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KELLY
CLARKSON - Breakaway
Still managed by Simon Fuller, this is the first American Idols
winner's second album. Is it any different from her first? Rather. It
opens with the scene-setter of a rock flavoured title track co-written
by none other than Avril
Lavigne
for that girlie-rock feel. The album follows a similar tone of loud guitars,
live drums and more assertive vocalization, Kelly obviously trying to
discard the straight pop image, the obvious album title a hint. But the
chance of her going all out is slim, the ballads infiltrating. Kelly is
neither Avril, nor Britney
or Christina,
but her own girl who seems to be a little more mature in her music with
a lot more soul than many of the pop world's current favourites. The closing
track is a live version of Matthew
Wilder's
Beautiful Disaster, showcasing her talent in and out of the studio.
Kelly also had a hand in writing some of the songs, making her a little
more than Fuller's puppet. I must say, I love how they now label the CD's
current and "future classics" on the cover - predicting a pop artist's
current song with the weighty label of "classic" is already presumptuous,
not to mention one's that haven't even stood the test of time...
4 / C
- PB
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