Track Listing

1. Free
2. The Way Things Used to Be
3. Dream On
4. Come to my rescue
5. In Love
6. Like I Do
7. Change
8. Yellow
9. Let It Go
10. Follow Me
11. Keep Running

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #7049 in Music
• Released on: 2006-10-10
• Number of discs: 1
• Original language: English
• Dimensions: .25" h x 5.50" w x 5.50" l, .16 pounds

Album Description

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Customer Reviews

A modern, classic, timeless album.
Brooke White has the potential to bypass the hurdle that has tripped up virtually every American Idol contestant who isn't named Chris, Kelly or Carrie. From now on, it doesn't matter whether she gets knocked out 20th or makes it to first. She can capitalize on the millions of fans she's earning every week by delivering this blockbuster of an album - hopefully available again the MOMENT she leaves the show. This album would have sounded great on FM radio in the 70's, nestled up against Fleetwood Mac. It sounds fresh today, a perfect iPod bridge between Foo Fighters' "Long Road to Ruin" and Sara Bareilles's "Love Song." The ballads are beautiful, personal, universal - 100% free of sap ("Like I Do" is breathtaking). The rockers truly rock. I've seen her several times in concert and Brooke knows how to command a band while rocking the keyboard. The covers (Coldplay and Aerosmith) are unnecessary, considering the strength of the songwriting and the perfect mix. Still, she knows how to own a song - Yellow actually improves on the original while Dream On deftly avoids how bad it could have been (in concert, she wisely passes the belter of a closing note to her back-up singer). As the season progresses, I hope she keeps it real and stays true to her voice. The "good girl" schtick and the billowy clothes that scream K-Mart circa 1987 have got to go. She doesn't need a gimmick. She has the voice. She has the album. She has songs READY for radio. All she needs is the exposure and a record label that isn't afraid to make money.

Counting down to re-launch
This is a CD that grows on you, and with every listen you feel a little more comfortable with it. This young singer/songwriter sounds like she has an old soul, and you can easily see why she has been compared with Carly Simon and Carole King.

The song that stood out from the beginning was her cover of the Aerosmith 1973 hit "Dream On". Brooke interprets the piano power ballad in her own way, and by the time she gets to the chorus you're right there singing along with her. Another extremely good cover is her version of Coldplay's "Yellow", the second single from their album "Parachutes".

Of the other songs, my favorite is "Keep Running", but others to try are "Free", "The Way Things Used to Be", "Change" and "Come to my Rescue".

I've listened to some of the early works of the other American Idol Season 7 finalists, and I think this album is the best of the lot. Here's hoping that Brooke White can use her strong fifth place finish to re-launch the career she started with this rather decent album.



Amanda Richards, June 21, 2008

enjoyable CD
i ran across this album while surfing amazon and previewed it. i must say the more i listen to it the more i like it. for being a low-budget independent label effort it is really good. it is really a shame that this album didn't get promotion at its release. i recommend this CD. i enjoy that it is simple arrangements, not an overly produced album and that is in part what makes it good.