Kelly Clarkson

A personal memoir co-written by Clarkson, My December evokes numbing dreams and bleak memories. "Can you feel how cold I am," Clarkson begs on the acoustic lullaby "Irvine." In fact, her frigid reflections stirred RCA mogul Clive Davis' dissatisfaction with the album. The anticipated release finds the American Idol performing less teen pop as she explores more introspective avenues with the soulful hidden track "Chivas" and the garage-driven anthem "Hole."

Kelly Clarkson has said she wants My December to be like Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska,
because it's daring, uncommercial, uncompromising and . . . oh, come on. It's a Kelly
Clarkson album, for fuck's sake. From the hoopla, you'd figure Kelly was playing free-jazz
flugelhorn through her nose after drinking Justin Guarini's blood. It's cool that she's trying
to write songs, but the tunes come up seriously short on choruses and heavy on... More >