Kelly Clarkson’s new Album has Leaked — And I Like It

Still love Kelly Clarkson despite her recent concert cancellations and rumors of a sucky CD? Me too. That’s why I was happy to find out MTV’s The Leak has her new album in it’s entirety for our listening pleasure.

As someone who’s not the biggest pop music fan but feels an inexplicable love for Ms. K, I gotta say that I like this album. The third track, “Hole” is about as hard rock as any female pop vocalist has gone in a long time, and Clarkson is no slave to inane hooks. Say what you will, but I’ll take an interesting song over something that repeats itself 7 times any day. And with lyrics like “It seems every time I find a good man / He’s got a good little wife / I’m not jealous but I won’t lie / I don’t want to hear about your wonderful life” “How I Feel” is a great song to yell to alone in your room, espescially if you’re single.

“Sober” is her apparent new single, and although it’s pretty much your standard pop-ballad fare, her voice is expressive enough to make you believe every word she sings. And I still don’t know how she hits those high notes with the force she does. You try it on your own and you end up screeching, but somehow K. Clarkson rocks them. Every time. Even in concert.

“Irvine“, the one track where her voice isn’t doing anything amazing, is a fantastic departure into folk land. If any pop icon is going to bring folk out of it’s shy shell, K.C is the one to do it.

If you like your pop music with a rock edge, and don’t need lyrics written by a 50-year-old man pretending to be 20, then I recommend buying Ms. K’s new album. Every girl needs a CD she can blast in the car with the windows rolled down. For Kelly Clarkson fans, this is it.