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Carrie Underwood
Album: Play On
Label: Arista/Sony
Rating: ***1/2
The American Idol winner’s third disc boasts a stunning array of songwriters and producers with all the attention going to Mike Elizondo on opening tracks Cowboy Casanova and Max Martin on Quitter. These are the brain-trust hits designed to further elevate Carrie Underwood to the kind of cross-over pop stardom not seen in Nashville since Shania Twain. The strength of this album is found in songs that pull at the heartstrings. Kara DioGuardi’s Mama’s Song, is a track that should leave Underwood’s boy — Ottawa Senator Mike Fisher — melting into a puddle by the side of the rink. But the track here that shows why she is deserving of the ‘most successful Idol ever’ title is one that has the unmistakable stamp of Gordie Sampson, the Canadian songsmith who wrote her first hit Jesus Take the Wheel. Someday When I Stop Loving You puts aside all the techno gimmicks, and serves up a magnificent vocal performance set to a melody and lyrics that cannot fail.
Album: Play On
Label: Arista/Sony
Rating: ***1/2
The American Idol winner’s third disc boasts a stunning array of songwriters and producers with all the attention going to Mike Elizondo on opening tracks Cowboy Casanova and Max Martin on Quitter. These are the brain-trust hits designed to further elevate Carrie Underwood to the kind of cross-over pop stardom not seen in Nashville since Shania Twain. The strength of this album is found in songs that pull at the heartstrings. Kara DioGuardi’s Mama’s Song, is a track that should leave Underwood’s boy — Ottawa Senator Mike Fisher — melting into a puddle by the side of the rink. But the track here that shows why she is deserving of the ‘most successful Idol ever’ title is one that has the unmistakable stamp of Gordie Sampson, the Canadian songsmith who wrote her first hit Jesus Take the Wheel. Someday When I Stop Loving You puts aside all the techno gimmicks, and serves up a magnificent vocal performance set to a melody and lyrics that cannot fail.
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