God Bless The U.S.A. [Single]

Various Artists (Artist), American Idol Season 2 Finalists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 15, 2003)
• Original Release Date: 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Single
• Label: RCA
• ASIN: B00008Z1LY
• Also Available in: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (49 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #175,963 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. God Bless The U.S.A.

Editorial Reviews

Personnel includes: Clay Aiken, Kimberly Caldwell, Corey Clark, Julia Demato, Johua Gracin, Kimberly Locke, Carmen Rasmusen, Rickey Smith, Ruben Studdard, Trenyce.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This Single is Great, April 15, 2003

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Aaron Esman "survivorfan1989" (Pound Ridge, NY United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: God Bless The U.S.A. (Audio CD)

When I first heard this song on American Idol, I thought it was decent. When I heard the studio version I fell in love with it. It features all of the top 10 American Idol finalists including Clay Aiken, Kimberly Caldwell, Corey Clark, Julia DeMato, Joshua Gracin, Kimberly Locke, Carmen Rasmusen, Ricky Smith, Ruben Studdard, and Trenyce. This is worth buying and $.50 of this cd go to the red cross.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Warning, May 6, 2003

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Glenn from Baltimore (Baltimore, MD United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: God Bless The U.S.A. (Audio CD)

If you liked the performance of this song on the television show, you should know that the 10 finalists singing it were backed on that performance by a full choir -- which was offstage and therefore unseen. The choir added tremendous depth and truly magnificent harmony parts that enhanced the song beautifully.

That choir is absent on this studio version, and you only have the 10 finalists singing. While more authentic, it's also less magnificent and stirring. So, my point is if you've only heard the TV show version and you're basing your decision to buy it on that, you might be disappointed.

That said, this version's not bad.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very Good, July 7, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: God Bless The U.S.A. (Audio CD)

I love this single. Is very patriotic and sounds so wonderul! I especially like Clay.