Unbroken
- Katherine McPhee
- Band Name: Katherine McPhee
- Record Label: Verve Forecast
- Release Date: Jan 5, 2010
Unbroken
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Generally favorable reviews- based on 14 Ratings
- Summary: John Alagia produced the American Idol comtestant's second album.
- Record Label: Verve Forecast
- Genre(s): Rock, Pop
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McPhee sounds much more comfortable amid Alagia's rootsy singer/songwriter settings than she did surrounded by the shiny R&B beats of her self-titled debut,
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60Unbroken is a conventional set, at times too much so, with a stripped-down musical backdrop of acoustic guitars and piano. McPhee has smartly reined in her vocal approach to find the nuances of the lyrics without trying to raise the roof.
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The Idolrunner-up's pleasant-but-unremarkable vocals can't elevate this tepid collection.
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On Idol, McPhee always favored middle of the road over modern, and Unbroken returns her to that course, bringing her somewhere within the vicinity of Paula Cole (who co-writes the title track), Rachael Yamagata (who co-writes “Keep Drivin’”) and Mandy Moore’s stylized ‘70s throwback, flavored with the slightest traces of modern sounds, including a vague borrowing of Beyoncé phrasing.
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