Carrie UnderwoodBest Carrie Underwood Albums Ranked

Cry Pretty

rollingstone

7.0

“The singer's big-box country tackles gun violence and addiction alongside heartbreak and early-AM booty calls.”

Carnival Ride

rollingstone

7.0

“On "American Idol," Carrie Underwood was the country girl who never sounded comfortable trying to come on tough. Especially when she was belting Heart’s "Alone," the top Idol pick for wussy girls copping an attitude. For her debut, Some Hearts, Underwood dabbled in mainstream pop, but the smash "Before He Cheats" proved her heart was […]”

Cry Pretty

pastemagazine

6.4

“On her new album Cry Pretty, Carrie Underwood belts out rafters-reaching country anthems, incorporates dance and hip-hop beats into her radio-ready twang-pop and even dips her toe into politically charged waters on a couple of songs. Those first two are no surprise. Underwood and her huge voice have been amplifying and arena-readying modern country music since she won “American Idol” in 2005 and ”

Storyteller

rollingstone

6.0

“There's as much Janis as Patsy in Carrie Underwood's delivery, as much Heart as Harlan Howard. It's that voice that makes her the only truly unfadeable American Idol success story: a country-pop-rock superpower that sweeps in like the sanctified cyclone of her 2012 hit "Blown Away," laying waste to drunken-lout fathers, abusive partners and cowboy casanovas before settling back into a honeysuckle ”

Blown Away

rollingstone

5.0

“The forecast is stormy on Carrie Underwood’s fourth album – as usual. Cloudless skies don’t suit the country super­star – she’s most comfortable leaning into a stiff breeze, letting a blues growl creep into her phrasing while unleashing songs like "Two Black Cadillacs" (in which a wife and mistress murder a cad) and the title […]”