MJ, LA Times link the snippets to your site.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/americanidoltracker/2009/10/first-listen-rate-clips-from-kris-allens-new-album-.html

P.S. That photographer is pretty hot, too

I get what you mean. At first when I heard ‘Lifetime’  I was like, what the heck that song does not have any distinct instrumentation in the background. But when I listened a couple times around I heard it towards the end of the snippet. Same with ‘Bring It Back’ . I had a bad taste in my mouth after the first listen, but heard the pretty instrumentation in the background of the chorus.

Lifetime was my least favorite when I first listened to the snippets. Now, I cant get it out of my head. Especially the line “to find my place in the world symphony”. Very haunting.

Kris mentions in the Wal-Mart soundcheck video that it was important to him that the sound of his album was organic. He specifically says he wanted live drums, guitar and piano to be the base of the song and to throw in ‘a little bit of production’  into it. Yay! The more organic the better. Good for Kris for knowing what he wanted the album to incorporate.

When I first heard the snippets, I actually thought that that it sounded “too enhanced” but repeating them over and over made me dispel this notion. I hope I will not be disappointed in that regards come Nov. 17th.

Songs in my head at various times today: Is It Over, Bring It Back, Lifetime, Can’t Stay Away.

gulfluv:

Me too, and after watching this video too many times I’ve kind of developed a crush on the photographer too.

LOL!!! I do love the photographer’s artistry for sure!

amielee
10/31/2009 at 11:12 pm

i’m in love with Kris and his music’ ¦

Me too, and after watching this video too many times I’ve kind of developed a crush on the photographer too.

serene:
Olly’s performance was not by any means bad, but definitely no way better than Kris’. I had it when Simon was all over fawning the performance. Yet when Kris did it in AI, he slammed it it hard. I’m still bitter, argh, really wanna strangle his neck, Simon that is.

I know what you’re talking about. I don’t really follow X-factor, but I watched a couple of episodes from the previous season. Simon has a shallow musical pool, and a big ego. He copies ideas from Idol, ask his protege to do it, and then fawn all over it to show his choice is right.

I was aghast at Billy Jean last year by Austin Drage. No means it was bad, but it’s gonna pale in comparison to DC. And he was fawning all over it, as if that was the most amazing thing over it and Louie called him on it. And I thought someone mentioned of this really down-to-earth contestant, where Simon mentioned humility as part of his appeal yet berated Kris endlessly as lack of self confidence. This year it was Danyl with Feeling Good, and now Olly.

Simon thinks he can “recreate” new stars based on what worked in AI, and that will never work because it’s not from within the singer’s natural persona.

Which brings me now to ‘Let It Rain’ repeat….

I’m so proud of this album. I admit I did not have faith in Jive and Kris’s management and truly believed he was getting shafted after seeing how poorly run the official site is and how poorly promoted “Live Like We’re Dying” was, but I feel like when it comes to the album, Jive really came through for him. They let his voice shine on all of the songs, and I love that he was involved in the writing of 9 songs. I bet if Kris had his way he would write all of the songs, but I think he’s also really savvy – he knows that collaborating with people who know their way around the music business will help him more so than harm him. I see little compromise on this album (but I may have to wait until I hear the entire album to form a definite conclusion), so that bodes well for Kris’s future albums.

My favorite song today: “Written All Over My Face”. Wasn’t a big fan when it was performed at the tailgate, but this studio recording sounds amazing. And it’s so upbeat and sway-worthy.