Producer Mark Bright, who helmed 2005 “American Idol” winner Carrie Underwood’s three previous platinum discs, sticks to his formula on “Blown Away” (out tomorrow). There’s one crushingly good pop gem dressed up as country (“Good Girl”), some ridiculous rah-rah “rural values” propaganda (“Thank God For Hometowns”) and a half-dozen cloying ballads — the worst of which, Mutt Lange’s “Who Are You,” Celine Dion would reject as tripe. Bright needs to let Carrie peruse some real country. Download the one moment when she lets loose with that mighty, twang-filled voice, the bluegrass pop romp “Leave Love Alone.”
Grade : C+ . :mad: