A Thousand Different Ways | ||||
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Released | September 19, 2006 | |||
Recorded | 2005–06 | |||
Genre | Pop | |||
Length | 55:34 | |||
Label | RCA, 19 | |||
Producer | John Fields and Jaymes Foster | |||
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A Thousand Different Ways is the third studio album by Clay Aiken. The album, which was executive produced by Jaymes Foster, consists of ten covers and four new songs. It was released by RCA on September 19, 2006. The first single was "Without You" and the second, "A Thousand Days."
Writers of the four new songs ("These Open Arms", "Lonely No More", "A Thousand Days" and "Everything I Have") include Jon Bon Jovi, Desmond Child, Andreas Carlsson, Jeremy Bose, Aldo Nova, Samuel Waermo, Mimmi Waermo, and Aiken himself. "These Open Arms" previously appeared as a bonus track on the Japanese issue Bon Jovi's 2005 album Have a Nice Day .
Available only through iTunes as a bonus cut when the complete album is downloaded, is a fifth new song titled "Lover All Alone". Aiken wrote the lyrics and David Foster wrote the music.
"Broken Wings" is the last cut on the album and an original poem written by Erin Taylor was woven throughout the lyrics. The last line of this poem which is also the last line added to the song lyrics became the album title.
Kmart offered for a limited time (as a download) an exclusive bonus recording of "If You Don't Know Me by Now".
The album, selling 211,000 units in its first week, made its debut on the Billboard charts at number two on the Billboard 200, number three on Digital Albums and number one on Internet Sales.
The album received RIAA Gold certification on November 2, 2006 and spent 14 weeks on the Billboard 200 chart.
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Right Here Waiting" | Richard Marx | John Fields | 4:20 |
2. | "Lonely No More" |
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| 3:27 |
3. | "Without You" | Fields | 3:36 | |
4. | "Everytime You Go Away" | Daryl Hall | Adam Anders | 4:08 |
5. | "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word" | 3:43 | ||
6. | "When I See You Smile" | Diane Warren | Fields | 4:24 |
7. | "A Thousand Days" |
| Fields | 4:28 |
8. | "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" | Fields | 4:00 | |
9. | "Because You Loved Me" | Diane Warren | Emanuel Kiriakou | 4:43 |
10. | "I Want to Know What Love Is" (featuring Suzie McNeil)" | Mick Jones |
| 4:43 |
11. | "These Open Arms" | Fields | 3:27 | |
12. | "Here You Come Again" | Anders | 3:32 | |
13. | "Everything I Have (featuring William Joseph}" | Jeremy Bose | Humberto Gatica | 4:07 |
14. | "Broken Wings" |
| Emanuel Kiriakou | 3:58 |
Total length: | 55:34 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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15. | "Lover All Alone (iTunes Exclusive; album-only download)" | Emanuel Kiriakou | 4:57 | |
16. | "If You Don't Know Me By Now (Kmart Exclusive; limited time download)" | Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff | 3:56 |
On his 2005 Juke Box Tour, Aiken previewed 3 other songs that did not make the final album cut. "Back For More" was sung at every concert date after its introduction at GMA's Summer Concert Series in 2005. [1] "Tears Run Dry" and "Just You" each got one third of the JBT performance dates.
Country | Certification | Sales/shipments |
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United States | Gold [2] (October 27, 2006) | 500,000 |
Canada | Gold [3] | 50,000 |
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