Blown Away

Blown Away

by Carrie Underwood
Blown Away

Blown Away

by Carrie Underwood

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Overview

Prior to the release of her fourth album, Blown Away, in the spring of 2012, Carrie Underwood claimed that she was getting back to having "real things to write about and real things to sing about" -- a sentiment that's all well and good but has precisely nothing to do with the brassy blowout of the finished product. Dispensing with any pretense that Underwood remains a down-home country girl -- the kind who takes carnival rides and sticks a daisy in her hair -- Blown Away is an unabashed glossy pop album, positioning Carrie as the heir to Shania Twain and Faith Hill's country diva act, pushing the comparisons so far that she looks like a runway refugee on the album cover and she concludes the hourlong marathon with a song written by Twain's former husband, Mutt Lange. Naturally, this showstopping act suits a former American Idol winner but, better still, this exercise in turn-of-the-millennium nostalgia is executed with skill and savvy, offering the kind of larger-than-life power ballads and cheerful, clomping arena country that have fallen out of favor in the early days of the 2010s. Not that Underwood and team -- led by producer Mark Bright and also featuring songwriters Ashley Gorley, Chris DeStefano, Josh Kear, Hillary Lindsey, and Ryan Tedder -- are ignorant of the country and pop trends of 2012. They find room for light, sunny pop ("Do You Think About Me," "Nobody Ever Told You"), a bit of Caribbean breeze on "One Way Ticket," and a stomping chant-along hook on "Leave Love Alone," and they splice Miranda Lambert and Gretchen Wilson together on the ludicrously fun "Cupid's Got a Shotgun," which is enough to make Blown Away not seem like a throwback even if its heart belongs to the days of diamond-certified albums. Sure, that diva worship makes it seem ever so slightly old-fashioned, yet this is Carrie's wheelhouse -- she's meant to sing these oversized ballads and hooks, she's meant to look as unattainable as she does on the cover. She's meant to be be a superstar and she's never seemed as comfortable with her calling as she does on Blown Away. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date: 05/01/2012
Label: Arista
UPC: 0886979809420
Rank: 3570

Tracks

  1. Good Girl
  2. Blown Away
  3. Two Black Cadillacs
  4. See You Again
  5. Do You Think About Me
  6. Forever Changed
  7. Nobody Ever Told You
  8. One Way Ticket
  9. Thank God for Hometowns
  10. Good in Goodbye
  11. Leave Love Alone
  12. Cupid's Got a Shotgun
  13. Wine After Whiskey
  14. Who Are You

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Carrie Underwood   Primary Artist,Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Aubrey Haynie   Fiddle,Mandolin
Chris McHugh   Drums
Jimmy Nichols   Piano,Keyboards,Wurlitzer
Paul Leim   Drums
David Hodges   Vocals (Background)
Tom Bukovac   Guitar (Acoustic),Guitar (Electric)
Wes Hightower   Vocals (Background)
Perry Coleman   Vocals (Background)
Jimmie Lee Sloas   Bass
Brad Paisley   Guitar (Electric)
Dan Dugmore   Guitar (Steel)
Hillary Lindsey   Vocals (Background)
Jenifer Wrinkle   Vocals (Background)
Cary Barlowe   Vocals (Background)
Eric Darken   Percussion
Jonathan Yudkin   Cello,Fiddle
Gordie Sampson   Vocals (Background)
Charlie Judge   Piano,Keyboards
Mike Johnson   Dobro,Guitar (Steel)
Ilya Toshinskiy   Banjo,Ukulele,Bouzouki,Mandolin,Guitar (Acoustic)

Technical Credits

Troy Verges   Composer
David Hodges   Composer,Engineer
Derek Bason   Mixing,Engineer
Robert John "Mutt" Lange   Composer
Ryan Tedder   Composer
Mark Bright   Producer
Ashley Gorley   Composer
Todd Tidwell   Engineer
Tom Shapiro   Composer
Dave Berg   Composer
Chris Ashburn   Assistant,Mixing Assistant,Assistant Engineer
Hillary Lindsey   Composer
Adam Ayan   Mastering
Steve Stevens   Composer
Cary Barlowe   Composer
Josh Kear   Composer
Neal Cappellino   Engineer
Carrie Underwood   Composer
Gordie Sampson   Composer
Kirsten Wines   Production Assistant
Randee St. Nicholas   Photography
Christopher Small   Editing,Digital Editing
Enzo Angileri   Hair Stylist
Mike "Frog" Griffith   Production Coordination
Francesca Tolot   Make-Up
Chris DeStefano   Composer
Simon Fuller   Management
James T. Slater   Composer
Tom Douglas   Composer
Emma Trask   Stylist
Luke Laird   Composer
Ann Edelblute   Management
Charlie Judge   Programming
Shane Stevens   Composer
Chris Tompkins   Composer
Charles Butler   Editing,Digital Editing
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