Justin Guarini (album)

Infobox Album | Name = Justin Guarini
Type = Album
Artist = Justin Guarini


Genre = Pop/Rock/R&B
Recorded = 2003
Released = June 10, 2003
Label = RCA Records
Producer = Various
Reviews = * Allmusic Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.allmusicguide.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:jxfexqtaldke link]
* "Slant Magazine" Rating|2.5|5 [http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/music_review.asp?ID=301 link]
This album = "Justin Guarini"
(2003)
Next album = "Stranger Things Have Happened"
(2005)

"Justin Guarini" is the 2003 debut album from the 2002 first season American Idol runner-up Justin Guarini. Released nine months after the conclusion of Guarini's season, the long delayed album debuted at #20 on Billboard's Top 200 chart, but soon fell off the charts with minimal promotion.

In a radio interview, Ryan Seacrest, the "American Idol" host, remarked of Guarini, "Following his season, there was a huge hype surrounding Justin and no one could believe the hysteria. But, everything was new and they weren't quite sure what to do. With a show like "American Idol" the window of opportunity is very, very small. Also, Justin had creative conflicts with his record company as far as the direction of the album that additionally aided in putting him past that window of opportunity. After the first season, they learned to capitalize on the window of opportunity for non-winners keeping them in the public eye with singles, videos, rushed CDs, etc., something that didn't happen for Justin".

In an interview with MTV, Guarini spoke of the experience saying, "It really has been just Music Industry Education 101. I learned a lot from it. And it's not a finger-pointing issue to me; I take as much responsibility as I can."

Subsequently, Guarini went on to co-produce and independently release a second album, a Jazz album titled "Stranger Things Have Happened," and is working on a third album, planned to be a fusion of musical genres, in collaboration with upstart label 3AM Music. Guarini also composed lyrics and/or music for songs he performed for other projects such as the documentary "Project Everlasting", as well as collaborated with Jazz bassist David Hughes as a featured vocalist on his album "Foreign Shores".

Track listing

#"One Heart Too Many"
#"I Saw Your Face"
#"Be a Heartbreaker"
#"Unchained Melody"
#"Sorry"
#"How Will You Know"
#"Inner Child"
#"Condition of My Heart"
#"Doin' Things (We're Not Supposed To)"
#"If You Wanna"
#"Thinking of You"
#"Get Here"
#"Timeless" (duet with Kelly Clarkson)