Kelly Clarkson - Breakaway (cd) | Buy Online in South Africa

Description

For Breakaway, the follow-up to her 2003 debut, Thankful, Clarkson enlisted songwriting help from Avril Lavigne (who co-wrote the album's title track), ex-Evanescence guitarist Ben Moody and David Hodges, who also worked with Evanescence.

Product Info

Artists

Kelly Clarkson

Barcode

6007124426833

Copy Control

No

Country

South Africa

Country of Origin

South Africa

Format

Audio CD

Label

RCA

Media

CD

Number of Items

1

Release Date

29 March 2005

Studio

BMG

Studio / Live

Studio

Title

Breakaway

Tracks

Breakaway
Since You've Been Gone
Behind These Hazel Eyes
Because of You
Gone
Addicted
Where Is Your Heart
Walk Away
You Found Me
I Hate Myself for Losing You
Hear Me
Beautiful Disaster [Live]

Year

2005

Product Reviews (1)

Christo, Hartbeespoort. 17 July 2005

America�s first-ever Idol, Kelly Clarkson, is back with her second album entitled Breakaway. Ask anyone in the industry and they will testify how important a second album is, and lucky for us, Breakaway is a second-album Kelly most certainly can be proud of. Featuring twelve tracks (of which one is a live recording), Breakaway features some the songwriting- and production-world�s biggest names, including punk-rocker Avril Lavigne (who co-wrote the title-track), David Hodges and Ben Moody (both from Evanescence-fame), Kara DioGuardi (best known for Enrique Iglesias�s Escape and Kylie�s Spinning Around), John Shanks (best known for his work with Melissa Etheridge, Michelle Branch and Sheryl Crow), Chantel Kreviazuk (who contributed heavily on Avril Lavigne�s Under My Skin-album), Raine Maida (Chantel�s husband and producer of Linkin Park) and Clif Magness (who�s worked with just about everyone � most recently also Clay Aiken). Yes, it�s a slight departure to the sound Kelly has become known for since winning American Idol, but the fact remains that it is a brilliant album that completely blew me away.

The album starts with Breakaway (a brilliant mid-tempo pop-rock song that is doing extremely well world-wide), and effortlessly flows into songs like Since U Been Gone (the second single and again, absolutely brilliant � my favourite song on the album), Behind These Hazel Eyes (the third single), the stunning Because Of You, Gone (another brilliant song), the emotional Addicted and the moving Where Is Your Heart before finishing off with a stunning live recording of Beautiful Disaster. When taking into account who wrote and produced most of the tracks on the album, the sudden rock �n roll sound is not such a mystery anymore. However, Kelly (and her collaborators) has to be commended because Kelly manages to not sound like Avril, Evanescence, Lindsay Lohan, Hillary Duff, Ashlee Simpson or so many of the other similar artists out there. It is a sound that works brilliantly with Kelly soulful, mature voice, and if this album doesn�t shake her Idols-heritage, then nothing will. Breakaway is a brilliant album that I can recommend to anyone with enthusiasm and a clear conscience.