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Winning American Idol on the strength his dopey grin and cornball down-home appeal, Scotty McCreery delivers his debut, Clear as Day, just five months after taking home the big prize, the quickest turn around in Idol history. Forget whatever this portends about the health of the television show or the power of Scotty’s personality: it does suggest that McCreery is the easiest of all Idols to fit within the pre-existing machinery of the music industry. Possessing no distinct persona outside of the good guy next door, McCreery can sing any generic Nashville number, and so he does on Clear as Day, singing songs about sweet tea, pecan pies, country, football, the King James bible, mom, water towers, and, of course, love. Songs this basic need flair, either in the writing or the performance departments, to distinguish themselves, and there are moments with flashes of life, both coming courtesy of writer Rhett Akins, whose “You Make That Look Good” and “Write My Number on Your Hand” have some pep and sturdy country roots. Apart from that, the songs and production demand that all energy come from young Scotty, who amiably sleepwalks through the tunes, expecting his “aw shucks” smile will translate onto record. That it doesn’t is not necessarily on his shoulders -- it’s better to place the blame on the machine, here run by producer Mark Bright who has had hits with Rascal Flatts, and knows enough to get a piece of sellable product out while the iron is still hot. And that’s all Clear as Day is, no more, no less: professional product released quickly enough that it could still capitalize on a fire that’s beginning to smolder down to embers.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Tim Nichols, ComposerLyricist - Mark Bright, Producer - Jonathan Singleton, ComposerLyricist - Scotty McCreery, MainArtist
℗ 2011 19 Recordings, Inc.
Brett James, ComposerLyricist - Ronnie Jackson, ComposerLyricist - Esther Dean, ComposerLyricist - Mark Bright, Producer - Jay Smith, ComposerLyricist - Destinee & Paris, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Scotty McCreery, MainArtist
℗ 2011 19 Recordings, Inc.
Phil O'Donnell, ComposerLyricist - Casey Beathard, ComposerLyricist - Mark Bright, Producer - Adam Wheeler, ComposerLyricist - Scotty McCreery, MainArtist
℗ 2011 19 Recordings, Inc.
Phillip White, ComposerLyricist - Chris Tompkins, ComposerLyricist - Mark Bright, Producer - Scotty McCreery, MainArtist
℗ 2011 19 Recordings, Inc.
Mark Bright, Producer - Cole Swindell, ComposerLyricist - Lynn Hutton, ComposerLyricist - Tammi Kidd, ComposerLyricist - Scotty McCreery, MainArtist
℗ 2011 19 Recordings, Inc.
Vernon Rust, ComposerLyricist - Mark Bright, Producer - Keith Urban, ComposerLyricist - Scotty McCreery, MainArtist
℗ 2011 19 Recordings, Inc.
Craig Wiseman, ComposerLyricist - Chris DeStefano, ComposerLyricist - Jess Cates, ComposerLyricist - Mark Bright, Producer - Scotty McCreery, MainArtist
℗ 2011 19 Recordings, Inc.
Jeremy Stover, ComposerLyricist - Mark Bright, Producer - Jamie Paulin, ComposerLyricist - Thomas Rhett, ComposerLyricist - Scotty McCreery, MainArtist
℗ 2011 19 Recordings, Inc.
Michael Dulaney, ComposerLyricist - Neil Thrasher, ComposerLyricist - Mark Bright, Producer - Tony Martin, ComposerLyricist - Scotty McCreery, MainArtist
℗ 2011 19 Recordings, Inc.
Rhett Akins, ComposerLyricist - Mark Bright, Producer - Lee Thomas Miller, ComposerLyricist - Scotty McCreery, MainArtist
℗ 2011 19 Recordings, Inc.
Neil Thrasher, ComposerLyricist - Casey Beathard, ComposerLyricist - Mark Bright, Producer - Tony Martin, ComposerLyricist - Scotty McCreery, MainArtist
℗ 2011 19 Recordings, Inc.
Phillip White, ComposerLyricist - Mark Nesler, ComposerLyricist - Mark Bright, Producer - Scotty McCreery, MainArtist
℗ 2011 19 Recordings, Inc.
Album review
Winning American Idol on the strength his dopey grin and cornball down-home appeal, Scotty McCreery delivers his debut, Clear as Day, just five months after taking home the big prize, the quickest turn around in Idol history. Forget whatever this portends about the health of the television show or the power of Scotty’s personality: it does suggest that McCreery is the easiest of all Idols to fit within the pre-existing machinery of the music industry. Possessing no distinct persona outside of the good guy next door, McCreery can sing any generic Nashville number, and so he does on Clear as Day, singing songs about sweet tea, pecan pies, country, football, the King James bible, mom, water towers, and, of course, love. Songs this basic need flair, either in the writing or the performance departments, to distinguish themselves, and there are moments with flashes of life, both coming courtesy of writer Rhett Akins, whose “You Make That Look Good” and “Write My Number on Your Hand” have some pep and sturdy country roots. Apart from that, the songs and production demand that all energy come from young Scotty, who amiably sleepwalks through the tunes, expecting his “aw shucks” smile will translate onto record. That it doesn’t is not necessarily on his shoulders -- it’s better to place the blame on the machine, here run by producer Mark Bright who has had hits with Rascal Flatts, and knows enough to get a piece of sellable product out while the iron is still hot. And that’s all Clear as Day is, no more, no less: professional product released quickly enough that it could still capitalize on a fire that’s beginning to smolder down to embers.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 00:40:42
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Scotty McCreery
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Mercury Nashville - 19 Recordings - Interscope Records
- Genre: Blues/Country/Folk Country
© 2011 19 Recordings, Inc. ℗ 2011 19 Recordings, Inc.
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