Editor Reviews: Amazon.com:
Carrie Underwood's Some Hearts, hastily made and released some five months after she won the 2005 American Idol crown, was surprisingly solid and tuneful. For her follow-up, producer Mark Bright steers her toward the big Martina McBride skies, with a plethora of strings and huge emotional crescendos. Underwood co-wrote four songs, mostly with the tried-and-true tunesmiths who made Some Hearts soar. On the torchy heartache ballad "I Know You Won't," she gives a beautifully nuanced and controlled performance, but if that song would suit any number of lush female pop stars from Celine Dion on down, "Flat on the Floor" rocks hard while preserving co-writer Ashley Monroe's Appalachian angst. Still, there are missteps: the easy tears of the unlikely war ballad "Just a Dream," a too-obvious attempt to repeat the sass of "Before He Cheats" ("The More Boys I Meet"), and the Shania-ish bad-girl-on-Cuervo stomp of "Last Name." The big payoff, then, is how much 24-year old Underwood has improved as a vocalist. How often listeners line up for this Carnival Ride depends on their attitude about country music's continual melding with pop, and how they feel about a princess upstart taking home the awards that used to go to her heroes. --Alanna Nash Carrie Underwood Photos More from Carrie Underwood 
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Customer Reviews:Average Rating:  Rating :  - Crazy about Carrie
I bought the first cd, "Some Hearts" and liked it a lot. But I thought the "Carnival Ride" cd wouldn't be as good. But when I got the cd as a Christmas present and I listened to it, I changed my mind! The first song " Flat on the Floor" made me think the whole cd would be "twangy- country." But it turned out it had a good mix of pop-country songs and good 'ole country! There seemed to be more slow songs on this cd than the first, but they are still awesome! Carrie's voice is definitely better and she shows it in all of her songs. I especially love the songs " All-American girl," "Get Out of This Town," and " I Know you Won't" You won't regret buying this cd.....if you loved her first cd, you will like this cd even better! So grab your copy of "Carnival Ride" today! See Full Customer Review |
