{"id":4588,"date":"2012-02-03T17:51:17","date_gmt":"2012-02-04T00:51:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/?p=4588"},"modified":"2012-02-03T17:51:17","modified_gmt":"2012-02-04T00:51:17","slug":"kelly-clarkson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/2012\/02\/kelly-clarkson\/","title":{"rendered":"KELLY CLARKSON"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/KELLY-CLARKSON-M-Review-November2011.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4677\" title=\"KELLY-CLARKSON-M-Review-November2011\" src=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/KELLY-CLARKSON-M-Review-November2011.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/KELLY-CLARKSON-M-Review-November2011.jpg 400w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/KELLY-CLARKSON-M-Review-November2011-300x187.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>K<\/strong><strong>ELLY CLARKSON<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><strong><em>Stronger<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[RCA]<\/p>\n<p>Unlike most <em>American Idol <\/em>alumni, Kelly Clarkson has always set herself apart by generally placing artistry over histrionics. The pattern continues on her latest pop-rock collection, on which she wisely lends her impressive pipes to address purely emotional matters of the heart. On the opening \u201cMr. Know It All\u201d she reminds us why she\u2019s the queen of the kiss-off with a gritty delivery reminiscent of Melissa Etheridge or Brandi Carlile, while \u201cHonestly\u201d is a passionate demand for truthfulness that gives Clarkson a chance to show off her uncanny ability to make tall melodic leaps in a single bound. Perhaps the greatest compliment one can give Clarkson is that on the closing power ballad, \u201cBreaking Your Own Heart,\u201d she turns the somewhat clich\u00e9d lyrics into a heartfelt admonition to give up one\u2019s stubborn independence. It\u2019s a familiar topic for sure, but one that\u2019s well worth repeating in the hands of a formidable vocalist like this one. \u2013BC<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KELLY CLARKSON Stronger [RCA] Unlike most American Idol alumni, Kelly Clarkson has always set herself apart by generally placing artistry over histrionics. The pattern continues on her latest pop-rock collection, on which she wisely lends her impressive pipes to address purely emotional matters of the heart. On the opening \u201cMr. Know It All\u201d she reminds [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[17],"tags":[196,2959,2864,1078,1866],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4588"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4588"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4588\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4678,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4588\/revisions\/4678"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4588"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4588"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4588"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}