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Carnival Ride
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Binding: Audio CD
Brand: UNDERWOOD,CARRIE
EAN: 0886971122121
Label: Arista
Manufacturer: Arista
MPN: 886971122121
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Arista
Release Date: October 23, 2007
Studio: Arista
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Editorial Review:
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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
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Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - A real treat!!
After seeing her cell phone commercial, I couldn't wait to get my hands on this disc!! Like the commercial, "Carnival Ride" is sedate and charming; tuneful yet spacey; fun yet getting there by tour bus. In short, I don't know what gadget this chick was playing with, but it kind of tripped my trigger!!
Musically, "Carnival Ride" is fairly adventurous in an "American Idol" meets Motown meets "Saturday Night Live" sort of way. Underwood's much ballyhooed direction toward country-western ... Read More
Rating:  - great cd
carrie underwood is so beautiful an she sings like an angel this is an excellent cd. i really like the more boys i meet song and just about all the others too. i would like to see her and the singer from evanesence do a crossroads on cmt it would rock my world. booya
Rating:  - THE QUEEN OF COUNTRY REIGNS.............
This cd is unbelievable and deserves all the kudos and awards it has received. Carrie Underwood's first cd was a powerhouse seller and also garnered her critical acclaim and tons of awards. But as with any artist it is the second release that showcases their creativity and true talent.
This cd far surpasses the first, which I loved, in song selection, vocal performance and interpretation and Carrie proves herself a true unique talent with her own special gifts.
I can put ... Read More
Rating: - Carrie Review
I'm certainly no music critic; I like things like art or music because they appeal to my ears and/or eyes. And this album (and artist!) certainly meet that criteria, so I like the album and give it five stars. Carrie is very talented and I don't care if my friends don't like this kind of music. I think she has a beautiful voice and I like her music and I support her.
Rating: - An even better sophomore CD!
It's rare that a sophomore album outshines the first one, especially if the first was an award winning album. But Carrie Underwood's Carnival is even better than her first CD, Some Hearts. And that's not to say Some Hearts wasn't a fantastic CD. Carrie Underwood is managing to give some youth and life to the country music scene.
Carnival Ride is full of catchy, youthful, fun, well sung songs. Some of my favorites are: Flat on the Floor, All American Girl, So Small, Get out of this Town, ... Read More
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