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Kris Allen The Album Preview Interview American Idol winner Kris Allen literally just finished up his self titled debut album and impressively he has writing credit on 9 of its 12 tracks He had the favor of recording with some of the top hitmakers in the biz people who ve worked with everyone from Eminem and Mary J Blige to Adele and Duffy to the Flaming Lips as well as members of Switchfoot and the Fray And despite his relative lack of experience compared to such industry vets he held his own as a peer gaining his collaborators respect and in the end crafting a whole album packed with hooky potential hits After listenin

to 8 of the tracks from his album lead single Live Like We re Dying plus seven unreleased songs I had a chance to spend some quality time with Kris in of all places the actual office of Mr Simon Fuller at 19 Entertainment s L A headquarters There in that hallowed room we discussed Kris s goals going into the studio how he gelled with his various esteemed collaborators and how he managed to register an album he can be proud to put his name on in big block lettering despite the crazy time constraints placed on its creation Check out section 1 of our conversation below and get all psyched for November 17 the day Kris s album drops Kris Allen Album Preview Interview Part 1 Yahoo Video SourceCan t wait for his album Glad he addressed The Book cover song drama people need to get over that already