The Short List of Things to Do

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Kelly Clarkson's All I Ever Wanted

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After a great pop album and an aggressively dull coffeehouse album, the queen of all Idol alums finds a mature middle ground here. She blasts away enthusiastically on bouncy cuts she knows are beneath her ("I Do Not Hook Up") and stops mistaking misery for depth on the serious stuff.

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