Daughtry - Daughtry

Whilst I've never liked the way it short cuts artists to chart stardom, I have found myself liking quite a few of the acts made famous by "Pop Idol" and the like. But recently I got a bit of a shock when I heard an artist I would have liked no matter where he had come from and it turned out he had been in "American Idol". Even more surprising, at least to me, was that he didn't even make the final, although he was given a record deal on the strength of his performances on the show. He's coming to the attention of some fairly major people as well, having had his music used on a later series of the show and being tipped as once of their ...

I'm not sure if it isn't sad that I actually went out and bought the debut CD by Chris Daughtry, the American Idol contestant who came in fourth place in their 5th season, but bought it I did. While I'm not totally disappointed with this purchase, I'm also not unconditionally thrilled with it, either. And now that he's had a concert in London (at the Scala, on November 27), I thought you'd like to hear my opinion of this disk. While most of the American Idols don't perform in genres that I would ever buy CDs in, I did favour Chris' rocker style during season 5. With a voice that can be both strong and gentle, he surprised everyone with his versatility during ...