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Title: Carrie 'Underwood' or 'Deadwood'?
Review: Cold, calculating and about as sexy as lipstick on teeth [the CD, not she], Carrie Underwood's 'Some Hearts' is about as dull sonically as her persona is visually. Her home-spun, down-home, aw-shucks attitude endeared her to millions on AI, but to what price? Can't fault her for the song choices - all typical of bad contemporary country-pop - she didn't write them; and she has zilch - zip - zero say in the production values. But I CAN fault her for her vocals. Yes, her 'technique' is on the mark...but since when does technical proficiency equal emotional capacity? She sings each song like a Star Search audition. It's not the worst of the Idol's CDs [i still believe Clay Aiken's 'Measure of A Man' is the most abominable of ALL Idol related releases], but it's still such a stagnant, emotionless dirge so unequivocally banal, we might have to rename her Carrie 'Deadwood'. My grade: C
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