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***Mac*** · 03-31-2009, 07:38 AM

http://blogcritics.org/archives/2009/03/31/022749.php

Quote:These days everyone seems all too eager to beat up on Taylor Hicks. Many people have forgotten the reasons why he won the ultra-competitive fifth season of American Idol. His victory has been written off as some kind of accident, as if he wasn't a great performer. To the naysayers, I say this: he was, and still is, a fantastically talented singer/songwriter. That much is in obvious evidence on The Distance, Hicks' newly released second album.

Quote:Taylor Hicks is a survivor and is obviously bound and determined to continue earning a living doing what's in his blood: making music.

***keb*** · 03-31-2009, 01:35 PM

Can I kiss this person

I love this part ......

Quote:Though the sales figures haven't been particularly strong so far, it should be noted that The Distance is an independent release. Without much promotion the album is struggling to gain attention. Keep in mind though that this time last year many were declaring Hicks' career dead in the water. He lost his record contract and was all but abandoned by Idol.

Yet since then, he's played to sold-out theaters on Broadway and all around the country in Grease, released an excellent compilation of pre-Idol recordings (Early Works), and now has a new album on Billboard's Top Ten Independent chart. As he sings in one of The Distance's best tracks, "I live on a battlefield."

***TMW*** · 03-31-2009, 03:53 PM

I'd like to send that first paragraph to every critic and basher of Taylor on the internet and TPTB at AI.

**Stangy** · 04-09-2009, 10:44 AM

(03-31-2009 03:53 PM)TMW Wrote: I'd like to send that first paragraph to every critic and basher of Taylor on the internet and TPTB at AI.

Yep, no kidding!! Thumbup

***UHadMeAtWooHoo*** · 04-09-2009, 01:56 PM

Great article!! The reality is Taylor has been consistantly in the news and steadily performing for most of the 3 years since he won. I don't know how many Idol alum can match that. I only care about The Distance sales in relation to profit for Taylor. I want him to make enough money to continue to do what makes him happy. Success is about so much more than numbers especially on a completely uneven playing field.

**DeepPurple** · 04-14-2009, 04:57 PM

(03-31-2009 03:53 PM)TMW Wrote: I'd like to send that first paragraph to every critic and basher of Taylor on the internet and TPTB at AI.

Amen.