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Album review: Ex-'Idol' revels in 'Life'

Kelly Clarkson

"Meaning of Life"

Atlantic Records

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Many veterans of "American Idol" use words like "freedom" and "liberation" to describe the albums they make after exiting the tightly managed singing competition, which will return to television next year on ABC after its cancellation by Fox in 2016.

But Kelly Clarkson, who won the show's first season in 2002, is only now throwing those terms

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