Just found these two new reviews on Google news right after each other and thought the juxtaposition of their titles interesting, one says she's too "comfortable" and one says she's "stretching" lol. Both are just minor reviews, I'm still waiting for the big ones to come in!!!
Kelly Clarkson stretches on 'Stronger'
Published: October 21, 2011 4:11 PM
By GLENN GAMBOA
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Kelly Clarkson is stretching again on "Stronger" (RCA). After consolidating all her pop prowess on her irresistible 2009 album, "All You Ever Wanted," she is trying her hand at a variety of genres -- from the acoustic country ache of "Breaking Your Own Heart" to the four-on-the-floor dance-floor stomper "What Doesn't Kill You." She handles it all very well, infusing her tales of empowerment after a breakup with her unique combo of vulnerability and sass. Clarkson is best at the pop put-down, though, and she has a doozy in "Einstein," where she declares, "I may not be Einstein, but I know dumb + dumb = you."
KELLY CLARKSON
"Stronger"
THE GRADE A-
BOTTOM LINE Masterfully covering all her bases
http://www.newsday.com/entertainment...nger-1.3263645
Comforting Kelly Clarkson. Where is challenging Kelly Clarkson?
By — Allison Stewart, Friday, October 21, 11:38 AM
Kelly Clarkson famously broke out of record label captivity with “My December,” her tepidly received ’07 Alanis Morissette homage, and she’s been atoning for it ever since.
Perhaps as a result, “Stronger” doesn’t venture far from Clarkson’s wheelhouse: punchy pop songs overloaded with drama, and resentment.
(Courtesy of RCA Records) - Kelly Clarkson can spin out a good but unmemorable pop number easily — and that’s what she does on her new album.
Clarkson can make anything sound good, usually without trying very hard, and she knocks down these lightweight Top 40 anthems and mid-tempo ballads as if she were swatting flies.
“Stronger” ventures cautiously into both electro-pop (on the cringeworthy “Einstein”: “I may not be Einstein/But I know/Dumb plus dumb equals you”) and Bruno Mars-ian soul (on the tepid first single, “Mr. Know It All”).
Clarkson has two moods — scrappy and morose — and “Stronger” works every possible combination of both.
While it lacks a knockout track, it’s familiar, comforting, and utterly unchallenging, a good album by a great vocalist who is capable of a lot more.
— Allison Stewart
http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifest...c3L_story.html
] Kelly is going to rule the world here soon. I suspect that after a few listens to Coldplay, their fans will seek out a true artist. Additionally, I think she will have quite a bit of longevity on the charts as well.
I would of gladly paid more for delivery to have it on time.
