Comments on: Michael Johns – Hold Back My Heart – Drops Today!

By: heart2

heart2 — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 03:57:30 +0000

I love this album..That all I have to say! Oh yeah! Congrat’s Michael

By: Qcloud9

Qcloud9 — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 03:26:17 +0000

Update:

Michael Johns album Hold Back My Heart is currently at #20 in Top Albums on iTunes.

Michael Johns album Hold Back My Heart is currently at #4 in the Pop category for Top Albums on iTunes.

By: Qcloud9

Qcloud9 — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 01:32:01 +0000

Update:

Michael Johns album Hold Back My Heart is currently at #21 in Top Albums on iTunes.

Michael Johns album Hold Back My Heart is currently at #4 in the Pop category for Top Albums on iTunes.

By: Qcloud9

Qcloud9 — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 23:20:20 +0000

Update:

Michael Johns album Hold Back My Heart is currently at #22 in Top Albums on iTunes.

Michael Johns album Hold Back My Heart is currently at #4 in the Pop category for Top Albums on iTunes.

By: Qcloud9

Qcloud9 — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 21:28:54 +0000

Michael Johns album Hold Back My Heart is currently at #4 in the Pop category for Top Albums on iTunes.

By: Qcloud9

Qcloud9 — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 20:47:58 +0000

Michael Johns album Hold Back My Heart is currently at #26 in Top Albums on iTunes.

By: Lino

Lino — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 19:54:32 +0000

I read somewhere that Michael said he was going to start a radio tour july 4th. And also that he will tour in august with Brooke White.

By: brie200

brie200 — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 19:19:34 +0000

It’s definitely not too shabby (the iTunes numbers so far), but I think it’s to be expected it would chart out of the gate when all the fans and everyone else line up to start buying copies. Johns has got plenty of fans. The true test will be how long his numbers stay up there.

By: kbr

kbr — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:50:15 +0000

Anyone who is interested, video of Michael’s interview with Fresh 102.7, an NYC station is up on their Web site right now: http://www.fresh1027.com/pages/2435621.php

By: kbr

kbr — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:43:37 +0000

It’s now up to #4 in pop albums and #29 overall on Itunes, not too shabby considering there hasn’t been very much promotion out there for this album!

By: Zsus

Zsus — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:07:15 +0000

I like it. And it’s now #5 on the itunes pop chart and #37 overall. Not bad considering there hasn’t been a break-through single released yet.

By: 2dogs

2dogs — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:57:19 +0000

By lack of production, I think people may be referring to the lack of over-dubbing, auto-tune, and the tendency to harmonize layers of voices electronically. Now, those highly produced songs can be quite good and a lot of fun (love Black Eyed Peas), but with a voice like Michael’s, I just wanted to hear it in all its bluesy, soulful glory. I’m glad he did that. I think, in theory, it could get radio play at a certain type of station — except that type of station (alt rock/singer-songwriter) that would otherwise play his kind of music never, ever will play a song from a former Idol contestant.

By: lavender1960

lavender1960 — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:14:09 +0000

The comments about overproduction is interesting because I think some might say think it suffers from underproduction, certainly compared to most of the music out there. I also think and hope the AOL version isn’t the same as the actual CD – won’t know until I got a hard copy playing on my proper stereo system but they tend to make those free previews in a such a way that discourages you from trying to rip it. I was listening to Elvis Costello’s album on Rolling Stone for free and they clearly did not use the full production values.

I just enjoy hearing a great singer’s vocals without all the special effects for once.

By: kbr

kbr — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:05:08 +0000

Love it! This is a really great album, so different from what I have heard from other Idols.

By: RemusL

RemusL — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:30:14 +0000

The entire album actually sounds pretty good. Not yet available on the Canadian iTunes site though.