Vanessa Carlton Harmonium (A&M, 2004)
Vanessa Carlton's trademark piano and strings accompaniment is out in full force on Harmonium, accenting her rudimentary tales of love and life with a classically-inspired backdrop. [read more]
Neko Case Fox Confessor Brings the Flood (Anti-, 2006)
Relying less on typical song structure and more on what sounds like dusty, decades-old atmosphere, Confessor's cryptic words demand personal participation and help to create one of the year's most stunning releases. [read more]
Neko Case Middle Cyclone (Anti-, 2009)
Though a bit musically muted for an album so humbled by and fixated on nature's wild side, Middle Cyclone can be downright hypnotic in its best moments and is another doozy in Case's growing discography. [read more]
Kelly Clarkson My December (RCA, 2007)
Less an album and more an exorcism, My December isn't a marvel, but more works than doesn't. Besides, how can you not like someone who releases a five-minute chorusless ballad as their second radio single? [read more]
Kelly Clarkson All I Ever Wanted (RCA, 2009)
Originally and tellingly dubbed Masquerade, it's entirely to Kelly Clarkson's credit that she can singlehandedly keep swill like "My Life Would Suck Without You" afloat. [read more]
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