Clear as Day

Clear as Day

by Scotty McCreery
Clear as Day

Clear as Day

by Scotty McCreery

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Overview

Winning American Idol on the strength his dopey grin and cornball down-home appeal, Scotty McCreery delivers his debut, Clear as Day, just five months after taking home the big prize, the quickest turn around in Idol history. Forget whatever this portends about the health of the television show or the power of Scotty's personality: it does suggest that McCreery is the easiest of all Idols to fit within the pre-existing machinery of the music industry. Possessing no distinct persona outside of the good guy next door, McCreery can sing any generic Nashville number, and so he does on Clear as Day, singing songs about sweet tea, pecan pies, country, football, the King James bible, mom, water towers, and, of course, love. Songs this basic need flair, either in the writing or the performance departments, to distinguish themselves, and there are moments with flashes of life, both coming courtesy of writer Rhett Akins, whose "You Make That Look Good" and "Write My Number on Your Hand" have some pep and sturdy country roots. Apart from that, the songs and production demand that all energy come from young Scotty, who amiably sleepwalks through the tunes, expecting his "aw shucks" smile will translate onto record. That it doesn't is not necessarily on his shoulders -- it's better to place the blame on the machine, here run by producer Mark Bright who has had hits with Rascal Flatts, and knows enough to get a piece of sellable product out while the iron is still hot. And that's all Clear as Day is, no more, no less: professional product released quickly enough that it could still capitalize on a fire that's beginning to smolder down to embers. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date: 10/04/2011
Label: 19 Recordings / Interscope / Mercury / Mercury Nashville
UPC: 0602527811833
Rank: 74390

Tracks

  1. Out of Summertime
  2. I Love You This Big
  3. Clear as Day
  4. The Trouble with Girls
  5. Water Tower Town
  6. Walk in the Country
  7. Better Than That
  8. Write My Number on Your Hand
  9. Dirty Dishes
  10. You Make That Look Good
  11. Back on the Ground
  12. That Old King James

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Scotty McCreery   Primary Artist
Jimmie Sloas   Bass
Dave Davidson   Violin
Jimmy Nichols   Piano
Paul Leim   Drums
Greg Leisz   Banjo,Guitar (Steel),Guitar (Acoustic)
Joe Spivey   Fiddle
Jim Grosjean   Viola
Mary Kathryn Van Osdale   Violin
Wes Hightower   Vocals (Background)
Kris Wilkinson   Viola
Leland Sklar   Bass
Perry Coleman   Vocals (Background)
Neil Thrasher   Vocals (Background)
Karen Winkelmann   Violin
Brent Mason   Guitar (Electric)
David Angell   Violin
Jerry Roe   Drums
Tim Pierce   Guitar (Electric)
Monisa Angell   Viola
Jenifer Wrinkle   Vocals (Background)
Julie Tanner   Cello
Anthony LaMarchina   Cello
Gordon Mote   Piano
Eric Darken   Percussion
Jonathan Yudkin   Cello,Viola,Violin,Strings,Contrabass
The Nashville String Machine   Strings
Cathy Umstead   Violin
Betsy Lamb   Viola
Janet Darnall   Violin
Pam Sixfin   Violin
Carole Neuen-Rabinowitz   Cello
Stefan Petrescu   Violin
Charlie Judge   Conductor,Keyboards,Squeezebox,Synthesizer
Mike Johnson   Guitar (Steel)
Ilya Toshinskiy   Mandolin,Guitar (Acoustic),Guitar (Resonator)
Conni Ellisor   Violin
Destinee Monroe   Vocals (Background)
Paris Monroe   Vocals (Background)
Kristina Seimer   Violin

Technical Credits

Mark Nesler   Composer
Tony Martin   Composer,Composer
Phil O'Donnell   Composer
Keith Urban   Composer
Carl Gorodetzky   Contractor
Craig Wiseman   Composer
Casey Beathard   Composer
Lee Thomas Miller   Composer
Derek Bason   Mixing,Engineer,Digital Editing
Mark Bright   Producer,String Arrangements
Neil Thrasher   Composer
Todd Tidwell   Mixing,Engineer
Michael Dulaney   Composer
Rhett Akins   Composer
Tim Nichols   Composer
Chris Ashburn   Assistant
Ester Dean   Composer
Adam Ayan   Mastering
Adam Wheeler   Composer
Jay Smith   Composer
Jeff Frasco   Booking
Jonathan Yudkin   Composer,String Arrangements
Brett James   Composer
Kirsten Wines   Production Assistant
Ronnie Jackson   Composer,Composer
Jess Cates   Composer
Andrew Southam   Photography
Lynn Hutton   Composer
Cori Bardo   Make-Up,Hair Stylist
Mike "Frog" Griffith   Production Coordination
Christopher Rowe   Digital Editing
Vernon Rust   Composer
Phillip White   Composer
Chris DeStefano   Composer
Jeremy Stover   Composer
Jonathan Singleton   Composer,Composer
Charlie Judge   Programming,String Arrangements
Jamie Paulin   Composer
Jeff Cates   Composer
Tammi Kidd   Composer
Angelo Caputo   Assistant
Mitch Kenny   Engineer,Assistant
Brian Wright   A&R
Chris Small   Assistant
Cole Swindell   Composer
Josh Millman   Assistant
Rita Rago   Stylist
Thomas Rhett   Composer
Chris Tompkins   Composer
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