Piece by Piece
| Kelly Clarkson
Piece by Piece
Piece by Piece is the seventh studio album by American singer Kelly Clarkson. It was released on February 27, 2015, by RCA Records. It was her final album under her recording contract with the label, to which she signed after winning the first season of American Idol in 2002, and made the switch to Atlantic in 2016.-Wikipedia
Critic Reviews
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TIME
Kelly Clarkson's Piece By Piece is a victory lap.
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Rolling Stone
Pop star takes it back to the Eighties, with totally big vocals
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The Guardian
Her Mariah-like ability to deliver songs with maximum melismatic drama shows itself less often this time around, but when she does let loose, it’s a reminder that her amiable, Texas-girl exterior encases one of pop’s most forceful voices.
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New York Daily News
It's a strictly off-the-rack affair, a cynical run through current femme-pop clichés that does everything it can to bland Clarkson's essential talent.
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SLANT Magazine
Piece by Piece, is in many ways analogous to 1989. Clarkson, however, has been mining this territory since before Swift even landed her first record deal, and songs that should ostensibly inspire nostalgia (like the pointedly titled aerobics workout “Nostalgic”) instead feel like they just rolled off a conveyor belt.
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IDOLATOR
here the more basic cuts pale in comparison to several remarkable tracks that hopefully point to a deepening in Kelly’s songcraft.”
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VOX MAGAZINE
Piece by Piece will make you want to dance
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Love is Pop
Ultimately, it’s an album that’s sure to please you regardless of how you prefer your pop.
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VULTURE
a passable record that sounded more like the work of producer Greg Kurstin (Sia, Kesha, Adele) than the singer whose name and face graced its cover.
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AV MUSIC
a contemporary but anemic-sounding conglomeration of pulsating electro-pop, orchestra-kissed ballads, and sweeping R&B—often doesn’t play to her strengths.
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Newsday
Rather than the rage of "Since U Been Gone" or the sass of "Walk Away" or even the wrenching pain of "Because of You," we get a much calmer, less excited Clarkson on "Piece by Piece," her first pop album in four years.
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THE NATIONAL ARTS & CULTURE
Kelly Clarkson's latest offering – and her last contracted with RCA – is an album not of song, but of sound – and an assault on the senses.
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ALL MUSIC
. . . but overall Piece by Piece sounds a shade too desperate, which means it winds up having the opposite effect than intended: instead of sounding like a new start, Clarkson sounds a little bit behind the times.
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RENOWNED FOR SOUND
The one thing that the album lacks is soul, coming off as being more of a pop product than a labour of love.
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POP MATTERS
Because Piece by Piece showcases a brand new Kelly Clarkson all the while staying true to what makes her an artist that continually finds ways churn out really good pop records.
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SPOTLIGHT REPORT
“Piece By Piece” is a solid return for Kelly Clarkson
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Beat Magazine
Piece by Piece showcases Clarkson’s powerhouse vocals and her musical versatility, as it’s a mixture of pulsating electronic pop and orchestra heavy ballads.
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Thinking Lyrically Word Press
This album is melodic and has some great sounds, not too over filled with hooks, there’s some great writing working with these things
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The HUDSUCKER
Overall, the album has its moments where I would have preferred to have Clarkson herself write the songs, but she opted to take a backseat this time around to focus on her family without sacrificing her love of music and, to me, that’s both honorable and a big risk that mostly paid off.
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Suede and Symphony
Piece By Piece is not the best representation of her well-rounded talent. In parts, the album almost sounds like a collection of leftovers from her past albums…
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Lowell Sun
it sounds like a Clarkson album they forgot to release a decade ago.
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ESTABLISHED IN 1997
Overall, Piece By Piece is a marked improvement over 2011’s Stronger that finds Kelly Clarkson reminding us why she is the original American Idol: that voice, and her ability to use it to make songs her own.
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MEDIA HYPE
Kelly does not disappoint with her new material as the whole album is full of catchy bops and powerful tunes
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CROSS CULTURE
From the opening moments of Kelly Clarkson’s pop-infused Piece By Piece, there’s a positivity that rings out.
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AUS POP
All in all, ‘Piece By Piece’ is a solid, well put together album that reminds us why Kelly is one of the few Idols worldwide to still have a rock steady career.
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Breathe Heavy
It’s that time my friends: time to overplay Kelly Clarkson’s new album, “Piece By Piece,” because not only is it chock-full of single-worthy material, her artistic growth in the music is evident.
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Graeme O'Neil
This is her best since her 2004 blockbuster album, Breakaway. Stronger won her her second Best Pop Vocal Album in 2012, and My December features some of the best tracks of her career, but Piece By Piece has an unparalleled variety to it.
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abc NEWS
In all, “Piece By Piece” is a very enjoyable pop album. Clarkson is here to stay and she continues to mold and grow with each album.
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LISTEN IT'S VETRANO
Piece By Piece has the ingredients for another successful effort from “Miss Independent.”
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THE INSCRIBER MAGAGAZINE
The takeaway from “Piece By Piece” is that Clarkson needs a different team around her. She’s around people who are talented, yeah sure – but they are not making the best decisions while working with one of the better voices out there.
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