"Without You" Named #91 In Bill Lamb's Top 40 "Top 100 Pop Songs of 2006"

Clay has been in many end-of-the-year lists thus far, and here's another one to add. His song, "Without You", from A Thousand Different Ways is #91 in Bill Lamb's Top 40 "Top 100 Pop Songs of 2006". As Bill states, "This is admittedly a subjective list based on judgements of quality instead of sales figures or radio airplay...This list should be a great conversation starter and feel free to agree or disagree. Either way there is a lot of great pop music to be found here."

I agree with him that quality rather than radio play should be the main factor of whether a song makes a "top" list. He makes a good argument for this by saying, "For the first single from the album A Thousand Different Ways, Clay Aiken turned in a strong version of this pop classic, but it promptly sank with little support from pop radio." Sank to the bottom, maybe, but only because the radio stations didn't play it. But played or not, it was still a strong and beautiful song. In his initial review, Bill Lamb states that the pros of the song are:

The beauty and clarity of Clay Aiken's voice
Very nicely propulsive instrumental arrangement
The emotion is restored to this classic song

He also said,

The pure beauty in Aiken's voice is abundantly showcased here, and the arrangement gives a contemporary twist on the song. The mix is pleasantly propulsive and percussive which will sound great on pop radio. Mainstream pop radio should give this track a chance. Its popularity may surprise more than a few radio programmers.

How I wish radio stations would listen to him. Read the rest of the review by clicking on the above link or here.

Congratulations, Clay, on making the Top 100 Pop songs of the year!!

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