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This Loud Morning

David Cook

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Album Review

This Loud Morning is a curiously appropriate title for a David Cook album. Unlike so many rockers, Cook makes music not for the dead of night but for the crack of dawn, music that greets the day with a modicum of measured inspiration. This is particularly true of this 2011 sophomore set, an album that sands down any lingering rough edges from his 2008 post-American Idol major-label debut. Strangely enough, these rough edges include not only the faster songs that peppered David Cook but anything resembling a discernable hook. Every cut marches along with a stately purpose and each track is colored with countless guitars, so many that it stands to reason that this album would sound loud, yet it never does. Everything is tempered and deliberate, which isn’t to say it’s insincere: Cook emotes with gusto, never stopping to consider that his singing is lacquered over by all those guitars. So, This Loud Morning winds up as an album that’s primarily textural mood music for the morning, and one that’s not all that loud either.

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Ahhhh....real music!!!

What an incredible album! I love how all the songs connect and flow to make a "greater whole". No doubt...this album consists of the David Cook sound. His voice is amazing; the band and instrumentals are top notch. My favorites are Goodbye to the Girl, Circadian, REM, and We Believe...and all the others are a close second. If you're looking for a quality album and not just the pop flavor of the
month, make your purchase with confidence.

Cook continues to display quiet confidence on 'Loud Morning'

David Cook returns from a short absence with his third full length album, ‘This Loud Morning’. For an album with a juxtaposed title such as this, listeners are treated to Cook’s somber, soft side more so than any of the upbeat, radio-friendly tracks from his previous effort.

Cook begins with bang on “Circadian”, a catchy midtempo that incorporates all the elements that separate him from other rock artists out there, including unique accompanying choral vocals and enlightened lyrics. He continues to shine on inspirational standouts like the touching “We Believe”, the powerful “Hard to Believe”, and the vulnerable “Take Me As I Am” on which Cook lets his vocals melt into the instrumentation.

If nothing else shines through on ‘Morning’, it is Cook’s continuation of the maturity he brings to his music, which is found in “Fade Into Me” – a seemingly generic album track that transforms into a striking rock ballad that would set fire to hot adult contemporary charts if given a proper release. The fact that Cook had writing credits on each song on the album is also admirable and reflects the passion he pours into his music. In the face of these artistic enhancements, the slick production of a major label-sponsored project is still present, as heard on songs like “Claude Kelly/Matt Spire track “4 Letter Word”.

While the upbeat tracks are few and far between, they are not the highlights of the album. The Ryan Star/John Rzeznik-penned “Right Here, with You” is as close to generic as Cook gets, save his first single.

Speaking of his first single, it is proof of Cook’s strength as a ballad and mid-tempo singer. This credibility is enhanced by the quality of his most radio-friendly song, “The Last Goodbye”. The song sounds copycat-ish, unoriginal, and unlike any other song on the disc, which is a relief. The best part of “Goodbye” is the following track, “Paper Heart”, which is the strongest song on the album.

Cook closes the album the same way he opened it – on a high note – with the rocked-up “Rapid Eye Movement”. The chorus sounds truly inspirational, even if the lyrics aren’t as obviously in the same vein, and the album’s title is finally unearthed amongst a beautiful piano outro and a return of the angelic choral vocals.

Even if it is not as commercially successful as its predecessor, ‘This Loud Morning’ marks an uptick in David Cook’s quest to establish himself as an enlightened modern rocker.

Davids Back

The wait is over. Other then Daughtry I think David Cook is the best thing to come from American Idol. This album shows why. He picks up right where he left off from the first track to the last, getting better along the way. THis album does not disappoint and should be a must have for all rock fans that want to here a unique voice in music,

Biography

Born: December 20, 1982 in Houston, TX

Genre: Pop

Years Active: '00s, '10s

The winner of the seventh season of Fox's American Idol competition, David Cook is a rock-oriented vocalist with a bent toward a commercial post-grunge sound. Although born in Houston, Texas in 1982, Cook grew up in Blue Springs, Missouri, where he first began singing in various elementary-school concerts. The budding musician then participated in his high-school drama program and appeared in many musical productions. During his junior year of high school, Cook formed the band Axium along with a...
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