Kelly Clarkson - When Christmas Comes Around (Deluxe)

She really has the worst team around her. Who signed off on that cover, who thought two new tracks was enough, who decided no physicals…

I’m sure this is all partly Kelly signing off on stuff but she could really benefit from some better guidance.
This. It’s Christmas music, it’s not that hard to throw two other covers in.

That said, the original albums remains great and some finer of moments of her recent career are on it. Especially Merry Christmas (To The One I Used To Know).

There’s more to learn about her divorce from this album than from Chemistry.
 
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Apart from her looking terrified on the cover, I don’t like that it’s a completely different aesthetic to the original album? Like surely the font could have stayed consistent.
 

RainOnFire

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That terrible artwork and this useless re-release feel incredibly low-budget, even for her.

I really just don't understand the purpose of this at all, Atlantic clearly isn't willing to spend even a dime on this (the lack of physicals is so telling, never mind the artwork) so... why even bother? Are we supposed to believe the digital addition of Sleigh Ride is going to make a world of difference?

But anyway I'm sure she'll let us know what an amazing label they are, because after all *checks notes* the CEO went to her house for a meeting instead of her having to meet them in the office (yes this is a real thing she said when she was praising them last year).
 
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Also just want to express my disappointment at the 20th Anniversary of Breakaway looking like just a black vinyl release of the standard album (although my expectations were low!).

I know there’s still a bit of time for an announcement of something else but that vinyl has been up for preorder for a couple of weeks now so if there’s anything else coming her team have done a terrible job not getting ahead of it.
 
I LOVE the original album, all the originals were fantastic and You For Christmas has grown on me a tonne but the aesthetic is genuinely dreadful.

The original cover made more sense when the album came out with that lush big band wall of sound but they should've used the cover for Christmas Isn't Cancelled as the album cover. How did she get the Wrapped in Red visuals so perfect and this so meh?

This cover for You For Christmas is a huge improvement just for the pose and smile alone although it's still mostly crap.

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Also clowning myself that because she hasn't announced the tracklist yet (that I've seen) there will be more than just Sleigh Ride on it.
 
I LOVE the original album, all the originals were fantastic and You For Christmas has grown on me a tonne but the aesthetic is genuinely dreadful.

The original cover made more sense when the album came out with that lush big band wall of sound but they should've used the cover for Christmas Isn't Cancelled as the album cover. How did she get the Wrapped in Red visuals so perfect and this so meh?

This cover for You For Christmas is a huge improvement just for the pose and smile alone although it's still mostly crap.

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Also clowning myself that because she hasn't announced the tracklist yet (that I've seen) there will be more than just Sleigh Ride on it.
To be honest I also think that is a terrible photo but at least she doesn't look scared by Christmas.
 

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