''Analog Heart'' is the debut solo studio album by American singer-songwriter David Cook. All songs on the album were written by him. Though originally released as an independent record on May 6, 2006, ''Analog Heart'' sales jumped during Cook's appearance on the seventh season of ''

American Idol ''American Idol'' is an American singing competition television series created by Simon Fuller, produced by Fremantle North America and 19 Entertainment, and distributed by Fremantle North America. It aired on Fox from June 11, 2002, to A ...

''. ''Analog Heart'' won the ''Urban Tulsa Weeklys "Absolute Best of Tulsa" award for "Best Locally Produced, Independent Album" in 2007. The album was chosen as the fourth-best CD released in 2006 by website Music Equals Life. On April 18, 2008, ''Analog Heart'' was listed as the number one album for "Today's Top MP3 Albums" on

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, and David Cook was listed as number one for "Today's Top MP3 Artists". Soon thereafter, the album was removed from Amazon. The album sold 900 copies in its last week before being removed, and 300 the week before that. Prior to those two weeks, according to

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data, the album had not sold more than 5 copies in a single week. In an article published on USAToday.com on May 23, 2008, Cook explained to reporters in a

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why ''Analog Heart'' had to be removed from Amazon: "About midway through the season, I had to have the record pulled, obviously, for fairness issues on the show. And I got it pulled offline. But somebody, I have no idea who, reposted it on Amazon, so while that was going on, I was kind of at a loss. I talked to Amazon about getting it pulled, and there was a bunch of mass confusion about it. I'm extremely appreciative at how well it did. But I was kind of a pawn in that whole game." Nonetheless, other pre-''Idol'' albums from

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, Carly Smithson and

Kristy Lee Cook Kristy Lee Cook (born January 18, 1984) is an American country music singer and television personality. She was the seventh place finalist on the seventh season of ''American Idol''. In 2005, Cook released her first album called ''Devoted''. In ...

remained on the market.

Track listing

All songs written by David Cook

Personnel

* David Cook - vocals, guitar, piano *Josh Center - drums *

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- guitar (Tracks 4, 5, 8) *DTMB (Monty Anderson) - bass guitar (Tracks 3, 4, 5, 8, 10) *Ben Hosterman - bass guitar (Tracks 2, 7) *

Andy Skib Andy Skib (born November 9, 1985, San Diego, California) is the lead singer of the rock band Midwest Kings (MWK). He spent most of 2009 on the Declaration Tour with ''American Idol'' season seven winner David Cook. Skib has previously co-wri ...

- backing vocals on "Silver" (Track 10)

Production personnel

*Produced by David Cook *Engineered by Ben Hosterman (Tracks 1, 2, 4-10) *Engineered by

(Tracks 4, 5, 8) *Engineered by Paul Johnson (Tracks 3, 10) *Recorded at Powerstudio (Tulsa, OK), Rosewater Studios (Tulsa, OK), and Yellow Dog Studios (Austin, Texas) *Photography by Wayne Hutcherson *Art Concept, Design, and Layout by David Cook

References

{{Authority control 2006 debut albums David Cook (singer) albums