Kelly Clarkson's All I Ever Wanted or How I'm digging the album!

Okay so the cover art had me iffy... though I do enjoy the colour-scheme and the sort of retro look, but the songs! Is it any surprise this album has been on loop for over 72 hours now on my iPhone? Mini-review ahead:

My Life Would Suck Without You

I guess this means you're sorry...

It feels very much like a Breakaway-track. And that's never a bad thing.

If I Can't Have You

One look no hesitation, I'm slipping into you.

Kelly's at her best when she does dance-pop, she does have the "just jump up and down along" niche covered.

Long Shot

My heart beat-beats me senselessly!

My fave track! So pop-edgy! It just asks for it to be sung along as loud as you can!

Don't Let Me Stop you

This is gonna sound kinda silly but I couldn't help but notice: the last time you kissed me you kept both eyes open

Can I dance around in my underwear to this every time I feel like boys suck? Yes I can.

Cry

If anyone asks, I'll tell them we just both moved on...

Heartbreaking, 

Already Gone

Remember all the things we wanted?

Well-executed polished ballad.

All I Ever Wanted

It's time you let me know, let me know

Good beat. Bit forgettable though for a title track.

If No One Will Listen

If your legs are giving up under the weight...

A belting ballad. 

I Do Not Hook Up

The more that you try the harder I fight.

A rockin' anthem of sorts. Think Since U Been Gone.

Whyyawannabringmedown

[I don't think any song that includes "love monkey" in the lyrics should be reviewed, it's the one song I skip EVERY TIME. Kelly trying to be a punk-rocker = not cool]

Save You

I can tell I can tell how much you hate this...

Is it bad that I enjoy Kelly's poppy themes more than sentimentally ballads like these, beautiful as they are?

Ready

Too much of your mouth is like too much sun! How I burn, how I burn!

That line alone should tell you everything. Bouncy fun!

Impossible

Can't change the wind to say, won't matter any way. Can't reach that far cause it's impossible

Breakaway-esque if you know what I mean.

I Want You

No one else will do, I want... No one else gets me

A flirty, fun, whimsical ditty.

Welcome back Kelly! Don't listen to the haters either - My December is still a hot album.

Britney Spears' Circus or How it's more like a pet zoo...

Seeing how Blackout was a brilliant album plagued by Brit-Brit's crazy times I expected Circus (with her in top form) to be Ms Spears' magna opus and 'Womanizer' almost tricked me into believing this. Sadly this ain't no Blackout and it sounds oddly subdued; where are the 'get up and dance sexily with me' tracks, I ask? Where?

Circus (2008)

1. Womanizer - The jewel in this unsteady and home-bejeweled music crown. It's sexy, fun, danceable, and endlessly loopable.

2. Circus - Actually one of my favorite tracks. This title track mixes good lyrics ("I am ringleader! I call the shots!") and a good beat. Not an all-out club track but a good pre-drinking song which, if [ed note: WHEN] released and paired with a hot video might catch on.

3. Out From Under - A typical Brit-ballad (think Someday I'll Understand...) it feels oddly vintage and 90s-ish.

4. Kill the Lights - 'Pop princess now Queen of Pop' - I'm sorry did Madonna die and not tell us? Regardless of Danja's intro, this song is this album's Piece of Me: Brit vs the paparazzi surrounded by a good arrangement and angry lyrics.

5. Shattered Glass - One of the highlights of the album. There's a sort of throwback feeling to this song (like it could have been in Britney or Oops I Did it Again) but it nonetheless feels fresh (must be re electro-feel it has)

6. If U Seek Amy - First of all, who is Amy? Is this a Kevin Smith reference? It's a 'fun' track which sounds more like a P!nk song than a Britney song.

7. Unusual You - One of Britney's breathy tracks (think Breathe on Me only less dancey and more loungey)

8. Blur - A snooze of a song, a slow track whose monotony is only surpassed by it's repetitive and inane lyrics.

9. Mmm Papi - I'm sure I hate this song on it's title alone, but seriously: Mmm Papi? Barf.

10. Mannequin - The most Blackout song of them all. And yes, that's a compliment. Now if only I knew what Britney means when she says that 'Love is like a mannequin'...

11. Lace and Leather - With such a provocative title you'd think this would be a racier song that would make you want to flaunt your lace and leather. Instead it's an almost-spoken funky song that prompts you to 'take a seat' cause it's Britney's show...

12. My Baby - "Tiny hands; yes that's you" - words that should NEVER start up a song, let alone a Britney song. I hate it when she gets maternal and balladey.

So, sure there are a couple of singles that make Circus worthwhile, but this ain't the comeback I was hoping for. Here's the Brit's next album!

You Can Never Go Back, or How I'm obsessed

Seriously, if you had told me that ballroom singing guy from Enchanted could deliver Scissor Sisters-type songs, I would have laughed and laughed... 

But listen to it yourselves and I dare you to not see it as a gay anthem in the making: