* Fifty songs were written. 
* The producer of the album is David Kahne (The Strokes, The Bangles).
* Twenty-four songs have been mixed by Andy Wallace, who has had a successful run as a producer/mixer working with acts such as Prince, Bruce Springsteen, Nirvana, Rage Against the Machine, blink-182, Linkin Park, Foo Fighters, System of a Down, as well as many others. He also worked on the highly-anticipated new Guns N' Roses album.
* Legendary punk bassist Mike Watt played on six tracks for Kelly's album.* David Kahne confirmed that he produced "Maybe", "Yeah", and "Anymore", which Kelly performed on her last tour.
* Kelly will debut a new SONG (not necessarily the single) on February 18th at the NASCAR pre-race concert.
* Besides the three songs previewed on tour, Kelly has also mentioned titles of "Haunted" and "Get Away" as well as "Irvine" which was written on tour in California during "the lowest point in my life."
* The following titles were listed on the BMI music publishing site. They were written by Kelly along with her guitarist Jimmy Messer, and a writer named Dwight Baker: "Can I Have A Kiss", "Hole", "How I Feel", "Judas", "This Perfect Day."
* In a recent fanclub interview, Kelly talked about her influences on the new album, naming singer/songwriters Ray LaMontagne and Patty Griffin.
* From a Blender interview: "The soft songs will be softer and the hard songs will be harder. Who the hell wants to make the same record? That's boring. It's the fricken music industry."
* No single has been announced although rumors are swirling around songs called "Couldn't Stop" and "Continuous". Take these with a big grain of salt, however as they're probably illegitamate.
* No release date has been annouced. Reports have said February, while other more recent and more official have said "late spring/early summer" as well as "around midyear."
* RCA most likely wants to focus on the promotion and release of Katharine McPhee's album, coming out January 30th. Avril Lavigne's album is coming out at the beginning of April as well so Kelly's will most likely be after that as they don't want competition between the two.
Nothing really new here, but it's a nice summary of things we know so far. Regarding the picutre, I'm not really feeling what she's wearing, but I think she looks great even without makeup. Sorry for the watermarks.
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