I went to Target yesterday and bought some christmas presents. I also got myself one. Kelly Clarkson's Breakaway CD was only 9.98! It's only on till Dec 4 and I won't be back there by then so I figured I'd get it. I should have known better I suppose. The price alone was a sign that people are sick of the single perhaps. Here's my personal review.
1 - Breakaway - Yeah kewl song. I like the melody, I have been avoiding the song while it has been on the radio in an effort to want to actually get the cd and not hate the song by the time I got the CD. Guess it worked.
2 - Since U Been Gone - Heard a clip on tv, thought it sounded kewl. Sounds a little boring at the beginning. Listening to the lyrics makes me freak a little. What kind of bad relationships have Kelly been in that inspire these songs? Oh well. I like how Kelly is doing a lot of her own background stuff and it is 2 octaves higher lol. I hope shes not gonna blow her voice out performing like she did with Miss Independant.
3 - Behind These Hazel Eyes - Wow, hard rock sounding. The lyrics of this song sound like the other, talking about being ripped apart over a relationship. Can't breathe and all that. Her singing is again deep and then she's singing ontop of it octaves up. Melody is kewl. Oooo she's screaming. Now again, I think the effect is groovy, but I'm not gonna wanna see live performances.
4 - Because Of You - Slow quiet song, nice. My ears recover. Interesting lyrics. It speaks to me, I feel this way about some people. I like the sidewalk concept. This may be the Before Your Love song. Not too much screaming, hope this will be a single so she won't kill her voice too much.
5 - Gone - A title many artists have used. Wow, very ... what word to use...non connected. Digital. Violent? Angry? Killer? Groovy :) Has a lot of punch to it. Rythymic and yet not...I ca't think of the musical term. I love it. Aw crap, there's the high screaming thing again. Still love it. Kelly's poor voice....it's already gone.
6 - Addicted - This is "the most haunting and vulnerable performance" of the CD this far ;) Again I ask why Kelly can't breathe, and why she is so messed up lol. Cuz she is addicted, but I wonder what relationships this is based on. Kewl song...I predict more screaming soon...ooo the melody changes, it jumps in a pattern and the octave vocals come back. Super.
7 - Where Is Your Heart - This starts out making me think Clay will be singing Shine. Slow song again. Her vocal styling is like Sarah McGlaucklan (sorry, I don't know how to spell it). Ok so she sings very pretty and then gets real loud and not pretty. I am so unable to do this intelligently. I sorry. I don't think this goes very well together. Make it all pretty or rock it out, or for god sake make it go well together. It's relaxing and then harsh out of nowhere! I like the lyrics though. I feel like perhaps with the words and then the vocal style that she's about to suffer a mental breakdown.
8 - Walk Away - Back to rock. I like the ...it isn't quite sticcato, but punchy way she does it. If it were a stringed intstrument, I would say she is singing "off the string". Is it spicatto? I think that is the term I want. Melody is groovy but this screaming thing is gonna make me nutz. My mother will be unable to stand this cd. The one part about wanting a man not a boy reminds me of Judas's breakdown and suicide in Jesus Christ Superstar. I'm frightened.
9 - You Found Me - I have the urge to compare this to the song that has the lyric "average ordinary blah blah" The Melody is what causes that. Lyrics are kewl. I feel like kelly ... I just really want to know who she's been with the past 2 years lol. I feel like she's saying "you took me off the shelf when nobody wanted me" It makes me feel bad for her. I must be messed up in the head, not her.
10 - I Hate Myself For Losing You - No real impression. She's looking in the mirror and upset with herself. I think this cd should have been called Breakdown instead of breakaway.
11 - Hear Me - the first 7 seconds scare me, I get the picture she's drowning or being silenced. Wow, it goes from quiet to loud very well. Much better than Where Is Your Heart. Maybe she's about to go kick someones ass. Eh. I hear you Kel, do I care....
12 - Beautiful Disaster Live - Yay, this is the Kelly I like best. Pretty Kelly singing pretty and calm and this is the reason she won so this is what she should stick with so hell ya!
Overall Impression - I feel like I have just been through Dante's Inferno with Kelly. Filled with torture and emotion. I hope this goes really well for Kelly, cuz I think this has the potential to get killed by critics. Maybe the journey is more like the movie What Dreams May Come since it seems to have a happy ending.
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