My December by Kelly Clarkson

Pros: The ballads here are fantastic, and there are a couple of pop/rock gems scattered throughout.
Cons: The scorned woman act gets kinda old after a while.

By now, everyone's heard the backstory. Kelly Clarkson's had two very successful albums making a largely inoffensive blend of pop/rock/adult contemporary. With that success, Kelly felt the urge to follow her own artistic road and make an album on her ...

Pros: Her stunning voice, emotional music, artistic growth
Cons: A bit moody and dark, not a feel good album, "Judas" a bit droning.

This is an album I have been trying to get reviewed since the day it came out but have had a difficult time. I'm a huge Kelly Clarkson fan and feel like with every album she grows into herself musically and emotionally. Although the direction of My ...

Pros: Sober, Irvine, Judas, Chivas, Maybe...
Cons: Haunted, Never Again...

It's easy to scoff at a television show like American Idol, but it'd be hard to deny that sometimes these new singers have their name attached to pretty good records; sometimes the result is very good. Kelly Clarkson, American Idol's ...

Pros: Moments of voice, Moments of music, Moments of lyrics/themes
Cons: Many of the tunes are very safe and familiar, Somewhat generic pop sound, Often overproduced

Six years ago if someone had told me that I would have listened to all of the first "American Idol" winner's subsequent compact discs, I would have told them they were crazy. I have a well-documented disdain for reality television shows and I don't ...

Pros: Never Again is catchy as hell.
Cons: Much like a puzzle, frustrating enough to stop solving it!

Kelly Clarkson, our very first winner on American Idol is so far the leading American Idol pertaining to record sells. However, Daughtry and Carrie Underwood are not far behind her. Kelly Clarkson was the "girl next door" on American Idol; she was sweet, ...

Pros: "Sober" and "Irvine" are textured and reasonably challenging songs.
Cons: Too much of the album is formulaic, shallow angst-rock.

Since being crowned the original “American Idol” in 2002, Kelly Clarkson has come a long way. Smartly ditching the formulaic diva generics of her debut “Thankful”, she embraced a sprightly rock sound on her sophomore release ...

Pros: Great voice, slightly different thematic fare
Cons: A couple clunky backgrounds...I think that's it

Beneath all the controversy of Kelly Clarkson's junior album is a voice. A quite talented voice, albeit one with more then a recommended daily serving of bitterness. That voice is Ms. Clarkson's, standing tall but shattered. And this.....is her album. ...

Pros: my favorite voice, attitutde, lots of emotion and personality, rock and country elements, Sober, Haunted
Cons: not given a chance, needed to be refined a little more

If you know me well (either on or off the site), you know that I have only one true love. One person that my heart skips a beat every time I see, one person that I eagerly anticipate hearing from and one person that I get a little giddy at the very sight ...

Pros: Clarkson finally stands on her own two feet
Cons: a couple missteps

I make no secret of my abiding hatred of Clive Davis, who shall hereafter be referred to in this review as Teh Debil. Teh Debit believes with his whole black heart that the American public are sheep and need to be treated as such. We need to be fed the ...

Pros: Kelly Clarkson defies "marketing types" and puts out music she wants, co-writing the songs herself
Cons: She continues her descent into a dark, miserable place one hopes she ultimately escapes from

My r eview of Kelly Clarkson's last album said that it was a "great but depressing album", and that "I just hope she gets a bit happier in the future." This was in reference to the trajectory of her musical releases so ...

Pros: The New Pat Benetar, Alanis Morissett, Jewel, Sarah McLauchlin, etc. Sober and Irvine are brilliant.
Cons: The woman scorned theme might wear thin for some.

There's been a trend in music over the last couple of years: once original rock or indie favorites (Liz Phair, Jewel) turned into shined-up, over-produced pop queen wanna-bes. It's been painful to watch and even more painful hear. There are, however, a ...

Pros: dark tone, good singing, good musicality, mostly memorable
Cons: nothing feel good and Can I Have A Kiss

I am a bit sometimey when it comes to being a fan of Kelly Clarkson's music; sometimes I enjoy the sound and feel or it while sometimes I do not.  However, My December from Kelly Clarkson is an obvious off-beat rock masterpiece of a ...

Pros: Clarkson's talent, mature songwriting, a few really great songs...
Cons: ...too many dull filler tracks (read review)

It's hard to believe that it's been five years since Kelly Clarkson won the title of the first American Idol. Since then Clarkson has seen multiple Grammy nominations and wins, two platinum albums, and world-wide success. It seemed obvious that ...

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After all the hoopla around Kelly Clarkson's third studio album, fans and non-fans alike were to naturally react as "oh, this has GOT to be a bad album" or "Never Again isn't Since U Been Gone, I hate this song..." Yeah, that's true. "Never Again" ...

Pros: More mature, realistic lyrics and broad range in music.
Cons: A little too bitter.

First off, I'm a huge Kelly Clarkson fan. So I was excited when they released the sell date for "My December". I keep an eye on the billboard charts and saw "Never Again" made it # 8 and began to fall. Disappointing, but doesn't really mean much. Then to ...