On the cover of her new album, the signature red moons Allison Iraheta is emblazoned with purple and fuchsia. Spitfire spirit that carries over into the most exciting moments of “Just Like You”, a lot of tuff-girl tunes for the torn-up fishing nets, but much of it sounds too fleeting, much like Manic Panic to wash down the drain.

The collection, which comes on the heels of the efforts of “American Idol” winner Kris Allen and glam leopard Adam Lambert, is derived from the Pat Benatar, Pink, Kelly Clarkson Trifecta, by the time the 17-year Iraheta, the youngest of the four participants in the final season of “Idol” blows her lovely husky voice in these songs – written by a real city counsel pop scholars – there is not much left as its own stamp. After all, what new depths can be normal to a song titled “D Is For Dangerous”?

To her credit, Iraheta is always there, always ready on every song, including a dud of “Idol” judge Kara DioGuardi, but especially on “Robot Love” and the Max Martin-written single “Friday I’ll Be Over You . Both are playful romp into the teen psyche, where the calendar week, as long as it takes to heal a broken heart, and the biggest bombs fell in 150-character text.

Part of the fun of watching “Idol” shows how the TV entertainment juggernaut are artists and what they in turn do with that persona. Unfortunately not enough Iraheta forward with a single identity.

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