Carrie Underwood - Check Out Her Hot Country Sound!

Hello everyone...

Yet again, I apologise for the lack of updates. Life is ridiculously stressful/busy/complicated at the moment with job searches, house searches and dissertation research piling up and up and up...


But i've finally found the opportunity to tell you about my latest 'obsession' album, that I simply can't stop playing! It's Carrie Underwood's Some Hearts. Over-flowing with catchy country-infused pop tunes, tales of heart ache and real country-style musings, this is the perfect summer album to carry you through Fall and Winter too! Winner of American Idol in 2005, this girl is much more than some manipulated music industry barbie doll. Listen to it in your car - preferably whilst driving down i90 or a similar picturesque 'Midwest' route - or anywhere you fancy...personally I listen to it on the way to and from work and on my breaks, as it helps lift me from the depression caused by my crappy job!!!!!

Opening track 'Wasted' makes you want to get up and really do something great with your life and hope for days of a better job, a nicer home but more importantly, feeling HAPPY AND SATISFIED with life.

First single 'Jesus Take The Wheel' is a brilliantly-written country-pop song, telling a tale of a single mom driving home to see her family, struggling to retain control of her life and car and ultimately asking Jesus for help! No, it's not a preachy/conversion style religious declaration, it's just about feeling totally dejected and asking someone for help (God if you wish!).

Then there's the sassy, grinding stomper 'Before He Cheats', which has the classic line: "Right now she's probably on stage singing a white-trash version of Shania karaokee"! Love it!! It's quite Avril/Alanis-esque, as Carrie sings of scratching her name into the side of her cheating lover's "suped up four wheel drive" to make him think before he cheats again!



'Night Before Life Goes On' will have relevance to all who've been forced to leave behind friends/lovers/family/hometowns, as part of that thing called 'growing up'. In the song a girl is 18 and heading to Louisiana State University whilst her boyfriend has to stay behind in their little town, with a crappy job and little to look forward to. Sounds like a downer but like true country, it'll have you rocking and swaying to its soaring melodies and catchy hooks.

The two best tracks are probably 'Don't Forget To Remember Me', which has classic country lyrics about highways, gasoline and bibles (!), whilst 'I Ain't In Checotah Anymore' is my personal favourite. It's a true tale of leaving the small town roots and moving to the big city and the shocks and changes this brings. Best line:

"My hotel in Manhattan holds more people than our town,
And what I just paid for dinner would be a down payment on a house
I'd rather be tipping cows in Tulsa than hailing cabs here in New York
But I ain't in Checotah anymore".

Here is a selection of the best tracks but honestly, the whole album pretty much rocks, with only a couple of weaker tracks. Particularly if you've followed my previous recommendations and are fans of The Wreckers, The Dixie Chicks, possibly Faith Hill or Jewel, you'll LOVE it!

ENJOY AND BUY IT NOW FROM AMAZON.CO.UK AND HELP SUPPORT THIS SITE!!!

Wasted

Don't Forget To Remember Me

The Night Before Life Goes On

I Ain't In Checotah Anymore