American Idol Greatest Moments

Various Artists (Artist)

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 1, 2002)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: RCA
• ASIN: B00006JL4I
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (153 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #111,319 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

• This item is part of The American Idol Series.

Track Listings

1. (You Make Me Feel Like A) Natural Woman - Kelly Clarkson

2. Respect - Kelly Clarkson

3. For Once In My Life - Justin Guarini

4. Get Here - Justin Guarini

5. Piece Of My Heart - Nikki McKibbin

6. A House Is Not a Home - Tamyra Gray

7. Lately - RJ Helton

8. Ain't No Sunshine - Christina Christian

9. If You Really Love Me - Ryan Star

10. My Cherie Amour - A.J. Gill

11. I'll Be - E.J. Day

12. Easy - Jim Verraros

13. California Dreamin' - The Finalists

14. A Moment Like This (Bonus Track) - Kelly Clarkson

15. Before Your Love (Bonus Track) - Kelly Clarkson

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Burning up my CD player.. American Idol's Greatest Hits, January 25, 2003

By A Customer

...The people on this CD went threw hell to get as far as they did, so wether you like them or not, you have to give credit where credit is due.

1. Natural Woman-Kelly Clarkson- Her live performance rocked the house and the cd track was no exception. Let's face it the girl can blow! The only disapointment was I really wanted to hear the Mariah Carey high note on the cd (like she did on the show) but they toned it down a bit.

2. Respect-Kelly Clarkson- again, awesome job but I feel that her live performance of this song is way better than the cd song.

3.For Once in My Life-Justin Guarini-I think he is a great live performer. He has excellent stage presence and he is totally at home on stage, the cd makes him sound so much better than his live performances. He did a great job on this song.

4.Get Here-Justin Guarini- Always loved it when he performed this song and the cd version is great. He sounds completly professional,again great job.

5. Piece of my Heart- Nikki McKibbin-not a big Nikki fan. I feel to appreciate her voice you'd have to catch her singing in the shower. Did not like the song, a little to rough sounding for me but out of everyone on the show, no one handled Simon's critisicm better than she did. She did her thing, and I respect that, just have never really liked her voice.

6. A house is not a home- Tamayra Gray- this chick is going places. She ripped this song up and made it her own. I think that America screwed up when they voted her off but hey that is the way it goes, nontheless she performed this song beautifully!

7. Lately-R.J. Helton- what a cutie!! I always liked him. The song on the cd wasn't the best, but his voice is real pure and he never has to strain to hit the notes.

8. Ain't no Sunshine-Christina Christian- By far my favorite song on the entire album. She has such a unique voice and her live performance of this song was great. She sounds great and I look for her to land a record deal anyday.

9. If you really love me-Ryan Starr- hated it.To me it sounds like she alters her voice into something it's really not. She slurs on the word "clearly" in the middle of the song and it sounds like she has a bull in her throat, I just wish that she would sing her age.

10.My Chere Amor-A.J. Gill-I'm sure he has a heart of Gold but it's a little to "Backstreet" for me. Wasn't crazy about this song or his singing.

11.I'll Be- E.J. Day- What was America thinking when they voted off E.J.? He was by far the best male singer of the group. He rocked this song and I like it better than the original. He was underestimated and I think that if he would have gotten past the first week, he would have been the one standing next to Kelly at the end.

12. Easy-Jim Veraross- Simon was right when he said Jim was out of his league- His top ten spot definitly could have gone to someone else. He just doesn't have the range like the others and although he sounds okay on the cd, it just didn't do much for me.

13. California Dreaming-Group- Would have rather heard "Joy to the World" but I liked the harmonies and I think that they sing good together, very impressed by the song.

14. A Moment Like This-Kelly Clarkson- this song was made for her. Her range and tone is unbelivable and this song gives me goose bumps.

15. Before your Love-Kelly Clarkson- this girl could sing the back of a Corn Flakes Box and it would probably make it to number 1. I like this song even better than "A Moment Like This" and I am so glad that America voted her as the American Idol.

21 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars American Idol: The Hits...well, sort of, October 19, 2002

By	M.K. (Montana) - See all my reviews

Honestly when I bought this cd I didn't expect too much from the Idols...just the same old songs. They proved me both right and wrong.

Kelly Clarkson's "Natural Woman" and "RESPECT"~ She's a powerhouse, and it's very obvious why she won. These songs sound fantastic.

Justin Guarini's "For Once in My Life" and "Get Here" I was impressed with the first song, but the last song really threw me. It sounds very different than previous live performances. Not bad, but just different.

Nikki McKibbin's "Piece of My Heart" Nikki has never been a good live performer vocally, but this recording was very decent.

Tamara Gray's "House is Not a Home" I was never a big Tamara fan, but I have to admit, she sounds phenomenol. She'll be the next big R&B "it" girl.

RJ Helton's "Lately" RJ, with not the best vocal talent but otherwise sweet voice, remakes this Stevie song soundly.

Christina Christian's "Ain't No Sunshine" I fell in love with song the moment I heard it. Christina never impressed me before, but this song fits her well.

Ryan Starr's "If You Really Love Me" Ryan did a decent job on the song, but her voice is too rough for the recording.

A.J. Gil's "My Cherie Amour" I disliked AJ from the get go. His voice was cheesy, but this song suits him well, I was rather pleased with the outcome.

EJ Day's "I'll Be" The song did nothing for his vocal range. He should have done "Unchained Melody" but it was great nonetheless. He has the best male voice of the group.

Jim Verraros "Easy" This song was fine, for Jim. Actually good, for Jim. But again, it was lacking compared to the others.

California Dreamin': Good group song, but blending was poor. These kids just cannot sing together.

"A Moment Like This"~ Great song, great singer. Great message. Nuff Said. Unfortunately this will die out hard as all cheesy songs do.

"Before Your Love" I prefer this one over "Moment". Miss Clarkson really shines.

All in all, this album has good variety and talent. If you're looking for recording quality, you will want to pass this by. It's crude, but not quite karaoke. However, if you're looking for sweet tunes by kids you've watched all summer: look no further!

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Calling all "AI" fans....Youve got to buy this CD!!!!, October 1, 2002

By	K. Gambrell (Oxon Hill, MD United States) - See all my reviews

If your enjoyed watching the performances on "American Idol" each week, you need to buy this CD. I just purchased a copy and I'm so happy with the results. To be honest, I really only purchased the CD to hear Tamyra Grays version of "A House Is Not A Home",(which happens to be awesome). After listening to all of the songs, the standouts to me are "Get Here" by Justin Guarini, "I'll Be" by Ejay Day, and "Aint No Sunshine" from Christina Christian, and "Lately" by R.J. Of course all of Kelly Clarksons songs are good, that goes without saying. There's only one or two songs on this CD that I'd skip over, the rest of the CD is great! You will NOT be disappointed. This CD is definitely worth adding to your collection. My only complaint would be that there weren't more songs on it!