Allison Stewart of The Washington Post reviewed the debut solo album by ‘American Idol’ runner-up Clay Aiken. Stewart writes, “‘Measure of a Man’ serves up one thing: middle-of-the-road pop that is sex-, violence- and profanity-free, and done efficiently and well. A defiant embrace of the middle, it’s the end result of a concerted and logical attempt to turn the singer into his generation’s Barry Manilow, and at this it succeeds beautifully. Aiken certainly is capable of resurrecting the much-maligned genre of Adult Contemporary, Male Division: He has a great voice, no discernible sense of irony, and the sincerity to drive home ballads sappy enough to make Rick Astley seem like 50 Cent.” Read more.