Kris Allen is the winner of the 8th season of American Idol. Allen has writing credits on 9 of the 13 tracks on the album, including one solo credit for "Red Guitar", a song that he wrote prior to participating in American Idol. A newly-recorded version of "Heartless", covered by Allen during his run on Idol, was included as a bonus track. The 1st single "Live Like We’re Dying" is written by Irish band The Script with Andrew Framton & Steve Kipner. Other collabotaions on the album are with train’s Pat Monahan on "The Truth", The Fray’s Joe King on "Alright With Me" and Switchfoot’s Jon Foreman on "Lifetime" http://www.krisallenofficial.com/my
