Diana DeGarmo - Blue Skies
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Artist: Diana DeGarmoEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2004-12-07
Music Label: RCA
Soundtracks:
- Cardboard Castles
- Blue Skies
- Emotional
- Then I Woke Up
- All I Ever Wanted
- Go On And Cry
- The Difference In Me
- Till You Want Me
- Dreams
- Boy Like You
- Dream, Dream, Dream
- Don't Cry Out Loud
Free Music Notes for Blue Skies
Free Music Review: A singer who manages to make LOUD kind of fun
Hit: 5 Stars
19 Productions American Idol CDs have never been much for subtlety. Time after time I've listened to an album that starts out promisingly with some really catchy tracks, but by the time I get to Track 7 or 8 I'm ready to scream "Enough already!" After a while the only image in my mind is of someone banging their head against a wall over and over and over...
"Blue Skies" is not really an exception to this general rule, and like other AI discs, it could have benefited by a least a couple of songs with a bit of restraint and understatement, but I have to hand it to DeGarmo - somehow her voice made it work this time.
Highlight tracks for me were "Cardboard Castles", "All I Never Wanted", and "Don't Cry Out Loud", but there are no real clinkers here. Even a silly piece of fluff like "Boy Like You" has a certain appeal when sung by a performer who manages to be able to combine a certain purity of tone with a surprising sense of humor.
I did not see Seasaon 3 of Idol, but I'm beginning to understand why Diana DeGarmo made it so high. It's a shame this CD didn't prove to be the first step to an AI success story. I'm hoping her new project in the works will take her where she wants to go. (And, a little bit of subtlety along the way couldn't hurt.)
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Diana DeGarmo's is a voice--a big, melting, LeAnn Rimes-y kind of voice--in need of a sound, and on this, her debut disc, a team of experts including legendary producer Clive Davis attempts to find her one. The overall effect is a little like watching the baby faced would-be American Idol champ try on outfits at a department store: Half the time, she's riffling around the junior department, churning out angsty teen anthems (check lyrics like "I'm the one that you want/You know I'm heaven sent/I'm a little Lynyrd Skynyrd/A little 50 Cent" from "Then I Woke Up"), and the other half she's trying to find her size in the more grown-up misses racks (both "Blue Skies" and "Dreams" are drenched in an inspirational, Amy Grant-ish vibe best suited to lite FM radio). Luckily, DeGarmo's vocal derring-do saves her from seeming rudderless. The sweet, adult-leaning "Go On and Cry" proves for time eternal that 17-year-old pipes can soar, and the Idol showstopper "Don't Cry Out Loud," a cover of the Melissa Manchester classic, along with "Boy Like You" earn her instant access to the big-belter club. Blue Skies may run into clouds finding its audience, but it forecasts a clear career horizon for the talented DeGarmo. -Tammy La GorcePop Music CDs
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