15 Minutes Of Shame

Kristy Lee Cook | Format: MP3 Download

Product Details

• Original Release Date: August 12, 2008
• Label: Arista Nashville
• Copyright: (P) 2008 19 Recordings Limited
• Total Length: 3:06
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• ASIN: B001DQ9DWG
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #75,626 Paid in MP3 Albums (See Top 100 Paid in MP3 Albums)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Cool Catchy Country, August 12, 2008

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A. Morgan "a morgan" (New Orleans, LA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 15 Minutes Of Shame (MP3 Download)

Fun,fresh revenge themed offering from American Idol's Kristy Lee Cook is cunningly catchy...As she showed on Idol and now on the current tour, she has a bold, bright personality that shines through her vivacious vocal style and puts her face to face with her listeners.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fun and catchy tune, August 13, 2008

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Cheryl M. - See all my reviews

This review is from: 15 Minutes Of Shame (MP3 Download)

15 Minutes of Shame is a fun and catchy tune by Kristy Lee Cook. It matches her "conservative" spunky personality with great vocals. This song is simple enough to relate to many people, while allowing the listener to use their own imagination to relate the song to their peronsal lives. Can't wait to hear more for Kristy Lee.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars More Waiting to Do for Cook, September 14, 2008

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Timothy Yap "thy4568" (Sydney, NSW, Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 15 Minutes Of Shame (MP3 Download)

Prime Cuts: 15 Minutes of Shame, Plant the Seeds, Baby Believe

Perseverance certainly bears fruitful dividends. After selling her barrel horse in order to travel to Philadelphia to audition for American Idol, Cook persisted in chasing her dreams. Though she was booted out as the 7th finalist, she was finally rewarded with a recording contract with the prestigious Arista Nashville Records. Ironically entitled "Why Wait," this is her first major output. And thanks to producer Brett James, Cook is able to flex some of her industry muscle with a hefty input from Nashville's most elite writers including Cadillac Sky's Bryant Simpson, label mate and fellow Idol alum Carrie Underwood, Canadian songstress Victoria Banks, and Taylor Swift's helmsman Nathan Chapman. Commensurate with Cook's expressive booming vocals, this is polished pop-country effort that pitches on the great big sounds that rock stadiums. Vocally, Cook is a kinetic ball of energy right from the get-go; never for a moment on this 10-song disc does her verve falter. Not since Carrie Underwood, has anyone been so intricately involved in every note on this record: this Oregon native sings as if her life depends on each syllable.

Getting the fiery ball of energy rolling is the lead single "15 Minutes of Shame." A biting rant on her no good fellow, "15 Minutes of Shame" is latent with the potential to be a juicy gossip-laden sonic diatribe. Unfortunately, the title promises more than it delivers, when its lyrics only loiter generically without any tantalizing details. Cook continues to indulge in some contemporary pop-country material with the guitar-driven "Hoping to Find," which finds a starry-eyed Cook waiting to be struck again by love's lightning. The quiet intros, gradual crescendos and soaring vocals, all constitute what makes "Baby Believe" (a Jamie O'Neal co-write) a tasty big ballad the type that American Idol wannabes would wish they could belt. And Cook delivers to perfection here. While the Biblically informed "Plant the Seeds," a prayerful plea to surrender to God's sovereign ways, is Cook at her personal best.

God and patriotism are brought together in Lee Greenwood's classic "God Bless the USA"-- a track Cook performed at the American Idol. Unfortunately, unlike Greenwood's version, the cluttered backings with Cook's wooden interpretation just make the shaft of comparisons lean in favor towards Greenwood's original. With a nod to a more sentimental direction is "Like My Mother Does." Unfortunately such a moving tale requires a more delicate touch. Cook's all out unsubtle approach somehow destroys the song's rich sentiments. Perhaps due to her inexperience, Cook has yet to learn that sometimes less is more; there are times whispers are louder than shouts. If it were not for being a Carrie Underwood's co-write, "Not Tonight" suffers from the anonymity of countless pop-country outings out there.

The major flaw of "Why Wait" is that it's a busy little record. Brett James (who also produced Jessica Simpson's country offering) seems use only a template for all the tracks here. Hence, there's a sameness to all these tracks here. Nevertheless, the pride of "Why Wait" is Cook's engaging vocals and her passion that is larger than life here.