This is one of the silliest reviews I've read in a long time. It's too bad you didn't listen before you wrote this. Clay recorded this album in Germany and London. It is NOT a live album. And, anyone listening would know that.
And, since the article says they got the info from RCA , it explains a lot. Clay recorded this album with DECCA. He left RCA about a year ago!!!
Tried and True is one of the best albums all year. Clay's voice soars and the arrangements support him completely. Hopefully, most people will see through the sour grapes from this FOX review and listen to this amazing album. I agree with the reviewers from Billboard and RollingStone who thought the album was good. I guess they listened before they wrote!!
Truly, you should be so embarrassed!!
![SKIP: Clay Aiken, "Tried and True" [VIDEO]](http://images.sodahead.com/blogs/000338763/clay_aiken_tried_true_xlarge.jpeg "SKIP: Clay Aiken, \"Tried and True\" [VIDEO]")
SKIP: Clay Aiken, "Tried and True" [VIDEO]
- 2010/06/02 23:54:53
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The "American Idol" Season 9 corpse is barely cold, but here comes Season 2 runner-up Clay Aiken gearing up the Idol Alumni Association for the summer break. "Tried and True" — a live album recorded in his hometown of Raleigh — is presumably the official start of Aiken's Vegas career. He makes his way through the songbooks of such latter-day lounge singer-heroes as Fat Elvis ("Suspicious Minds"), Bobby Darin ("Mack the Knife"), and Sammy Davis Jr. ("What Kind of Fool Am I?"). Aiken is no Elvis, no Bobby Darin, and definitely no Sammy. Still, I'm sure we'll see him in Vegas for years to come. And what happens in Vegas...
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lily 2010/06/09 21:35:04
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You are absolutely right. Clay is no Elvis, he is no Bobby Darin and he is no Sammy Davis, Jr. Clay has a far superior voice to any of those singers. If it isn't to your taste, just say so but be honest. We haven't heard a voice like this in a long time and it will be a long time before another great one comes along.
You might consider trying something along the lines of "real" employment. I understand Safeway is hiring bag boys.
Mr. Amos......its OK not to like Clay Aiken. Music is subjective and what you like and what I like don't have to be the same.
What is not OK is to pretend to know what you are talking about and publish so many mistakes. It makes the entire web-site look silly. You should give the owners of this site a big apology for making people visit here for the wrong reasons.
Next time, do your homework. Listen to the album and read what is going on. If you don't know the difference between a live performance and a recorded one, you should get another career. If you didn't know that Clay dropped RCA and signed with Decca over a year ago, you didn't do your homework.
By the way, to me, Tried & True is Clay at his very best. He probably has the best voice around. And he had 3 of the best arrangers to back him up. This album is amazing!
Have you even listened to one note of this CD?
I think that Shawn either has Bieber Fever or has been having too much of what LiLo is having and can't think clearly .
second.. to call the past greats lounge singer just makes anything you have to say about anyone null and void...
pretty sad Shawn, pretty sad
Clay Aiken has a marvelous voice and he is supported so well by the fine arrangers that worked on the album.
Did Fox put you up to this or was it RCA. I guess you can pay for reviews these days.
Hm......not a live album, not recorded by RCA.......2 really big mistakes!! It really makes me laugh!!
And, since the article says they got the info from RCA , it explains a lot. Clay recorded this album with DECCA. He left RCA about a year ago!!!
Tried and True is one of the best albums all year. Clay's voice soars and the arrangements support him completely. Hopefully, most people will see through the sour grapes from this FOX review and listen to this amazing album. I agree with the reviewers from Billboard and RollingStone who thought the album was good. I guess they listened before they wrote!!
Truly, you should be so embarrassed!!