A Thousand Different Ways
09/19/2006 | Rca
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All Music Guide Review
The endlessly delayed A Thousand Different Ways, Clay Aiken's second proper album, was long-awaited, at least by the hoards of fans enthusiastically calling themselves Claymates, of which there are many. There were enough Claymates to make the American Idol season two runner-up one of the two biggest stars the show has produced to date -- the other, of course, being Kelly Clarkson -- propelling his debut album, Measure of a Man, to number one upon its 2003 release. Chart success means a lot, particularly for an American Idol, and it would seem that blockbuster success would embolden a pop star. That certainly was the case with Kelly Clarkson, who came on strong with her second album, forever banishing the specter of AmIdol as she swaggered through the irresistible "Since U Been Gone." Given Kelly's example, it would seem that Clay could have come out swinging with A Thousand Different Ways and do something interesting, but A Thousand Different Ways isn't risky: it's an album made directly for fans and makes Measure of a Man seem daring. This record has a couple of new made-to-order tunes for Clay, but for the most part it consists of songs you know by heart, equal parts popular standards and adult contemporary. Clay sings Richard Marx's "Right Here Waiting," Badfinger's "Without You," Hall & Oates' "Every Time You Go Away," Bryan Adams' "Everything I Do (I Do It for You)," Foreigner's "I Want to Know What Love Is," and Mr. Mister's "Broken Wings." He does a really nice job with Dolly Parton's "Here You Come Again" (the closest thing to a genuine surprise here), rivals Celine Dion on "Because You Loved Me," and naturally does a pretty good job with Elton John's "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word." The cumulative effect of all these covers plus the new songs is like a season of American Idol in microcosm: it's uncannily like listening to outtakes from the show. And it's the first album from any American Idol contestant to sound exactly how they did on the show. Justin Guarini, George Huff, Josh Gracin, and even William Hung sound different on record than they did on the show -- but not Clay, one of the few genuine American Idol superstars. He sounds exactly how you remember him from TV, which means that A Thousand Different Ways will particularly satisfy the Claymates -- but the truth is, they probably would have stuck with him under any circumstances. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide
A Thousand Different Ways Track Listing
A Thousand Different Ways Notes
RIGHT HERE WAITING
Originally recorded by: Richard Marx
WHEN I SEE YOU SMILE
Originally recorded by: John Waite
WITHOUT YOU
Originally recorded by: Badfinger and Then Harry Nilsson
LONELY NO MORE
(NEW SONG)
SORRY SEEMS TO BE THE HARDEST WORD
Originally recorded by: Elton John
EVERYTIME YOU GO AWAY
Originally recorded by: Paul Young
EVERYTHING I DO (I DO IT FOR YOU)
Originally recorded by: Bryan Adams
I WANT TO KNOW WHAT LOVE IS – Guest Vocals by Suzie McNeil
Originally recorded by: Foreigner
THESE OPEN ARMS
(NEW SONG)
BECAUSE YOU LOVED ME
Originally recorded by: Celine Dion
HERE YOU COME AGAIN
Originally recorded by: Dolly Parton
EVERYTHING I HAVE – Featuring William Joseph on Piano
(NEW SONG)
A THOUSAND DAYS
(NEW SONG)
BROKEN WINGS
Originally recorded by: Mr. Mister
Credits of A Thousand Different Ways
- George Marino
- Mastering
- Dean Parks
- Guitar
- Shawn Pelton
- Drums
- Charlton Pettus
- Bass, Engineer, Producer, Programming, Guitar
- Doug Petty
- Organ (Hammond)
- Carol Pool
- Violin
- Michele Richards
- Violin
- Alejandro Rodriguez
- Digital Editing
- Jason Scheff
- Vocals (Background)
- Mike Shipley
- Mixing
- Phil Solem
- Vocals (Background)
- Paul Wertheimer
- Assistant
- Steven Miller
- Engineer
- Matt Funes
- Viola
- Nikki Hassman
- Vocals (Background), Vocal Producer
- Dorothy Lawson
- Cello, Principal
- Suzie Katayama
- String Conductor
- David Krueger
- Arranger, Producer, Programming
- Owsley
- Guitar
- Yuri Vodovoz
- Violin
- David Channing
- Engineer, Digital Editing, Editing
- Ken Chastain
- Percussion, Effects
- Norm Dlugatch
- Assistant Engineer, Assistant
- Jimi Englund
- Percussion, Drums
- Emanuel Kiriakou
- Guitar (Acoustic), Producer, Engineer, Programming, Piano, Guitar (Electric), Keyboards, Bass
- Esbjörn Öhrwall
- Guitar (Electric)
- Brent Paschke
- Programming, Digital Editing, Engineer
- Miranda Penn Turin
- Photography
- Rob Shaw
- Violin
- Greg Suran
- Guitar
- Tom Leonard
- Vocals (Background)
- Stephen Lu
- Piano, Keyboards, String Arrangements, String Conductor, Conductor
- Chris Brooke
- Engineer
- Dorian Crozier
- Drums
- Brett Kilroe
- Art Direction
- Per Magnusson
- Arranger, Producer, Keyboards
- Adam Anders
- Bass, Keyboards, Producer, Engineer, Vocal Producer, Editing, Arranger, Guitar
- Andreas Carlsson
- Guitar (Acoustic), Producer, Engineer, String Arrangements, Mixing, Vocals (Background), Arranger
- Cornelius Dufallo
- Violin
- Ralph Farris
- Viola, Orchestra Leader
- Ryan Brown
- Drums
- Mats Berntoft
- Guitar (Acoustic)
- Alex Anders
- Engineer
- Jay Goin
- Assistant Engineer
- Vivian Ng
- Art Direction
- Bo Reimer
- Drum Engineering
- Supaflyas
- Arranger
- Joe Wohlmuth
- Digital Editing
- Jochem van der Saag
- Programming, Engineer
- Jonathan Dinklage
- Violin
- Sebastian Nylund
- Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric)
- David Gold
- Viola
- Steve Lotz
- Assistant
- Samuel Waermo
- Percussion, Producer, Engineer, Mixing, String Arrangements, Arranger, Programming
- Brian Wohlgemuth
- Digital Editing, Editing Assistant
- Johannes Nyberg
- Sitar (Electric)
- Rasmus Billie Bähncke
- String Arrangements, Keyboard Programming
- Morgan Grace
- Vocals (Background), Harmony Vocals
- Courtney Blooding
- Production Assistant
- Emil Heiling
- Vocals (Background)
- Rebecca Walker
- Vocals (Background)
- William Joseph
- Piano
- Lara Lynne Hickes
- Viola
- Quiana Parler
- Vocals (Background)
- Ian Schreier
- Engineer
- Matt Beckley
- Assistant Engineer
- René Tromberg
- Drum Programming
- Peter Anderson
- Assistant Engineer
- Thomas Bundberg
- Bass
- Mairi Dorman Phaneuf
- Cello
- Jonas Groning
- String Arrangements
- Peter Ijung
- Piano
- Brian Krinke
- Violin
- Frederik Larsson
- Piano
- Cliff Lin
- Guitar (Electric), Drum Programming, Assistant Engineer, Editing
- Jesse Marks
- Assistant Engineer
- Henrik Nordenback
- Percussion, Drums
- Brian Paderalsky
- Engineer
- Owsley Suran
- Guitar
- Fredrik Andersson
- Engineer, Mixing
- Russ Irwin
- Guitar, Producer, Engineer, Keyboards, Programming
- David Foster
- String Arrangements
- Ed Ackerson
- Engineer
- Tommy Barbarella
- Keyboards, String Arrangements
- Charlie Bisharat
- Violin
- Gregg Bissonette
- Drums
- Michael Bland
- Drums
- Jeff Bova
- String Arrangements
- Jules Chaiken
- Strings Contractor, String Conductor
- Marshall P. Coid
- Violin, Concert Master
- Larry Corbett
- Cello
- Tom Durack
- Engineer
- John Fields
- Bass, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals (Background), Producer, Engineer, Effects
- Marti Frederiksen
- Producer, Engineer
- Erik Friedlander
- Cello
- Humberto Gatica
- Producer, Mixing, String Engineer
- Ross Hogarth
- Engineer
- Henrik Janson
- String Arrangements, String Conductor
- Ulf Janson
- String Arrangements, String Conductor
- Jeremy Lubbock
- String Arrangements


















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