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"My December" ends up, curiously enough, a pretty freaking fun summer album.
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Though "My December" cuts much of the adult contemporary-style balladry that marred her first two releases (but also displayed more than just her shouting vocal range), the album still finds Clarkson further exploring different facets of her voice.
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There are no hooks, nothing to suck in the many adults that liked Clarkson's first two records.
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The tunes come up seriously short on choruses and heavy on the Alanis Morissette references.
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She writes in bland generalities... and uses her opulent voice as a battering ram.
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Moving further away from sugar-coated post-Idol fare, Clarkson steps up with more rockers and a few ballads that, while not all destined to be radio hits, are all convincing and emotionally bare.
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The songs just are just way inferior this time around. My December’s fourteen tracks (including the hidden "Chivas") sound like rough sketches fleshed out with Breakaway’s light rock arrangements.
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Kelly Clarkson's darker, more personal, riskier third CD.
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My December isn’t the kind of earth-shattering fuck-you accomplishment that would make this story too good to be true. However, it’s not nearly as bereft of good songs and great moments as some folks would have you believe either.
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An uneven album with some tremendous bright spots.
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"My December" offers an appealing if uneven snapshot of a girl with a big voice and big emotions who's in transition.
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"My December" isn’t a shocking change of direction, though it’s also not very good.
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Much of "My December" lacks the precisely engineered hooks that made Clarkson famous.
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BlenderClarkson has never sounded this depressive or spiteful. [Jul 2007, p.112]
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SpinShe cements her place as the pop figurehead for the overlooked and underappreciated teenage girl in all of us. [Jul 2007, p.94]
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 214 out of 313
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Mixed: 16 out of 313
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Negative: 83 out of 313
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Sep 9, 2017
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Jun 22, 2013
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Nov 4, 2011