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Daniel Powter

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This is a phenomenal debut album from Daniel Powter. The stubbly-jawed, green-eyed, beanie-wearing 34 year old Canadian singer/songwriter gives a very impressive account of himself, and has already sold more than 100,000 albums, due mainly to a killer first single "Bad Day", something with which we can all identify.

"Where is the moment when we need it the most
You kick up the leaves and the magic is lost
They tell me your blue sky's faded to grey
They tell me your passion's gone away
And I don't need no carrying on

Stand in the line just ahead of the law
You're faking a smile with the coffee you go
You tell me your life's been way off line
You're falling to pieces every time
And I don't need no carrying on

Cause you had a bad day
You're taking one down
You sing a sad song just to turn it around
You say you don't know
You tell me don't lie
You work at a smile and you go for a ride
You had a bad day
The camera don't lie
You're coming back down and you really don't mind
You had a bad day
You had a bad day"

Powter wrote the songs on this album over a one year period, his musical taste inspired by childhood violin sessions, accompanying his mother on piano. The second single will be "Free Loop", but the excellent "Song 6" would also have been a great pick.

This album is definitely a keeper, other great tracks being "Jimmy Gets High" and "Lie to Me" (falsetto bits and all), "Styrofoam" and "Hollywood", but then every track is a potential single. The only problem is that there are only ten songs, and that's a crying shame.

Amanda Richards, October 6, 2005

The Good
Soothing piano and warm strings blend well with Powter's high falsetto on "Song 6." The track starts off slow, but picks up with a punch on the chorus. You really can't listen to the radio, watch television, or surf the web without coming across the mega-hit "Bad Day." You can't deny this song's appeal. It actually has sad lyrics, but it's set to inspiring music. The chorus has a great vocal flow. Electronic beats and sound effects dominate "Suspect." Powter's vocals sound like a higher-pitched version of Brian Johnson's (AC/DC), with less gravel. "Jimmy Gets High" is a piano laden track about making it in the music industry. Although if you want to go deeper than that; it's about making it in life. On "Hollywood," Powter compares his dance floor crush to a Hollywood starlet and how he would treat her as such.

The Bad
The album is rather short (37 min.). The other songs really pale in comparison to "Bad Day."

The Verdict
To call Daniel Powter's music `rock' is a stretch I know, but you can't avoid the appeal of his hit song "Bad Day." Despite that song's appeal, I just didn't feel that the rest of the tracks on the album really measure up to "Bad Day's" relatable theme and emotional delivery. Who knows, Powter could be the next Elton John or the next one hit wonder.

Someone once said to me all the current bad music is about to turn good again. And you know what? I think Daniel Powter is the one that will start to make everything all better again. Thats all that needs to be said.

A great first effort for Daniel Potter. Great chill music, especially Bad Day, which is one of my favorite songs. Warning: Don't listen to this CD unless you want the song Bad Day stuck in your head for a few days.

While Bad Day is an awesome song, the rest on Daniel Powder's CD just don't cut it. This CD would bomb if it were'nt for BD. The songs aren't bad exactly, just regular. And the CD is short. But Bad Day is an awesome song.

In a time when everything is "bling bling" it's about time we had someone come out and sing and sounds good too. His music seems to come from the heart and I'm glad that a few people in the states are starting to notice.

i'm so happy that this song went #1 in billboard. it came out in mid 2005 and went unnoticed in the U.S. but huge in other parts of world.

he wrote such great songs that are hard to find in pop industry these days. i respect him even more when i found out that he has overcome dyslexia (he failed his music theory for this reason) and serious stage fright.

i'm so happy for him that he has got his first #1 and he deserves every single bit of this!

If you go to DanielPowter.com you will see that the CD is available on i-tunes and that is comes out on April 11. Good music.

Daniel Powter's songs are awsome. I love listening to them on my way to classes in the mornings. I have heard "Bad Day" played at the end credits of American Idol. I think this is were most people have heard this song. I heard it on there and really liked "Bad Day". So, I looked up who the singer was and bought the CD! The other song are good also!

well...you guys deleted my last review...just want to let whoever is interested that this item has been available on itunes for legal download for quite some time...buyer beware