Saturday, May 19, 2012

Kelly Clarkson: Stronger

Kelly Clarkson has such a great voice. It has such range and grit and personality, you know? Not many people can sing like she can, she has a real gift.

So why on earth does she sing such nonsense?

Honestly, I wish she'd fall in love with a rock and roll or blues producer, and make an album just to indulge him. It would be magical and path-breaking.

So I like Kelly Clarkson, but this is not her best work. This album is too pop for me, in all the wrong ways.
1. Every song sounds the same, to the point where you can predict exactly what will happen next and how.
2. She belts. Too much, for too long and too far.
3. It's mostly about love and how some guy did her wrong. Yawn. Didn't you already sing about that on the last album?

There are some rare exceptions. 'Don't You Want to Stay' (a duet), and 'Standing in Front of You' at least are interesting, rather than the same cookie-cutter approach. But even they aren't stand-out songs in their own right. It's like something you find at a junk sale: They only sound good in comparison to the rest of the nonsense fare on this album. 'What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Stronger' sounds like a winner only because you've heard it so many times on the radio that it's frivolousness is less apparent by the 36th listen.

PLEASE DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME. Listen to her singles on the charts when they play on the radio and move on. And hope - desperately - that she hooks up with a real rock and roller! :)

PS: "I may not be Einstein, but I know that dumb plus dumb equals you." Real lyrics quoted out of the many forgettable tracks on this album. I mean, come on!


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