Breakaway (studio album) by Kelly Clarkson

Nothing profound or spectacular or groundbreaking, just catchy, easy to digest and highly enjoyable, exactly what you expect from great pop music. Also, it's not all about the singles (as usually is the case in such albums), the rest of the album is reasonably decent, too.

I was ten, when Breakaway was huge, so this could just be my nostalgia. I really loved the singles back then (I mean, as much as a boy can love music) and discovered later, that the rest of the album is pretty much on the same level. It just hits the right tone for me.

I was 11 when this came out and didn't really have very much musical taste. This one really meant and continues to mean a lot to me as one of the first albums where I truly fell in love with every track. Say what you will about pop music but this is a power house.

A great pop-rock album!

This is one of those pop(pop-rock) essentials. Does a good job of showcasing Kelly's vocals. Gets pretty real at some points.

From Eastwood 12/30/2014 18:33

Great pop rock album. Best 10 songs average is 95,3/100 and the album can get great 95/100. Continuously strong without any lows. Best and full scoring songs are "Since u been gone" and "Because of you", closely followed by "Breakaway", "Behind this hazel eyes" and "Walk away" all 95/100 and next "Addicted" and "Where is your heart" both 90/100. All (!!) other songs good 85/100.

Adele recently put out a pop album that received raves from critics, extraordinary sales numbers, and a countless number of awards. This was due to her incredible voice, emotionally written lyrics, and flat out enjoyable music. A few years prior, the album that fit the exact description above was this album right here. It won multiple Grammys, stayed in the top ten for two years, and was critically acclaimed. It has an enjoyable rock sound, emotionally powerful ballads, and a beautiful female voice to drive it all. Check most websites' lists of the best songs of the 2000s, and you'll likely see Since U Been Gone in the top 20, 10, or 5. I'll actually do one better and say that this album even tops Adele's stunning piece of work. Since U Been Gone has a better rock sound than Rolling In The Deep, Because Of You is more emotionally painful than Someone Like You, and Addicted is more outright powerfully passionate than Set Fire To The Rain. I make this comparison because like 21, Breakaway is one of the rare albums that fits in the center of the Venn Diagram of albums that are seriously accredited for their artistry, and albums that are commercially friendly. This is one of the three or four best pop albums of the last ten years for this exact reason. Ask any other pop vocalist around right now to sing like this, this sweetly, this emotionally poignant, or this powerfully, and very few of them will come even close. Add that on top of a great pop / rock sound, and beautiful ballads, and you've got something that will be remembered for a long time.

From junodog4 08/31/2013 02:52

Catchy and effective pop. Nothing wrong at all with this.

From IanMendes 01/14/2013 05:49

People underrate it but they can not avoid enjoying this. What a great album.