New Kelly Clarkson Album Details

Those around me know I’ve got a bit of an obsession with Kelly Clarkson. Her tracks top my most played tracks in my iTunes library, alongside of seemingly congruent artists such as Van Halen, Metallica, Foo Fighters and a bunch of others. I didn’t even watch “American Idol” till I heard some clips of her singing in the first season. As it were, I don’t watch “AI” anymore.

Anyway, I’ve absolutely loved Kelly Clarkson’s first three studio albums, – especially the second and third albums – “Breakaway” and “My December,” respectively. I like the rock stuff more than the ballads, though I don’t mind listening to either album all the way through.

Unfortunately, not everyone agreed her third album rocked as much as I did. Sales were pretty abysmal, and her fourth album, being released may be a return to safer waters of the pop styling.

This morning, I heard a 30-second audio sample of the first single, “My Life Would Suck Without You” on YouTube (that is no longer up BTW) and sadly I didn’t like what I heard. It was sadly pretty bland/generic pop and if this is the best track off the album, I’m really worried.

Kudos to RCA for doing some actual marketing for this album, but I hope it’s not to promote her weakest album yet. This first single will be released on Janury 16, 2008 . The album will be out March 17, 2009. I’ll definitely be grabbing both on said dates and really hope I’m pleasantly surprised.

This is some info I found on the new album, attribution unknown:

Masquerade is the upcoming fourth studio album by American pop rock singer-songwriter Kelly Clarkson, due for March 2009.[1]

Clarkson has stated that she is working on a new album, and is working with producer and OneRepublic front man, Ryan Tedder. Tedder has confirmed that he is working on new material with Clarkson for her fourth studio album. Tedder told Digital Spy that Clarkson’s new songs will feature big choruses” and “heavy drum programming, and he mentioned that the songs are influenced by the band Garbage, while one song will feature an experimental bridge that was inspired by Mozart.[2] Also in an interview she stated that she had written a song called “Cry” with Jason Halbert.

Clarkson has since confirmed a name of a track recorded with Tedder, called “If I Can’t Have You”.[3] She has not stated that the track would appear on the album.

Album’s first single is called “My Life Would Suck Without You” and will be released for adds on January 19, 2009