Track Listing

1. Right Here Waiting
2. Lonely No More
3. Without You
4. Every Time You Go Away
5. Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word
6. When I See You Smile
7. A Thousand Days
8. Everything I Do (I Do It For You)
9. Because You Loved Me
10. I Want To Know What Love Is
11. These Open Arms
12. Here You Come Again
13. Everything I Have
14. Broken Wings

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #8777 in Music
• Released on: 2006-09-19
• Number of discs: 1

Amazon.com
A Thousand Different Ways, the follow-up to Clay Aiken's chart-burning debut Measure of a Man, trots out the kind of material a fleet-voiced former American Idol contestant can't help having a field day with: Aiken's version of Richard Marx's "Right Here Waiting" is bathed in a smoothness that renders it arguably better than the original; his step into Celine Dion's shoes for "Because You Loved Me" sees nary a stumble (no easy feat, considering it's a vocal obstacle course of a song); and his cover of Paul Young's '80s classic "Everytime You Go Away" comes across as a clean-sounding, much-needed update. More proof that Aiken ain't fakin' when it comes to being a stylish interpreter comes courtesy of his convincing carry-off of Dolly Parton's sweet "Here You Come Again," but where he'll earn the most merit points for this disc is with its four originals--"A Thousand Days" especially. Aiken has the kind of voice that makes listeners want to scoot close to the speaker. He may be a softy, but when it comes to trapping raw emotion in song, he's become a mop-topped man of steel. --Tammy La Gorce

Amazon.com
The project, Aiken's first outing since 2004, combines 10 cover versions of well-known songs from the '70s, '80s and '90s with four brand-new songs. The album is a follow-up to Aiken's debut set, "Measure of a Man," which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard album chart and is certified triple-platinum, as well as the platinum-selling "Merry Christmas with Love," the best-selling holiday album of the 2004 season.

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Customer Reviews

Disappointed in RCA.......
I loved Clay Aiken since his first audition with AI. The songs recorded here are some of my favorites and Clay's vocals are great but the sorry orchestra drowns out most of his voice and the quality of this RCA production is terrible! It seems to me that RCA cut corners and assigned the cheapest orchestra they could find and the recording quality is really sorry! I am so disappointed that RCA couldn't produce a better product as they afford other vocalists.

Best Covers EVER
I don't normally like covers, but Clay Aiken improved on every single one of these songs - better than the originals. His voice is golden, his style is incomparable. Pick up all of Clay's CD's while you're at it :)

Old songs with new sound.
I am enjoying this cd very much. Clay's voice brings life to these familiar songs and makes them sound new. Very easy to listen to.