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James Durbin - Memories Of A Beautiful Disaster - Music Head - 25-11-2011 online listen the only true rocker on last seasons AI guy has a great voice expected a more metal album, but not disappointed in that just misses a like mark single is the clip, but standout is the ballad, May 1.6 from the album - Love Me Bad http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLNxG7NTi8w released Nov 22nd, 2011 from all music Bio Every season of American Idol has at least one rocker vying for the crown, but few have an honest-to-god metalhead like James Durbin, who wailed his way to a fourth-place finish during the show’s 2011 season. Born in 1989, Durbin was raised in Santa Cruz, California, where he was diagnosed with Tourette's and Asperger's syndrome at nine years old. Uncomfortable in social situations, he turned to music instead, developing a larger-than-life stage presence as part of a local theater group and singing lead with Hollywood Scars, a hair metal group inspired by Mötley Crüe and Guns N’ Roses. By the time he auditioned for American Idol, he’d moved on to a new band called Whatever Fits. Singing rock songs by Queen, Muse, and Judas Priest, Durbin became one of the season’s leading contenders, earning comparisons to Adam Lambert (another high-voiced Idol alum) along the way. He finished fourth, joined the inevitable "American Idol Summer Tour" several weeks after the show's finale, and released an EP, American Idol Season 10 Highlights, in June 2011. Durbin's full-length studio debut, Memories of a Beautiful Disaster, featuring the single "Love Me Bad," followed in November of 2011. Album Review James Durbin was the default "rocker" on the 2011 season of American Idol and played the role well, covering tracks by Queen, Judas Priest, and others. He did not win, but finished in fourth place as a fan favorite for his soaring vocals and faux-hawked, "post-grunge meets hair metal" image. Durbin's post-Idol debut, 2011's Memories of a Beautiful Disaster, is much more pop than rock, and in that sense a fairly true representation of Durbin's rock theatricality and knack for wailing away on tunes packed with radio-friendly hooks. One might have expected him to deliver a dark, post-grunge album à la his AmIdol brethren Daughtry or David Cook, and certainly the leadoff track "Higher Than Heaven" packages Durbin's angelic yawlp with just enough processed electric guitar fuzz and squelch to register as nu-metal dirty. Elsewhere, listeners get a pop-friendly concoction of OneRepublic-esque uplift cuts such as "All I Want," the veritable power pop-infused "Love in Ruins," and the anthemic ballad "Love Me Bad." Ultimately, Durbin does deliver the vocal goods here on material that should appeal to his AmIdol fan base. Track Listing 1. Higher Than Heaven 2. All I Want 3. Love in Ruins 4. Right Behind You 5. Love Me Bad 6. Deeper 7. May 8. Screaming 9. Outcast Feat. Mick Mars 10. Everything Burns 11. Stand Up James Durbin - Memories Of A Beautiful Disaster - CRAZY-HORSE - 25-11-2011 another one that is unavailable in my country...bugger! thats two in a row!