Carrie Underwood's debut album, SOME HEARTS, is the biggest-selling American Idol album to date. The album has also been the best-selling female country album of 2005, 2006 and 2007 and earned Carrie two Grammy awards among others.
It's what she describes as the 'absolutely crazy' ride of the past few years that has inspired the title of Carrie's new album CARNIVAL RIDE While SOME HEARTS was a snapshot that captured a moment, dealing with coming of age and with establishing a foothold in a wider world it's follow-up is a big-screen movie, wide-ranging in theme, cinematic in scope.
CARNIVAL RIDE reflects Carrie's increasing strength as a vocalist, her continuing emergence as a songwriter, and her growing maturity as an artist and a person. "All American Girl" turns the story of a baby girl born to a man praying for a boy into a celebration of femininity.
Other hilights include "Crazy Dreams", an ode to 'long shots' and a celebration of the fact that 'even crazy dreams come true' as well as "Last Name", one of the two songs Carrie wrote with Hillary Lindsey. The other is the album's first single, "So Small", a song that announces the new project as a major step forward for this true talent.