"Analog Heart" Reappears on Amazon.

so, people in the know might have caught on to the drama over david's self-released 2006 album, analog heart, reaching #1 on the amazon.com mp3 download charts last week. it appeared above hot new releases like mariah carey's E=MC2, much to everyone's surprise. (including, i'm sure, mariah carey. hee.)

mr. cook got himself a good bit of media attention in the process of selling all those downloads, and shortly after the story broke, analog heart was pulled from amazon, presumably by american idol execs.

the good news is - it's back! well, sort of. the album can't be purchased yet, but there's a link to sign up for email notification when it does go back up for sale. in an interesting twist, analog heart is also linked from a page on amazon promoting future albums from the entire top 10. david's is the only one with a title, despite the fact that brooke white, carly smithson and kristy lee cook all have existing music for sale on amazon.

what does that mean? well, who knows? the folks at 19e (the massive company behind american idol) aren't generally known for their altruism, so one could certainly assume some kind of deal's been made to ensure that they will be getting a slice of david's future earnings.

or it could be absolutely nothing, and amazon has just taken it upon themselves to re-organize.

whatever the case, i highly recommend signing up for the aforementioned email alert. as someone who was lucky enough to purchase analog heart while it was still available, i have nothing but sympathy for fans who search for david on amazon only to get an "item not currently available" message.

here, check out "fall back into me" - it's one of my favorites.