What World Needs Now [SINGLE]

American Idol Season 2 Finalists (Artist)

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 29, 2003)
• Original Release Date: April 15, 2003
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Single
• Label: RCA Records
• ASIN: B000095J8G
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #237,474 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

• This item is part of The American Idol Series.

Customer Reviews

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good charity song..., May 22, 2003

By	Mark - See all my reviews

I like this one. It was a good idea for a charity single. It shows the vocal skills of the contestants, and how good they sound together. I think it was a good idea to release this as a charity single. I prefer this one over God Bless The USA because G/B/T/USA is very plain, where as this is a well arranged song and the vocals are amazing!! It's very captivating.

This single contains the version w/ all 10, and a version with only Clay, Ruben, and Rickey singing it, and that version is amazing too!! The guys sound awesome together!

This song can also be found on AMERICAN IDOL SEASON 2 : ALL TIME CLASSIC AMERICAN LOVE SONGS. Enjoy!!

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good CD, despite track two, June 11, 2003

By	Andrew S. Graham "drew_graham1" (Provo, UT USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

While I think this song is just OKAY (sorry, Burt Bacharach), I think the arrangement and the kids' sound is great. That Clay starts out this one shows that they obviously realized who has undeniable talent in the group.

While the first track is just lovely, I was a little disappointed with the second one too. Clay and Ruben sound all right, and Ricky for the most part sounds okay, but when he gets to the squealing part of his upper register, I cringed until I had to turn it off. I'm sure Ricky is a fine singer, it was just a poor arrangment, like another poster said, like it was thrown together just to put another song on the CD, leading to a disjointed recording.

Still, both tracks are good for AI fanatics. Of course, you could just buy the Classic American Love Songs CD and get both What the World Needs Now and God Bless the U.S.A., but then Red Cross wouldn't get any donations!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not what It Seems, March 4, 2004

A Kid's Review

I recently purchased this CD thinking it was naturally the best but I was proved wrong. All I can say is Thank God For CLAY AIKEN. I keep listening to it because of him, he is the best of them all including Season 1. Track one literally sucks. Track 2 is great only because Clay sings more in it. The part about sunbeams get me everytime. If you buy it don't pay over four dollars for it but if you love Clay it's a must have.<BR...