Amazon.com: Few would risk making guarantees when it comes to a hodgepodge of a disc like Showstoppers, but one thing is for sure: it's bound to become the only CD in your collection you bought knowing full well you would have to hold your nose through certain tracks. That, of course, is the fun of the American Idol franchise: You may love Carrie Underwood's rootin'-tootin' version of Martina McBride's "Independence Day" but loathe Anthony Federov's syrup-soaked rendition of the '80s chestnut "Everytime You Go Away"; you may swoon over Bo Bice's Grass Roots-style vocal on the Gavin DeGraw hit "I Don't Want to Be" but find yourself making the gag-me gesture when Mikalah Gordon steps up to the mike for a Streisand-aping take on "God Bless the Child." Call it a lowbrow musical twist on the famous theatrical formula "You will laugh! You will cry!", but instead of laughing and crying you will love and hate (then again, laughter and tears could enter into the equation after a close listen to Constantine Maroulis's "My Funny Valentine"). The final cut, an ensemble number, puts this amateurs' jumble into perspective: given the right producer, anybody can sing, even those Simon Cowell would sooner see at a cut-rate karaoke bar. --Tammy La Gorce
Disc 1:
Independence Day - Carrie Underwood
I Don't Want To Be - Bo Bice
Best Of My Love - Vonzell Solomon
A House Is Not A Home - Anwar Robinson
You Don't Have To Say You Love Me - Nadia Turner
Part-Time Lover - Nikko Smith
My Funny Valentine - Constantine Maroulis
Total Eclipse Of The Heart - Jessica Sierra
Everytime You Go Away - Anthony Fedorov
Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now) - Scott Savol
Knock on Wood - Lindsey Cardinale
God Bless The Child - Mikalah Gordon
When You Tell Me That You Love Me - American Idol Finalists - Season 4
Big fan of Vonzell Solomon Since I'm a big fan of Vonzell, I've bought every Cd she's put out, and I found this great Christmas song she covered, it's possibly the best thing she's done, it's called "Breaking For the Holidays" and she sings "It's gonna be a Cold Christmas" and it's the sweetest christmas song ever!Breaking For the Holidays
Good Group I remember this group being a good group. This was a good CD and most of the songs were good. The stand out songs were "Independence Day", Part Time Lover, Total Eclipse of the heart" by Carrie Underwood, Nikko Smith and Jessica Sierra respectively. "Best of my Love" was weak considering that Vonzell Solomom was one of the better singers this season. Constatine's arrangement of My Funny Valentine was hidious especially if you've heard Stevie Wonder's version and Chaka Khan's version.
3 3/4 stars, actually By Far the best-sounding group song from any season, When You Tell Me That You Love Me, is enough reason for me to give this album a good review. You also have Carrie Underwood in her element, and the 2 runners-up Bo Bice and Vonzell Solomon are very good as well. Nadia, Jessica and Scott are also good. I really wish that they would have done away with Mikalah and Lindsey, but oh well. Not too terrible. :)
A Good Album From (Mostly) Good Artists I liked AI season four. Here's my grade for each one of the tracks. Carrie Underwood "Independence Day" This is Carrie at her best. She was the first country singer to win "American Idol" and this track shows why. A Bo Bice "I Don't Wanna Be" Bo had a really great voice. He was actually my favorite in the competition. But this wasn't a good song choice. I much prefered his versions of "Vehicle" or "Whipping Post". Still, Bo does great on this one too. A- Vonzell Solomon "Best of my Love" Vonzell had a lot of charisma, but I was not crazy about her voice. But she does surprisingly well here. I guess she sounds good recorded. A Anwar Robinson "A House is Not a Home" Anwar had a great voice and proves on this track that he should have stayed longer. A Nadia Turner "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me" Nadia's blusey voice nails this one. I really hated the arrangement, though. B+ Nikko Smith "Part Time Lover" Nikko does great on a hard song. What more can I say? A+ Constantine Maroulis "My Funny Valentine" Agian, I hated the annoying arrangement, but loved the vocals. B Jessica Sierra "Total Eclipse of the Heart" Jessica does beautifly on this rock classsic. A+ Anthony Fedorov "Everytime You Go Away" Anthony is somewhat weak on lower notes, but he covers it well. B Scott Savol "Agianst All Odds" Very monotone, mediocre vocals. Scott just isn't that good. Still, he tries, and for that he doesn't fail, but instead gets a D. Lindsey Cardinale "Knock on Wood" Lindsey does okay. The arrangement is great. C Mikaylah Gordon "God Bless the Child" Mikaylah has a nice voice, but the arrangement is just stupid. B- "Everytime You Say You Love Me" This was pretty ok. C
a good cd My favorites are Jessica Sierra, Nikko Smith, Vonzell Solomon, and Carrie Underwood. They were really good on this CD. The good ones are Anthony Federov, Bo Bice, Constantine Maroulis, Lindsay Cardinale, and Anwar Robinson. They were good but not great on this CD. The ones who weren`t so good were Scott Savol, Nadia Turner, and Mikaylah Gordan. They were bad on this CD. Overall this is one of my favorite Idol CDs.
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