sku: 209826292 | | Item#: M4G9SY | | Buy.com Sales Rank: 2060 | Format:  CD |
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Disc 1
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Declaration ~ David Cook |  | | 2. Heroes ~ David Cook | | | 3. Light On ~ David Cook | | | 4. Come Back To Me ~ David Cook | | | 5. Life On The Moon ~ David Cook | | | 6. Bar-Ba-Sol ~ David Cook | | | 7. Mr. Sensitive ~ David Cook | | | 8. Lu ~ David Cook | | | 9. I Did It For You ~ David Cook | | | 10. Avalanche ~ David Cook | | | 11. Permanent ~ David Cook | | | 12. Daily Anthem, A ~ David Cook | | | 13. Time Of My Life, The ~ David Cook | |
| Track Listing
1. Declaration
2. Heroes
3. Light On
4. Come Back to Me
5. Life on the Moon
6. Bar-ba-sol
7. Mr. Sensitive
8. Lie
9. I Did it for You
10. Avalanche
11. Permanent
12. A Daily Anthem
13. The Time of My Life (Bonus Track)
| | Album Notes and Credits |
Notes & Personnel Info |  | Personnel: Tim Pierce (guitar); Rob Cavallo (guitars, piano); Neal Tiemann (guitars); Jamie Muhoberac (piano, organ, keyboards); Paul Bushnell (bass instrument); Dorian Crozier (drums, programming). | | Audio Mixer: Chris Lord-Alge. | | In the epic David vs. David face-off at the end of AMERICAN IDOL's seventh season, teen pop sensation David Archuleta was decisively defeated by more experienced rock performer David Cook, who issued this 2008 self-titled debut a week after Archuleta's own album. Aided by a veritable army of veteran alt-rock songwriters, including Johnny Rzeznik (Goo Goo Dolls) and Raine Maida (Our Lady Peace), Cook shines brightest with "Light On," a soaring anthem co-penned by Chris Cornell (Soundgarden, Audioslave). | | Seven years into its run and American Idol has finally produced a winner who can hold his own and work with his own Idols. This says more about David Cook, grand champion of season seven, than it does of the franchise itself: AmIdol suffered a significant ratings slowdown during its no-drama seventh season and, despite the megastardom of Kelly Clarkson, Jennifer Hudson, Carrie Underwood, and Chris Daughtry, major-league stars only saw the show as a way to hock a new album. Fortunately, major-league stars hold no fascination for David Cook. As he proved time and time again on the show, Cook's greatest wish was to be an American Our Lady Peace, a hurdle that's not exactly hard to clear. This low ambition works in Cook's favor on his eponymous major-label debut as it gives him a goal that's achievable -- plus, it's been so long that this sound has been in fashion that his heroes are waiting in the wings, eager to contribute to a project that may just raise their own profile. Foremost among these is Cook's biggest idol, Raine Maida of Our Lady Peace, who co-wrote three songs, but he's not alone: Zac Maloy of the Nixons has three songs, while Kevin Griffin of Better Than Ezra assists on "Avalanche," forgotten neo-grungesters Injected rev up the record with the hardest-rocking (and best) song in "Bar-ba-sol," and Johnny Rzeznik of the Goo Goo Dolls, no stranger to reality TV himself, gets a credit on "Declaration." It's a virtual parade of second and third stringers from the late '90s, all led by Chris Cornell, who continues his slow march into alt-rock anonymity here with "Light On," a perfectly fine bland power ballad that strangely finds the Soundgarden singer trying to write like those who followed in his footsteps. | | All these rockers may give Cook some relative street cred but they're no guarantee for a hit record, something the AmIdol enterprise desperately needs at this point, so they're paired with certified hitmakers: Cathy Dennis comes in for "Heroes," Chantal Kreviazuk teams with Maida for "Permanent," and most notably, Espionage work with Maloy on his three songs. If Espionage's work leaves no discernible impact -- there's nothing that sounds remotely similar to Beyonc?'s "Irreplaceable" or other hits they've penned for Chris Brown or Jessica Simpson -- Kerviazuk and Dennis compensate by gently weaving tried and true commercialisms into their songs, gently pushing Cook toward a crossover he's already made anyway. He not only is a star thanks to AmIdol, but he's always been ready to do big, happy, crowd-pleasing grunge-pop, as his self-released 2006 debut, Analog Heart, proved. David Cook is remarkably similar to that now-suppressed effort, heavy on crawling, melodic midtempo rockers and power ballads, only given more gloss in its production and writing. All this makes David Cook remarkably similar to the debut of his AmIdol forefather, DAUGHTRY, but where Chris Daughtry wallows in his stylized amorphous angst, Cook is a friendly puppy dog, eager to please. This may result in some embarrassing earnest moments -- none too coincidentally, they're almost all enabled by Maida, including "Mr. Sensitive," which rolls up the worst traits of Our Lady Peace and David Cook in one big blob of goopy glop, and the Maloy/Espionage "Life on the Moon" isn't far behind either -- but this enthusiasm makes David Cook a likable record: he's so happy to be here it's hard not to warm to him at least a little bit. After all, it's hard to be mad at somebody who wants nothing more than to make an album that could be played comfortably between the Toadies and Third Eye Blind. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine |
Producer: Rob Cavallo |
Engineer: Seth Waldmann; Nik Karpen; Steve Rea; Doug McKean; Keith Armstrong |
| | Artist Overview | | Even before his triumph over D. Archuleta in 2008's AMERICAN IDOL "Battle of the Davids," singer-songwriter David Cook was a post-grunge veteran, having honed his melodic, fiery style for years on various stages throughout Missouri. As a teenager, Cook formed the heavy rock outfit Axium, which swiftly ascended to Kansas City local legend status in the early 2000s. After Axium's dissolution, Cook struck out on his own, releasing a brash debut two years before television stardom. Stirring, stormy renditions of classics like "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" helped earn the singer the coveted crown and 11 hits on the Billboard charts in the span of a month. With a dark, dramatic voice reminiscent of Raine Maida (Our Lady Peace), Cook was able to sustain his popularity after reality TV's glow faded away. |
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| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 11/18/2008 | | Original Release Date : 2008 | | Catalog ID : 88697334632 | | Label : 19 Recordings (USA) | | Number of Discs : 1 | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00886973346327 |
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| | Professional Reviews | | Entertainment Weekly (p.118)
- "[The producers] give the album's clutch of bombastic verse-chorus-verse rockers an impressive melodic sheen, one well suited to Cook's husky, expressive vocals." -- Grade: BBillboard (p.77)
- "Cook exercises his right to rawk with the swaggering, gritty 'Bar-ba-sol' and bares his soul alongside a delicate piano and string arrangement on 'Permanent.'" |
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| | Bio | | | David Cook Just one week after being named the winner of the seventh season of American Idol, 25-year-old David Cook rewrote chart history, with a record-breaking 14 debuts on Billboard's Hot Digital Songs survey. He also had 11 songs jump onto the Hot 100, the highest number of new entries ever, and the second-highest amount of simultaneous hits since the Beatles in 1964. All that, and his single, "The Time of My Life," instantly became the highest debuting title of 2008, entering the Hot 100 at No. 3. When this most recent season of American Idol began, Cook wasn't on anyone's radar to win the whole thing - including his own. "I like that I 'snuck up' on people," he says. "During those early shows, when there were 24 people, I knew I didn't have to be one of the best, but I didn't want to be one of the worst. So it was fun for me because there wasn't a lot of pressure and I could find my own footing." Cook won fans with his unique renditions of songs like Lionel Richie's "Hello," Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean" and the Beatles' "Eleanor Rigby." He explains, "When I began, I told vocal coach Debra Byrd I wanted the season to be like a set list, so people would feel like they were at one of my concerts." It's all come with lessons learned, according to Cook. "The whole process has given me a brand-new lease on life in that I am more sure of who I am now that ever before. I've learned that when I'm singing live on stage to embrace that moment and if doesn't work, it's OK, move on."
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| Customer Reviews | ![]() | | Production |  3.5 | | Performance | 3.5 | | Composition | 3.5 | | Overall Satisfaction | 3.5 |
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1 of 5 David Cook album Tuesday, January 27, 2009
DT from Quitman,MS
This was certainly NOT what I expected....Slow ballads that SUCKED from someone who is supposed to be a rocker. Was this review helpful?  
4 of 5 Not so good! Sunday, January 04, 2009
A Listener from Waxhaw, NC
The album is not as good as I expected! Was this review helpful?
5 of 5 Great CD Monday, December 29, 2008
A Listener from Pickerington, OH
I really like the sound of David's voice. The CD is a form of alternative rock. Worth buying. Was this review helpful?
5 of 5 Daughter loves this CD Sunday, December 28, 2008
A Listener from Edmond, Oklahoma
I purchased this CD for my 11 year old daughter for Christmas and she loves it. She has been a David Cook fan since American Idol and she said the CD is definately worth the money. Was this review helpful?
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