Breakaway

Clarkson, Kelly

Genre: music4me > Pop > Pop

Format: CD Album

Released: Mon 6 Dec 2004

Catalogue Number: 82876645092

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Description:
Kelly Clarkson was the first American Idol winner and the first vocalist to achieve success. Her second album, Breakaway, released late in 2004, was a pivotal moment for her, a chance to prove that she was not a one-hit wonder, a chance to prove that she could have a real, vibrant career. Happily, Breakaway delivers on that promise. This time around, the dance-pop elements have been almost entirely stripped away, and the record instead is a rock-influenced, MOR pop affair, not entirely dissimilar to Ashlee Simpson's Autobiography, only a little bit smoother and not as heavy on guitars. The ballads are excellent, like the light, layered, yearning title tune. Clarkson may be a fine ballad singer, but what gives Breakaway its spine are the driving, anthemic pop tunes like "Since U Been Gone," "Walk Away," and "You Found Me." These are the numbers that sound simultaneously mainstream and youthful, which is a hard trick to pull off, and they are the tracks that illustrate that Kelly Clarkson is a rare thing in the 2000s: a pop singer who's neither hip nor square, just solidly and enjoyably in the mainstream.

Track Listing:

1.	Breakaway
2.	Since U Been Gone
3.	Behind These Hazel Eyes
4.	Because of You
5.	Gone
6.	Addicted
7.	Where Is Your Heart
8.	Walk Away
9.	You Found Me
10.	I Hate Myself for Losing You
11.	Hear Me
12.	Beautiful Disaster (Live)