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Title: What's to be 'Thankful' for?
Review: Note to Ms. Clarkson: Taking the faux-R&B route will not make you credible, it will merely make you boring. As a fan of manufactered pop, I had high hopes that Kelly Clarkson's debut album would feature cheesy ballads, one or two upbeat poppy numbers, and at least one ill-advised cover track. No such luck. Instead Kelly and her handlers have delivered a retro-marinated R&B snoozer. 'Miss Independent' is cute, but it's lacking something. 'Low' has a catchy chorus and will sound okay on the radio. 'You Thought Wrong' (which features Tamyra Gray) should have been a guilty pleasure tell off song, but it's more gutless than guilty. The rest of the album tracks mesh together in their attempted 'soulfulness'. An artist like Kelly Clarkson (who has a great voice and infectious personality) should be trying to win our affection not our respect. This album and Kelly's chosen career path are a bitter disappointment.
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