Idol Winner Finally Delivers-With Minor Faults

4/5
Brian Melo-Livin' It

This season's winner of Canadian Idol (much to my happiness) has finally released his debut CD-"Livin' It" on November 27th. Suprisingly, this is only 1 week after the Americam Idol's CD, which has been worked on since June, while Brian only had started working on it in September. In two months, he's made a fairly engagind CD, especially for a Canadaian Idol, but is it as good as Eva Avila's debut last year? The first song "Shine" starts off slow, but grows into a more rockish tone, and is actually a very good song for a Canadian Idol. The second song "Back To Me" also does the same thing as the previous song. It grows into a rock song, but starts as a slow, pop beat, and it's better than the first song-this is good news. So far, Brian's voice sounds just like it did on Idol, which is really a great thing. If you live in Canada, you'll know the third song. It's called "All I Ever Wanted" and it is the first single, which is an okay song, it could be a little more catchy. The fourth song "Summertime" follows the same exact pattern as all the songs here, a slow beggining and strong chorus. At this point, i wonder where all the creativity has gone. Where are the ballads? My prayers are than answered with one of my favourite songs by a canadian idol; "I Gave You All My Life", which will make a good single, if he chooses it. The song climaxes in the end, but not in a rockish way, in more of a beautiful way, kind of like Kelly's "Sober". The next song is slower, taking the pace down a notch, but is still pleasant to listen to. Than a faster song kicks in, and takes over the CD. The song Livin' It, is definately going to be the next single, in my eyes. Livin It marks a speed up for the next song, Stay, which actually uses electric guitar and bass gutair in the way they were invented for! Stay is most likely the best rock song among these. The next two songs are okay, and than the second single (confirmed) "She Moves Me" kind of sets the state of Canadian idol-ness, and the CD begins to turn into a cliche. Finally, the last ballad ain't too bad, but is Idol-ish.
Overall, the CD is well-done and is worth buying, but take precautions for some cliche music (for Idols).

BEST SONGS: Shine, Stay, I Gave You All My Life, Summertime, Obvious