The exceptionally talented Pop artist Carrie Underwood has released her CD entitled Some Hearts. I am very confident and happy to announce that I believe Carrie Underwood fans, and Pop fans alike will be pleased with this one. With the release of Some Hearts Carrie Underwood's artistic excellence is on full display as Underwood has once again delivered a brilliant collection of tracks that could very well be her best work to date.

This CD literally grabs your attention right out of the gate with Wasted and doesn't let go until the very last note of the very last song Inside Your Heaven, which is another great track by the way.

The nice thing about a CD like this is with this level of talent even if Pop isn't your favorite genre you still can't help but appreciate the greatness of the artist.

Listen to Some Hearts and I believe you'll find there's not much to dis-like about it. The songs are inspired, the production is simply outstanding, and Carrie Underwood is clearly in top form. So much so that if you're even mildly into Pop music you'll enjoy this CD.

While the entire CD is really very good the truly standout tunes are track 2 - Don't Forget To Remember Me, track 10 - We're Young And Beautiful, and track 13 - I Ain't In Checotah Anymore.

My SmoothLee Bonus Pick, and the one that got Sore [...as in "Stuck On REpeat"] is track 5 - The Night Before, Life Goes On. What a nice track!

Some Hearts Release Notes:

Carrie Underwood originally released Some Hearts on Nov 15, 2005 on the Arista Records label.

CD Track List Follows:

1. Wasted 2. Don't Forget To Remember Me 3. Some Hearts 4. Jesus, Take The Wheel 5. The Night Before, Life Goes On 6. Lessons Learned 7. Before He Cheats 8. Starts With Goodbye 9. I Just Can't Live A Lie 10. We're Young And Beautiful 11. That's Where It Is 12. Whenever You Remember 13. I Ain't In Checotah Anymore 14. Inside Your Heaven

Carrie Underwood: Biff Watson, Bryan Sutton (acoustic guitar); Dann Huff, Tom Bukovac, JT Corenflos (electric guitar); Mike Johnson, Paul Franklin (steel guitar); Jonathan Yudkin (dobro, mandolin, fiddle); Adam Steffey (mandolin); Joel Derouin, Sid Page, Roberto Cani, Michael B. Markman, Josefina Vergara, Michele Richards, Susan Chatman, Alyssa J. Park, Mario De Leon, Endre Granat, Julian Hallmark, Tereza Stanislav, Denyse Buffum, Andrew Duckles, Matt Funes, Shanti Randall (violin); Jim VanCleve (fiddle); Suzie Katayama, Larry Corbett, Daniel Smith, Steve Richards (cello); Matt Rollings (piano); Steve Nathan, Charlie Judge (keyboards); Jimmie Lee Sloas (bass instrument); Chris McHugh, Lonnie Wilson (drums); Eric Darken (percussion); Hillary Lindsey, Wes Hightower, Perry Coleman, Morgane Hayes (background vocals).