European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 8, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                July Page 13 new on cd my december Kelly Clarkson Sony big i make plenty of sings Kelly Clarkson near the end of her third my in and life with me is never meant As a confession to a those lines could just As easily describe the past few months of Clarkson professional in the turbulent world of major artistic Independence is even for someone with a proven track record like Clarkson her previous 2004s break sold 11 million copies worldwide and earned two the Road leading up to my decembers release on tuesday has to put it a bumpy with ugly rumours swirling about its now we know my Decem Ber int a wretched it is also not a Carbon copy of the megabit breakaway a fact that reportedly gave Clive Davis and Sony big pause in proceed ing with the yet Clarkson insisted that my december is the album she wanted and needed to taken As a its a Blister unrelenting punctuated by a few genuinely fun pop echoes of other angry Rock Chicks like Evanes fences Amy Lee can clearly be heard in Clarkson abrasive with most of the songs climaxing in torrents of its far afield from the relatively sedate since u been while Clarkson has been quoted As saying she has never truly loved my december belies that seeth ing As it does like a wounded Lover sifting through the emotional wreckage of a difficult from the searing Hole to the shattering Clarkson makes you feel her pain with every although she clearly wanted to make this a edgier she Mightie taken a Page from the alanis Morissette playbook coat the fury in a pop Candy Shell so it goes Down it might not have made my december any less difficult but a few Wellho sen Hooks might have made it easier to its hard to Tell what effect this rabidly anticipated disc will have on Clarkson the buildup has been nothing sort of As the magazines and to shows have pounced on every fresh to mangle Frank Sinatra Clarkson May have made a but for better or Shes doing this one her my december is a nakedly personal one that will stand As one of 2007s most riveting mainstream Preston Worth easy Tiger Ryan Adams lost the title of Ryan Adams ninth album draws on a familiar retort meant to slow someone the notoriously hyperactive Adams seems to have heeded the advice the 13 new songs show an attention to detail his albums have lacked in recent maybe its because Hes newly sober maybe its because he took time to finish songs instead of trying to prove How frequently he could write and record new whatever the easy Tiger finally capitalizes on the Promise that made Adams such a cause celebre when he released his first two Solo 2000s heart breaker and 2001s although Adams Doest credit his the easy Tiger is also the most cohesive and intricately arranged album Hes Ever in the rhythm Section of drummer Brad Pemberton and bassist Chris Feinstein Shadow the singers emotions with remarkable resonance and Adams sings with a subtlety and Range Hes Only shown 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