STRONGER
| Kelly Clarkson
STRONGER
Stronger is the fifth studio album by American singer Kelly Clarkson, released on October 21, 2011 by RCA Records. The thirteen-song track-list features Clarkson collaborating with various new producers as well as with Howard Benson, whom she collaborated with on her previous album, All I Ever Wanted (2009). Wanting to stray away sonically from her previous albums, Clarkson's main objective was to record her vocal performances as it is heard in her live sets, and used as little auto-tune processing as possible. The album also marked the first release by Clarkson that did not cause a conflict with RCA; her previous records, most notably My December (2007), were released amidst conflict and controversy. - WIKIPEDIA
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Entertainment
she’s still young enough to pull off gleefully bratty kiss-offs.
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ALL MUSIC
the album’s success is entirely due to Kelly Clarkson, whose personality and professionalism turn it into her best album since her Breakaway breakthrough in 2004.
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The New York Times
Essentially everything here involves Ms. Clarkson's clobbering her subject while getting clobbered with guitars.
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SLANT
With the exception of the obvious electronic manipulation used on "Mr. Know It All," Clarkson's performances on Stronger are more consistently lived-in and evocative than on any of her previous efforts.
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SPIN
She's not Katy Perry, not yet Carrie Underwood. But look out.
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NOW
Of all the pop stars peddling self-empowerment radio anthems these days, Kelly Clarkson is the most believable.
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RollingStone
Clarkson remains a slightly wearying one-note artist--she's a wounded lover, bellowing her pain and scorching the earth. But wow--that voice.
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AV/MUSIC
The album suffers from a heavily produced electro-sheen, and ends up feeling more manufactured than magical.
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sputnik music
Ms. Clarkson breaks away into maturity mode only to find out that it isn’t all she ever wanted.
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INDEPENDENT
this is simply an overlong string of standard putdown R&B and bogus emotional turmoil, the songs blitzed with generic power-ballad overkill.
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muumuse
Despite the bumps and bruises along the way, Stronger wholeheartedly lives up to its title.
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The Washington Post
Clarkson can make anything sound good, usually without trying very hard, and she knocks down these lightweight Top 40 anthems and mid-tempo ballads as if she were swatting flies.
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RUETERS
“Stronger” has its cake and eats it, too — by marrying pure ear-candy arrangements to Clarkson’s flawless, effortlessly fluid soul-rock vocals, and by embedding vividly conjured emotions in up-tempo tunes that never get too bogged down in their own seriousness.
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UPROXX
‘Stronger’ is weak on identity.
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POPCRUSH
is also a bitter, blistering album, which is part of what makes it so much fun to listen to.
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seattle pi
Stronger is a well-balanced mix of pop-rock music, and Clarkson really embraces her genre while still taking risks to make this new material stand out from her previous records.
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Edge of the Plank
Kelly Clarkson has returned with a great new album with a few tracks that will inevitably infect people in due course. There is great commercial potential too and definitely a few #1's in there.
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Female First
Stronger sees the slightly dark pop of songs like 'Since U Been Gone' remaining prominent, with a nice disco/club influence that isn't overbearing.
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A Separate State of Mind
it’s tough to see such talent wasted on songs like many of the ones on “Stronger,” an album I’ve had for a few days now and don’t find myself interested in listening to in its entirety. Now many people will feel the same – and that is a bad thing.
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The Pappalardo Periodical
For anyone looking for great pop music, Stronger more than delivers.
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express
This latest album doesn’t seem to present any reason to worry about the future. Her voice is strong while the production is a real bulldozer of sound ploughing through songs that mostly seem to have the gumption to withstand the assault.
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Jon Ali's Blog
is easily one of her most cohesive efforts yet and proves that her pipes are forever still winning.
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Daily Star
Not so much stronger as samier.
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popstache
Doesn’t this woman know better than to produce half-good songs after all this time, given what she’s been through? After all, she’s learned now and she claims to be stronger! So here’s to hoping it’s not just a front.
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VicBlog
Overall the album is a MUST-BUY, every song is amazing and Kelly showed everything she can offer.
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Mapped By What Surrounded Them
masterpiece; coolest thing I've heard in ages. Woof Daddy: excellent; just a hair away from being a masterpiece.
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MAFIADOC
"Stronger" is her most polished album since "Breakaway" and it further solidifies Kelly as one our current pop rock divas.
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Jake's Take
Stronger is Clarkson’s best album to date. From her powerhouse vocals to her impressive songwriting ability, Clarkson continues to be one of American Idol’s brightest stars and incredible winners.
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