October 24, 201113 yr Author Here is my (long awaited, I'm sure :P) rate!! First Listen: 10.0 'Mr. Know It All' 10.0 'What Doesn't Kill You (Stronger)' 08.0 'Dark Side' 09.0 'Honestly' 08.0 'You Love Me' 08.5 'Einstein' 07.5 'Standing In Front of You' 09.0 'I Forgive You' 08.0 'Hello' 09.0 'The War Is Over' 09.5 'Let Me Down' 09.5 'You Can't Win' 09.0 'Breaking Your Own Heart' --- 07.0 'Don't You Wanna Stay' (w/ Jason Aldean) 09.0 'Alone' 08.0 'Don't Be A Girl About It' 09.0 'The Sun Will Rise' (feat. Kara DioGuardi) I'm in LOVE. There are only two 10's at this stage for me though, but it's very consistent and I'm very pleased with the whole album! Kara has a great voice! :o Gah. This woman really can do no wrong and Joao was right last night on facebook, it's pretty much 'Breakaway' meets 'My December'! This album will be on repeat :wub:
October 24, 201113 yr Well I need to order my copy then, by the looks of it, this is a killer album :o
October 24, 201113 yr Well I need to order my copy then, by the looks of it, this is a killer album :o IT IS. Second only to Born This Way this year, pushing poor Demi Lovato down one place.
October 24, 201113 yr IT IS. Second only to Born This Way this year, pushing poor Demi Lovato down one place. Bleh. How incorrect you are. :P
October 24, 201113 yr The album AND the Smoakstack Sessions EP are amazing. :wub: My favourites after a couple of listens are 'What Doesn't Kill You (Stronger)', 'Honestly', and 'The War Is Over'. The album as a whole is brilliant, not one track I hate. :D
October 24, 201113 yr Author I NEED the Smoakstack Sessions EP. Is there anywhere I could purchase it seperately?! :(
October 24, 201113 yr Don't think so :( Its lucky I didn't pop out today to buy it, I'll get the album with the EP off her site :wub:
October 24, 201113 yr I'm not paying double for a freaking live EP, I'd rather buy two copies and gift one.
October 24, 201113 yr Author I genuinely cannot stop listening to this album. It's so, so good! Her voice never fails to impress! Every track is growing on me. 'Don't You Wanna Stay' is growing on me the most! I'd rank it a 09.0 now. There's something about it! Just hurry up and announce a new tour please, thanks :)
October 24, 201113 yr I'm guiessing what doesn't kill you is the 2nd release as the label on the front says includin the smash hits "mr know it all and what doesnt kill you"??? would be a sensible choice imo. dark side is just :wub:
October 25, 201113 yr Author Here is my (long awaited, I'm sure :P) rate!! First Listen: 10.0 'Mr. Know It All' 10.0 'What Doesn't Kill You (Stronger)' 08.0 'Dark Side' 09.0 'Honestly' 08.0 'You Love Me' 08.5 'Einstein' 07.5 'Standing In Front of You' 09.0 'I Forgive You' 08.0 'Hello' 09.0 'The War Is Over' 09.5 'Let Me Down' 09.5 'You Can't Win' 09.0 'Breaking Your Own Heart' --- 07.0 'Don't You Wanna Stay' (w/ Jason Aldean) 09.0 'Alone' 08.0 'Don't Be A Girl About It' 09.0 'The Sun Will Rise' (feat. Kara DioGuardi)My updated rate (after about 6 listens through the full album today): 10.0 'Mr. Know It All' 10.0 'What Doesn't Kill You (Stronger)' 09.0 'Dark Side' 09.0 'Honestly' 08.0 'You Love Me' 08.5 'Einstein' 08.0 'Standing In Front of You' 09.5 'I Forgive You' 08.0 'Hello' 09.5 'The War Is Over' 09.0 'Let Me Down' 09.0 'You Can't Win' 10.0 'Breaking Your Own Heart' --- 09.0 'Don't You Wanna Stay' (w/ Jason Aldean) 09.0 'Alone' 09.0 'Don't Be A Girl About It' 09.0 'The Sun Will Rise' (feat. Kara DioGuardi) I realise that's full on stanning mode at the moment, but it's allowed. It's the first day for me and I'm just completely overwhelmed by it. I'll let you know how I feel about it once it's settled in properly and stuff. But very good stuff for now! :wub:
October 25, 201113 yr My updated rate (after about 6 listens through the full album today): 10.0 'Mr. Know It All' 10.0 'What Doesn't Kill You (Stronger)' 09.0 'Dark Side' 09.0 'Honestly' 08.0 'You Love Me' 08.5 'Einstein' 08.0 'Standing In Front of You' 09.5 'I Forgive You' 08.0 'Hello' 09.5 'The War Is Over' 09.0 'Let Me Down' 09.0 'You Can't Win' 10.0 'Breaking Your Own Heart' --- 09.0 'Don't You Wanna Stay' (w/ Jason Aldean) 09.0 'Alone' 09.0 'Don't Be A Girl About It' 09.0 'The Sun Will Rise' (feat. Kara DioGuardi) I realise that's full on stanning mode at the moment, but it's allowed. It's the first day for me and I'm just completely overwhelmed by it. I'll let you know how I feel about it once it's settled in properly and stuff. But very good stuff for now! :wub: What makes a 10/10 ALL TIME CLASSIC record if this is how you rate a Kelly Clarkson record on FIRST LISTEN?! There is STANNING but then there is also DELUSION. Edited October 25, 201113 yr by Phaedrus Ráðúlfr
October 25, 201113 yr Author I can see what you mean. But I just think it's because it's new. Songs don't start to wear on me until about 3 or 4 months after hearing them. Which is why I said, I'll give it time to settle in properly and then I'll get back to you with the another (fairer) rate. But right now I genuinely can't say a bad thing about this album. :) but ultimately, I think i'm just over generous when it comes to ranking and rating albums. But that's me. I'm most certainly not the only one on this site to do it either.
October 25, 201113 yr I'm most certainly not the only one on this site to do it either. You certainly are not, my rate isn't much less loony: 10.0 'Mr. Know It All' 10.0 'What Doesn't Kill You (Stronger)' 09.5 'Dark Side' 09.0 'Honestly' 09.0 'You Love Me' 10.0 'Einstein' 07.5 'Standing In Front of You' 09.5 'I Forgive You' 09.0 'Hello' 08.5 'The War Is Over' 10.0 'Let Me Down' 08.0 'You Can't Win' 09.0 'Breaking Your Own Heart' --- 09.5 'Don't You Wanna Stay' (w/ Jason Aldean) 10.0 'Alone' 08.0 'Don't Be A Girl About It' 08.0 'The Sun Will Rise' (feat. Kara DioGuardi) But I am FAR too overgenerous, plus take into account the Clarkson looning, it's gonna be anything other than bafflingly generous :lol:
October 25, 201113 yr 8.5 'Mr. Know It All' 10 'What Doesn't Kill You (Stronger)' 08 'Dark Side' 08 'Honestly' 10 'You Love Me' 09 'Einstein' 8.5 'Standing In Front of You' 8.5 'I Forgive You' 07 'Hello' 10 'The War Is Over' 10 'Let Me Down' 10 'You Can't Win' 09 'Breaking Your Own Heart' --- 09 'Don't You Wanna Stay' (w/ Jason Aldean) 07 'Alone' 07 'Don't Be A Girl About It' 08 'The Sun Will Rise' 09 'Why Don't You Try' Nothing lower than a 7 for me. So far 5 perfect 10's for me. But I can see some of the others quickly growing to 10's. Already obsessed with this album. She is by far my favourite solo artist ever! Edited October 25, 201113 yr by Lukuzz
October 25, 201113 yr Interested in this but need to hear more tracks before I buy. Hope it is on Spotify. Not sure if it's on Spotify or not but there's a few full tracks on her official Youtube - What Doesn't Kill You (Stronger), Dark Side, Honestly, You Love Me, The War is Over, I Forgive You. http://www.youtube.com/user/kellyclarkson#p/u Along with loving Mr Know It All, that's more than enough for me to add it it to my list of albums to buy this week alongside Coldplay. It sounds totally amazing to my ears just based on those tracks :wub:
October 25, 201113 yr It is on Spotify, I saw it come up on the new releases bit earlier :) And it's number 4 midweek - behind Coldplay, Noel Gallagher and Michael Buble. Not bad considering it's a busy week!
October 25, 201113 yr I don't know where some people get off telling people that their rate of an album is wrong or delusional because their opinion differs. How ignorant. Who's to say, in some opinion, that this album isn't an all time classic? Taste is subjective not right or wrong, to argue anything different is moronic. Anyway, here's my rate: 9.0 'Mr. Know It All' 10.0 'What Doesn't Kill You (Stronger)' 09.0 'Dark Side' 09.0 'Honestly' 09.0 'You Love Me' 09.0 'Einstein' 07.0 'Standing In Front of You' 09.5 'I Forgive You' 08.5 'Hello' 08.0 'The War Is Over' 09.0 'Let Me Down' 08.0 'You Can't Win' 08.5 'Breaking Your Own Heart' ___ 08.5 'Don't You Wanna Stay' (w/ Jason Aldean) 10.0 'Alone' 09.0 'Don't Be A Girl About It' 07.0 'The Sun Will Rise' (feat. Kara DioGuardi)
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