青春的告白 爱恋的等待星光偶像蜕变新世代创作小天王，2010真挚出击纯爱新作◎Billboard.com票选「史上最佳美国偶像」冠军，阳光男孩告别19岁的青春记事◎凯蒂佩芮、克莉丝汀、席琳狄翁等幕后製作群打造12首精湛唱功新曲，包括首支单曲"Something 'Bout Love"等十首创作散发绝对的年轻活力，带着阳光般灿烂笑容的David Archuleta，告示牌杂志美誉：「拥有十年来难得一见嗓音」，将释放独特温暖声频再度感动乐坛！早已是全美青少年心目中的优质实力偶像，短短两年间，魅力席捲Teen Choice Awards会场，陆续拿下6座奖项加冕！能说些拉丁语的David，不仅荣获表扬杰出拉丁艺人ALMA Award的「音乐类新崛起明星」肯定外，同时邀约和Gloria Estefan、Ricky Martin、Shakira等巨星们联合重製为海地地震赈灾慈善义唱曲〈We Are the World: 25 for Haiti〉之西班牙文版。年仅17岁的David，参加「美国偶像 American Idol」第七季比赛，从未落入失败区，虽然最后以9700万的超高投票率居于亚军席次，却是一路人气指数破表的参赛者，揉合流行/节奏蓝调/白人灵魂的超龄唱腔，令台下严苛评审们慑服不已！为了一圆明星梦，10岁及12岁参加歌唱比赛，皆幸运夺下冠军宝座！直到经历AI的试炼，终于推出首张同名专辑《David Archuleta》，颁发金唱片销售认证，正式出道单曲〈Crush〉，攻顶数位下载榜单，写下08年全美单曲首週亚军的最强初登场纪录！隔年乘胜追击的圣诞应景作品《Christmas From The Heart》，登记告示牌节庆榜第二名。第三张录音室大碟《The Other Side Of Down》，秀上David的创作长才，与乐迷们分享内心私密世界。开场的同名曲〈The Other Side Of Down〉，踩着轻愉快意节拍，合併流行的悦耳旋律、节奏蓝调和吉他摇滚的溷搭，是支能立刻敲启听众耳界的好歌；第一主打〈Something 'Bout Love〉，请到名列滚石杂志「2008年度热门製作人」的S*A*M & SLUGGO(Katy Perry)双人组+Chris DeStefano(Michael Bolton、Aaron Carter)携手操刀，串联新潮Electro-Pop音阶，渗入些许Disco调味，引起全美电台涌入超高点播率；真假音漂亮转换、Acoustic清脆吉他拨弦，套进R&B/Pop基底的〈Elevator〉，相当讨喜的令人一听就会爱上；惠妮休斯顿、布兰妮、克莉丝汀御用幕后功臣Claude Kelly量身订作〈Falling Stars〉、〈Complain〉，交付当红炸子鸡Emanuel Kiriakou(席琳狄翁)掌舵，都是顺畅的抒情小品集；还有鼓譟不已的电气之作〈Look Around〉、加料摇滚声浪的〈Good Place〉、心灵沉静的福音调性〈Things Are Gonna Get Better〉、柔美纯钢琴辅佐〈My Kind Of Perfect〉，都是David即将告别19岁前留下最青春的告白。by Stephen Thomas ErlewineAs the second-hardest-to-market American Idol runner-up, David Archuleta stumbled out of the gate in 2008, nobody quite knowing whether to embrace his youth or his granny appeal, so they wound up with a mediocrity that appealed to neither camp. The Other Side of Down, his 2010 sequel, firmly favors the former, borrowing heavily from Ryan Tedder’s chilly stainless-steel sheen, its glassy wall of synths, looped hooks, and rhythms reflecting radio-ready sounds of 2009-2010. It’s a style that doesn’t showcase the singer but Archuleta is already an old pro, fitting the contours of what he’s been given, which makes sense since he’s largely responsible for the songs here, bearing writing credits on ten of the 12 cuts. As a writer, Archuleta certainly is a follower, not an innovator, but he’s sharp enough to hire collaborators to coax comfortable commercial pop out of him -- something that is much more difficult than it appears, if his debut is to be trusted -- and beneath the gloss there are signs that the AmIdol finalist has been searching his soul, looking for what is “The Other Side of Down” as he’s trying to figure out “Who I Am,” knowing that “Things Are Gonna Get Better.” But don’t mistake this for a confessional, even on the level of Lindsay Lohan’s A Little More Personal (Raw) -- this is a middle-of-the-road pop album pure and simple, arriving perhaps two years too late but it nevertheless proves that Archuleta has the chops to fill the space between commercials on the airwaves.