Analog Heart is the debut solo album by singer/songwriter/guitarist David Cook

David Cook (singer)

David Roland Cook is an American rock singer-songwriter, who rose to fame after winning the seventh season of the reality television show American Idol...

. 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

American Idol (season 7)

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 of American Idol

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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 Amazon.com

Amazon.com

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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 Nielsen SoundScan

Nielsen SoundScan

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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

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 on May 23, 2008, Cook explained to reporters in a conference call

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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 Brooke White

Brooke White

Brooke Elizabeth White is an American indie pop/folk-pop singer-songwriter and actress from Mesa, Arizona who was the fifth place finalist on the seventh season of American Idol. In 2005, White released her first studio album, called Songs from the Attic.White's first post-Idol album High Hopes &...

, Carly Smithson

Carly Smithson

Carly Smithson is an Irish soul/pop rock singer-songwriter and actress from San Diego, California who was the sixth place finalist on the seventh season of American Idol. In 2001, Smithson released her first studio album for MCA Records called Ultimate High. Smithson was dropped from the record...

 and Kristy Lee Cook

Kristy Lee Cook

Kristy Lee Cook is an American country singer who was born in Seattle, Washington and was the seventh place finalist on the seventh season of American Idol. In 2005 Cook released her debut album called Devoted. In June 2008, Cook signed to 19 Recordings and Arista Nashville. She released her...

 remained on the market.

Track listing

All songs written by David Cook.

1. "Straight Ahead" - 4:14
2. "Don't Say a Word" - 4:38
3. "Fall Back Into Me" - 3:36
4. "The Truth" - 4:48
5. "Searchlights" - 4:29
6. "Porcelain" - 3:38
7. "Stitches" - 4:04
8. "Let Go" - 3:20
9. "Makeover" - 3:38
10. "Silver" - 4:22

Personnel

• David Cook
  David Cook (singer)
  David Roland Cook is an American rock singer-songwriter, who rose to fame after winning the seventh season of the reality television show American Idol...
  
   - vocals, guitar, piano
  
• Josh Center - drums
  
• Neal Tiemann
  Neal Tiemann
  Neal Tiemann is the lead guitarist and songwriter of the rock band the Midwest Kings and the lead guitarist for David Cook's band The Anthemic. He spent most of 2009 on the Declaration Tour with Cook and served as the tour's music director...
  
   - 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
  Andy Skib is the lead singer of the rock band Midwest Kings . He spent most of 2009 on the Declaration Tour with American Idol season seven winner David Cook. Skib has previously co-written songs with current David Cook bandmate Neal Tiemann, who also served as lead guitarist for their band,...
  
   - backing vocals on "Silver" (Track 10)

Production Personnel

• Produced by David Cook
  David Cook (singer)
  David Roland Cook is an American rock singer-songwriter, who rose to fame after winning the seventh season of the reality television show American Idol...
  
  
  
• Engineered by Ben Hosterman (Tracks 1, 2, 4-10)
  
• Engineered by Andy Skib
  Andy Skib
  Andy Skib is the lead singer of the rock band Midwest Kings . He spent most of 2009 on the Declaration Tour with American Idol season seven winner David Cook. Skib has previously co-written songs with current David Cook bandmate Neal Tiemann, who also served as lead guitarist for their band,...
  
   (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
  David Cook (singer)
  David Roland Cook is an American rock singer-songwriter, who rose to fame after winning the seventh season of the reality television show American Idol...