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Winner of the ninth season of American Idol, the season that will forever be remembered as Simon Cowell's last, Lee DeWyze somehow eked out a victory against neo-hippie soulster Crystal Bowersox, charming with a smarmy shyness that never quite seemed to jibe with a guy who kicked around bars in the suburbs for the better part of a decade. Other Idol winners were journeymen in disguise -- think cornball Taylor Hicks or well-coifed rocker David Cook -- but DeWyze's major-label debut, Live It Up, sounds like the work of a local band that was given a chance to run wild in a professional studio. 19 Recordings team their winner with an army of professionals led by Toby Gad and John Shanks but they don't dictate the direction of the album; they shape DeWyze's singsong strum-alongs and MOR pop into something resembling a triple-A chart hit, letting similarities to Jack Johnson, Jason Mraz, and John Mayer stand strong.
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TRACK LISTINGS
1 Live It Up 3:16
2 Sweet Serendipity 3:18
3 It's Gotta Be Love 3:36
4 Dear Isabelle 2:48
5 Beautiful Like You 4:53
6 Stay Here 3:42
7 Me and My Jealousy 3:34
8 Brooklyn Bridge 3:45
9 Weightless 3:10
10 Earth Stood Still 3:18
11 A Song About Love 2:50
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