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{{Infobox Album | <!-- See Wikipedia:2007 Albums-->
| Name = Glory to the Brave
| Type = Studio album
| Name = Carnival Ride
| Artist = [[HammerFall]]
| Type = Studio
| Artist = [[Carrie Underwood]]
| Cover = Glory to the Brave.jpg |px 220 |
| Released = [[June 27]], [[1997]]
| Cover = Carnival Ride - Album.PNG
| Released = {{start date|2007|10|23}}<br><small>(see [[#Release history|release history]])</small>
| Recorded = [[Studio Fredman]], [[Göteborg]]
| Recorded = 2006-2007
| Genre = [[Heavy metal music|Heavy metal]] <br/> [[Power metal]]
| Length = 44:58
| Genre = [[Country pop]]
| Label = [[Nuclear Blast]]
| Length = 50:06
| Label = [[Arista Records|Arista]], [[Arista Nashville]], [[19 Recordings|19]]
| Producer = [[Fredrik Nordström]]
| Producer = Mark Bright<!--don't link this, the page is about a sports personality-->
| Reviews =
| Executive Producers =
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* ''[[Boston Herald]]'' (B) [http://www.bostonherald.com/entertainment/music/reviews/view.bg?articleid=1039576 link]
| Last album =
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| This album = ''Glory to the Brave'' (1997)
* ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' (B+) [http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20153920,00.html link]
| Next album = ''[[Legacy of Kings]]'' (1998)
* ''[[New York Times]]'' (Critic's Choice) [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/22/ar...ts&oref=slogin link]
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* ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' {{rating|3.5|5}} [http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/16861628/review/17118258/carnival_ride link]
* ''[[Slant Magazine]]'' {{rating|2|5}} [http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/music_review.asp?ID=1218 link]
* ''The 9513'' {{rating|2.5|5}} [http://www.the9513.com/album-review-carrie-underwood-carnival-ride/ link]
* ''[[USA Today]]'' {{rating|3|4}} [http://blogs.usatoday.com/listenup/2007/10/this-weeks-re-3.html#more link]
| Last album = ''[[Some Hearts]]''<br />(2005)
| This album = '''''Carnival Ride'''''<br />(2007)
| Next album =
| Misc =
{{Singles
| Name = Carnival Ride
| Type = Studio
| single 1 = [[So Small]]
| single 1 date = [[August 28]], [[2007]]
| single 2 = [[All-American Girl (song)|All-American Girl]]
| single 2 date = [[December 17]], [[2007]]
| single 3 = [[Last Name]]
| single 3 date = [[April 7]], [[2008]]
| single 4 = [[Just a Dream]]
| single 4 date = [[July 21]], [[2008]]
}}
}}
}}


'''''Carnival Ride''''' is the second studio album from American [[country pop]] artist [[Carrie Underwood]]. It was released in the [[United States]] on [[October 23]], [[2007]].<ref name="arista">{{cite press release
'''Glory to the Brave''' is the debut album released by the [[Sweden|Swedish]] [[power metal]] band [[HammerFall]] in [[1997]]. It was their first album, despite the fact that the band was formed in 1993 (they performed mostly live music and [[cover version|covers]] before this album was released). ''Steel Meets Steel'' was composed by [[Oscar Dronjak]] just before the band was formed and is included on this album. The band signed a deal with Dutch label Vic Records. [[Nuclear Blast]] approached Vic Records and got a license deal for the debut. Later on Nuclear Blast bought the entire rights from Vic Records. Although [[In Flames]] guitarist [[Jesper Strömblad]] was listed as the drummer, all the drums were actually played by session musician [[Patrik Räfling]], who joined the band as a full time member shortly after the album's release.
| url = http://aristanashville.com/pressreleases/details.cfm?artistid=1000011&pressid=1000307
| title = Carrie Underwood Invites Fans Along for a Carnival Ride
| publisher = [[Arista Nashville]]
| date = [[2007-08-29]]
| accessdate = 2007-08-30}}</ref><ref name="msnbc01">{{cite news
| title = Carrie Underwood plans fall CD release
| url = http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19811621
| publisher = [[MSNBC]]
| date = [[2007-07-17]]
| accessdate = 2007-08-06
}}</ref> It has been certified 2&times; Multi-Platinum by the RIAA.<ref name="arista-doubleplatinum">{{cite press release
| title = Carrie Underwood’s Carnival Ride Certified Double Platinum, as 2007 Marks Another Milestone Year!
| publisher = [[Arista Nashville]]
| date = [[2007-12-14]]
| url = http://aristanashville.com/pressreleases/details.cfm?artistid=1000011&pressid=1000367
| accessdate = 2007-12-16 }}</ref> The album includes the #1 country singles "[[So Small]]", "[[All-American Girl (song)|All-American Girl]]" and "[[Last Name]]", which are all co-wrote by Underwood. The album debuted at #1 on the US Billboard 200 Chart selling 527,000 copies, giving Underwood her first #1 album.


== History ==
The cover art was painted by [[Andreas Marshall]].
Underwood has explained the meaning behind the album's title and theme, saying:


{{cquote|''You step onto this ride called life, and it’s a crazy thing you don’t know anything about, but you get on it anyway. You do what you can to lean different directions to try and get it to go where you want it to go, but you can’t stop it&nbsp;– it just keeps moving. That’s why Carnival Ride works as my album title, because it describes the wonderful craziness that I’ve been through over the past couple years''.<ref name="arista"/>}}
==Track listing==
# "The Dragon Lies Bleeding" (''Strömblad/Cans'') – 4:22
# "The Metal Age" (''Dronjak/Strömblad/Cans'') – 4:28
# "Hammerfall" (''Dronjak/Strömblad/Cans'') – 4:47
# "I Believe" (''Cans/Stålfors'') – 4:53
# "Child of the Damned" (''Tsamis'') ([[Warlord (band)|Warlord]] cover) – 3:42
# "Steel Meets Steel" (''Dronjak'') – 4:02
# "Stone Cold" (''Dronjak/Strömblad/Cans'') – 5:43
# "Unchained" (''Dronjak/Strömblad/Cans'') – 5:38
# "Glory to the Brave" (''Dronjak/Strömblad/Cans'') – 7:20
# "Ravenlord ([[Stormwitch]] cover) (Bonus Track)" – 3:31
# "Multimedia part: Videoclip, Wallpaper & E-Card (Bonus Deluxe Edition)


''Carnival Ride'' became Underwood’s first number-one album on the U.S. [[Billboard 200]], selling 527,000 copies in its first week of release.<ref name=Billboard>{{cite news | first = Katie | last = Hasty | title = Underwood Leads Three Country Debuts Onto Chart
| url = http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003665671 | work = | publisher = Billboard Magazine| date= 2007-10-31 | accessdate = 2007-10-31 | language = | quote = }}</ref> In its second week the album sold less than 190,000 copies. The album also debuted at number 1 on the Top Digital Albums, Top Country Albums, Top Canadian Albums and the United World Chart.


As of [[September 18]], [[2008]], ''Carnival Ride'' has been present on the U.S. [[Billboard 200]] for 46 weeks, and it is at #45.
"Ravenlord" was released on the Japanese, Brazilian and Deluxe Editions.

To date, it has sold about 2,340,000 copies in the U.S. Carnival Ride has also been certificated Double Platinum.

The album is nominated in the "Album of the year" category for 2008 [[CMA Awards]] of [[Country Music Association]].

== Reception ==
Critical reception of the album so far has been mainly positive. The first official review of the album from [[Allmusic]], gave it 4 out of 5 stars, on par with what they gave her debut. The site classified the album as ''"completely contemporary country"'', and said ''"the remarkable thing about Carnival Ride is that it's stronger song for song than Some Hearts."'' They also praised the album for having ''"the appearance of a genuine heart, something that no other big country-pop album has had since the glory days of [[Come on Over (Shania Twain album)|Come on Over]]."''<ref>{{cite web
| url = http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:k9fuxzlhldke
| title = allmusic (Carnival Ride)
| publisher = allmusic
| accessdate = 2007-10-23
}} </ref>

[[USA Today]] also praised the album for its versatility saying ''"The songs call for vulnerability (You Won’t Find This), urgency (Flat on the Floor), sympathy (Crazy Dreams, her co-written salute to “the hairbrush singers and dashboard drummers” from whose ranks she sprang), humor (The More Boys I Meet, the tag line of which goes “The more I love my dog”) and extreme role-playing (Last Name’s saga of a bar pickup that turns into an impulsive Vegas marriage). She delivers on all counts."''<ref>{{cite web
| url = http://blogs.usatoday.com/listenup/2007/10/this-weeks-re-3.html#more
| title = USA Today (Carnival Ride)
| publisher = USA Today
| accessdate = 2007-10-24
}} </ref> The [[Boston Herald]] gave the album a B, and claimed, ''"Underwood manages enough spunk to occasionally avoid the cookie-cutter."''<ref>{{cite web
| url = http://www.bostonherald.com/entertainment/music/reviews/view.bg?articleid=1039576
| title = Boston Herald (Carnival Ride)
| publisher = Boston Herald
| accessdate = 2007-10-24
}} </ref>

== Individual tracks ==
Two of this album's tracks have been previously recorded by other artists. "Flat on the Floor" was previously cut by singer [[Katrina Elam]] on her unreleased 2007 album ''Turn Me Up'', and was a #52 hit on the country charts for her that year. "I Told You So" is a cover of a song previously cut by [[Randy Travis]] on his 1988 album ''[[Always & Forever]]''. Travis' version of the song was a Number One hit on the country charts that year.

== Singles ==
"[[So Small]]" served as the lead single for the album, debuted on the on the U.S. Billboard [[Hot Country Songs]] at #20, making the highest chart entry by a solo country female artist in 43 years of Nielsen BDS history, and eventually stayed at #1 for 3 weeks. It also became her fifth top 20 hit when it peaked #17 on U.S. Billboard [[Hot 100]]. "[[All-American Girl (song)|All-American Girl]]", the second single from the album, continued the success by hitting #1 on the U.S. Billboard [[Hot Country Songs]] and stayed there for 2 weeks, and also managed to be a top 40 single on U.S. Billboard [[Hot 100]], peaked #27. The next single, "[[Last Name]]", became Carrie's fastest single to hit #1 on the U.S. Billboard [[Hot Country Songs]] with 13 weeks, but only managed to stay there for 1 week. It is also Carrie's sixth top 20 hit, reaching #19 on U.S. [[Billboard Hot 100]]. The fourth single, "[[Just a Dream]]", entered the top five on the country charts in October 2008.

== Track listing ==
#"Flat on the Floor" ([[Ashley Monroe]], [[Brett James]])&nbsp;– 3:18
#"[[All-American Girl (song)|All-American Girl]]" (Ashley Gorley, Carrie Underwood, Kelley Lovelace)&nbsp;– 3:32
#"[[So Small]]" (Luke Laird, Hillary Lindsey, Underwood)&nbsp;– 3:47
#"[[Just a Dream]]" ([[Gordie Sampson]], Steven McEwan, H. Lindsey)&nbsp;– 4:44
#"Get Out of This Town" (Sampson, McEwan, H. Lindsey)&nbsp;– 3:02
#"Crazy Dreams" (George Barry Dean, Troy Verges, Underwood)&nbsp;– 3:36
#"I Know You Won't" (Wendell Mobley, [[Neil Thrasher]], McEwan)&nbsp;– 4:19
#"[[Last Name]]" (Laird, Lindsey, Underwood)&nbsp;– 4:01
#"You Won't Find This" (Cathy Dennis, [[Tom Shapiro]])&nbsp;– 3:19
#"[[I Told You So (Randy Travis song)|I Told You So]]" ([[Randy Travis]])&nbsp;– 4:17
#"The More Boys I Meet" (Scott Kennedy, McEwan)&nbsp;– 3:33
#"Twisted" (Laird, H. Lindsey, James)&nbsp;– 3:56
#"Wheel of the World" (H. Lindsey, Chris Lindsey, [[Aimee Mayo]])&nbsp;– 4:42

=== Target Special Edition ===
Limited Edition CD/DVD versions were available at [[Target Corporation|Target]]. The [[DVD]] included live acoustic performances, as well as a five-part interview.
<ol start="14">
<li>"So Small"</li>
<li>"Get Out of This Town"</li>
<li>"Just a Dream"</li>
<li>"The More Boys I Meet"</li>
</ol>

=== Platinum Musicpass ===
A special digital copy was released on [[January 15]], [[2008]], which included a new unreleased track and two music videos.
<ol start="14">
<li>"Sometimes You Leave" (Chris Tompkins, Kara Dioguardi, Shridhar Solanki)&nbsp;– 4:16</li>
<li>"So Small" <small>(video only)</small></li>
<li>"[[Before He Cheats]]" <small>(video only)</small></li>
</ol>

=== Holiday Deluxe Edition ===
On [[October 21]], [[2008]], a 2-disc set will be released at [[Walmart | Wal-Mart]]. The second CD will contain five Christmas tracks, of which all were available for radio download on [[September 29]], [[2008]]
<ol start="1">
<li>"Hark! The Herald Angels Sing"</li>
<li>"O Holy Night"</li>
<li>"The First Noel"</li>
<li>"What Child Is This?"</li>
<li>"Do You Hear What I Hear"</li>
</ol>

== Release History ==
{|class="wikitable"
! Region
! Date
|-
| [[United States]]
|rowspan="4"| [[October 23]], [[2007]]
|-
| [[Canada]]
|-
| [[Philippines]]
|-
| [[Korea]]
|-
| [[Australia]]
|rowspan="2"| [[November 3]], [[2007]]
|-
| [[New Zealand]]
|-
| [[Germany]]
| [[November 9]], [[2007]]
|-
| [[Austria]]
| [[November 23]], [[2007]]
|-
| [[Switzerland]]
| [[November 30]], [[2007]]
|-
| [[Thailand]]
| [[January 28]], [[2008]]
|-
| [[United Kingdom]]
| [[July 7]], [[2008]]
|-
| [[Brazil]]
| [[July 13]], [[2008]]
|}
== Chart performance ==
=== Album ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Chart (2007)
! align="center"| Peak chart<br>position<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:3ifqxqwsldke~T5|title=Billboard Chart Positions|publisher=[[Allmusic]]|accessdate=2008-02-07}}.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Artists/U/Underwood_Carrie/2007/10/31/4620185-ca.html|title=Carrie Underwood rides to No. 1|author=Williams, John|publisher=[[Canoe.ca]]|accessdate=2008-02-09}}</ref><ref name="acharts">{{cite web|url=http://acharts.us/performer/carrie_underwood|title=Carrie Underwood&nbsp;— Music Charts|publisher=acharts.us|accessdate=2008-02-07}}</ref>
|-
| U.S. ''Billboard'' Top Country Albums
| align="center"| 1
|-
| U.S. ''Billboard'' 200
| align="center"| 1
|-
| Canadian Country Albums Chart
| align="center"| 1
|-
| Top Canadian Albums
| align="center"| 1
|-
| Australia Country Albums Chart
| align="center"| 9
|-
| United World Chart
| align="center"| 1
|-
| colspan="2"| Certification in US: 2× Multi-Platinum<ref>{{cite press release
| title = Carrie Underwood’s Carnival Ride Certified Double Platinum, as 2007 Marks Another Milestone Year!
| publisher = [[Arista Nashville]]
| date = [[2007-12-14]]
| url = http://aristanashville.com/pressreleases/details.cfm?artistid=1000011&pressid=1000367
| accessdate = 2007-12-16 }}</ref>
|}

=== Singles ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! rowspan="2"| Year
! rowspan="2"| Single
! colspan="6"| Peak chart positions<ref name="acharts"/><ref name="s">{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:3ifqxqwsldke~T51|title=Billboard Chart Positions&nbsp;— Singles|publisher=[[allmusic]]|accessdate=2008-07-27}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/searchResult.jsp?exp=y&Ne=4&inert=25&Ntt=carrie+underwood&Ntk=Keyword&an=bbcom&nor=10&Ntx=mode+matchallpartial&N=37+4294038018#pos25|title=Hot Christian Adult Contemporary search results for Carrie Underwood|publisher=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|accessdate=2008-03-04}}</ref>
! rowspan="2"| [[Recording Industry Association of America|RIAA]]<br><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH_RESULTS&artist=Carrie%20Underwood&format=SINGLE&go=Search&perPage=50|title=RIAA&nbsp;— Carrie Underwood singles|publisher=[[Recording Industry Association of America]]|accessdate=2008-07-27}}</ref>
|- style="font-size:smaller;"
! width="55"| [[Hot Country Songs|US Country]]
! width="55"| [[Billboard Hot 100|US Hot 100]]
! width="55"| [[Pop 100|US Pop 100]]
! width="55"| [[Hot Digital Songs|US Digital]]
! width="55"| CAN Country
! width="55"| [[Canadian Hot 100|CAN Hot 100]]
|-
| rowspan="2"|2007
| align="left"| "[[So Small]]"
| 1
| 17
| 23
| 6
| 3
| 14
| Gold
|-
| align="left"| "[[All-American Girl (song)|All-American Girl]]"
| 1
| 27
| 50
| 26
| 1
| 45
|
|-
| rowspan="2"|2008
| align="left"| "[[Last Name]]"
| 1
| 19
| 37
| 18
| 3
| 34
|
|-
| align="left"| "[[Just a Dream]]"<sup><span id="ref_A" />[[#endnote_A|'''[A]''']]</sup><sup><span id="ref_B" />[[#endnote_B|'''[B]''']]</sup>
| 4
| 41
|
| 59
| 2
| 53
|
|}
<div class="references-small">
;Notes
*A <span id="endnote_A" />[[#ref_A|'''^''']] Current single.
*B <span id="endnote_B />[[#ref_B|'''^''']] "Just a Dream" charted for one week on the Pop 100 under unsolicited airplay in 2007 where it peaked at #96.
</div>


== References ==
Special Editions:
{{reflist}}
LP, Shape CD (Saw-Shaped), Picture LP, Red Vinyl LP, Deluxe Edition
{{start box}}
(containing bonus material), Value Box (with "Renegade" CDS)
{{s-bef | before= ''[[Still Feels Good]]'' by [[Rascal Flatts]]}}
{{s-ttl | title= [[Top Country Albums]] | years= [[November 10]] [[2007 in country music|2007]]}}
{{s-aft | rows=2 | after= ''[[Long Road Out of Eden]]'' by [[Eagles]]}}
{{s-bef | before= ''[[Magic (Bruce Springsteen album)|Magic]]'' by [[Bruce Springsteen]]}}
{{s-ttl | title= [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] [[Number-one albums of 2007 (U.S.)|number-one album]] | years= [[November 10]],[[2007]]}}
{{end box}}


{{Carrie Underwood}}
== Line-up ==


[[Category:2007 albums]]
* [[Joacim Cans]] - ''Lead Vocals & Background Harmonies''
[[Category:Arista Records albums]]
* [[Oscar Dronjak]] - ''Guitars & Backing Vocals''
[[Category:Concept albums]]
* [[Fredrik Larsson]] - ''Bass Guitar & Backing Vocals''
[[Category:Carrie Underwood albums]]
* [[Glenn Ljungström]] - ''Guitars''
* [[Jesper Strömblad]] - ''Drums'' (credited as drummer, but does not play on this album)
{{HammerFall}}
[[Category:1997 albums]]
[[Category:HammerFall albums]]
[[Category:Debut albums]]


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This article is about the album by Carrie Underwood. For the structures used in amusement parks and carnivals, see Amusement ride.
Untitled

Carnival Ride is the second studio album from American country pop artist Carrie Underwood. It was released in the United States on October 23, 2007.[2][3] It has been certified 2× Multi-Platinum by the RIAA.[4] The album includes the #1 country singles "So Small", "All-American Girl" and "Last Name", which are all co-wrote by Underwood. The album debuted at #1 on the US Billboard 200 Chart selling 527,000 copies, giving Underwood her first #1 album.

History

Underwood has explained the meaning behind the album's title and theme, saying:

You step onto this ride called life, and it’s a crazy thing you don’t know anything about, but you get on it anyway. You do what you can to lean different directions to try and get it to go where you want it to go, but you can’t stop it – it just keeps moving. That’s why Carnival Ride works as my album title, because it describes the wonderful craziness that I’ve been through over the past couple years.[2]

Carnival Ride became Underwood’s first number-one album on the U.S. Billboard 200, selling 527,000 copies in its first week of release.[5] In its second week the album sold less than 190,000 copies. The album also debuted at number 1 on the Top Digital Albums, Top Country Albums, Top Canadian Albums and the United World Chart.

As of September 18, 2008, Carnival Ride has been present on the U.S. Billboard 200 for 46 weeks, and it is at #45.

To date, it has sold about 2,340,000 copies in the U.S. Carnival Ride has also been certificated Double Platinum.

The album is nominated in the "Album of the year" category for 2008 CMA Awards of Country Music Association.

Reception

Critical reception of the album so far has been mainly positive. The first official review of the album from Allmusic, gave it 4 out of 5 stars, on par with what they gave her debut. The site classified the album as "completely contemporary country", and said "the remarkable thing about Carnival Ride is that it's stronger song for song than Some Hearts." They also praised the album for having "the appearance of a genuine heart, something that no other big country-pop album has had since the glory days of Come on Over."[6]

USA Today also praised the album for its versatility saying "The songs call for vulnerability (You Won’t Find This), urgency (Flat on the Floor), sympathy (Crazy Dreams, her co-written salute to “the hairbrush singers and dashboard drummers” from whose ranks she sprang), humor (The More Boys I Meet, the tag line of which goes “The more I love my dog”) and extreme role-playing (Last Name’s saga of a bar pickup that turns into an impulsive Vegas marriage). She delivers on all counts."[7] The Boston Herald gave the album a B, and claimed, "Underwood manages enough spunk to occasionally avoid the cookie-cutter."[8]

Individual tracks

Two of this album's tracks have been previously recorded by other artists. "Flat on the Floor" was previously cut by singer Katrina Elam on her unreleased 2007 album Turn Me Up, and was a #52 hit on the country charts for her that year. "I Told You So" is a cover of a song previously cut by Randy Travis on his 1988 album Always & Forever. Travis' version of the song was a Number One hit on the country charts that year.

Singles

"So Small" served as the lead single for the album, debuted on the on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs at #20, making the highest chart entry by a solo country female artist in 43 years of Nielsen BDS history, and eventually stayed at #1 for 3 weeks. It also became her fifth top 20 hit when it peaked #17 on U.S. Billboard Hot 100. "All-American Girl", the second single from the album, continued the success by hitting #1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs and stayed there for 2 weeks, and also managed to be a top 40 single on U.S. Billboard Hot 100, peaked #27. The next single, "Last Name", became Carrie's fastest single to hit #1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs with 13 weeks, but only managed to stay there for 1 week. It is also Carrie's sixth top 20 hit, reaching #19 on U.S. Billboard Hot 100. The fourth single, "Just a Dream", entered the top five on the country charts in October 2008.

Track listing

  1. "Flat on the Floor" (Ashley Monroe, Brett James) – 3:18
  2. "All-American Girl" (Ashley Gorley, Carrie Underwood, Kelley Lovelace) – 3:32
  3. "So Small" (Luke Laird, Hillary Lindsey, Underwood) – 3:47
  4. "Just a Dream" (Gordie Sampson, Steven McEwan, H. Lindsey) – 4:44
  5. "Get Out of This Town" (Sampson, McEwan, H. Lindsey) – 3:02
  6. "Crazy Dreams" (George Barry Dean, Troy Verges, Underwood) – 3:36
  7. "I Know You Won't" (Wendell Mobley, Neil Thrasher, McEwan) – 4:19
  8. "Last Name" (Laird, Lindsey, Underwood) – 4:01
  9. "You Won't Find This" (Cathy Dennis, Tom Shapiro) – 3:19
  10. "I Told You So" (Randy Travis) – 4:17
  11. "The More Boys I Meet" (Scott Kennedy, McEwan) – 3:33
  12. "Twisted" (Laird, H. Lindsey, James) – 3:56
  13. "Wheel of the World" (H. Lindsey, Chris Lindsey, Aimee Mayo) – 4:42

Target Special Edition

Limited Edition CD/DVD versions were available at Target. The DVD included live acoustic performances, as well as a five-part interview.

  1. "So Small"
  2. "Get Out of This Town"
  3. "Just a Dream"
  4. "The More Boys I Meet"

Platinum Musicpass

A special digital copy was released on January 15, 2008, which included a new unreleased track and two music videos.

  1. "Sometimes You Leave" (Chris Tompkins, Kara Dioguardi, Shridhar Solanki) – 4:16
  2. "So Small" (video only)
  3. "Before He Cheats" (video only)

Holiday Deluxe Edition

On October 21, 2008, a 2-disc set will be released at Wal-Mart. The second CD will contain five Christmas tracks, of which all were available for radio download on September 29, 2008

  1. "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing"
  2. "O Holy Night"
  3. "The First Noel"
  4. "What Child Is This?"
  5. "Do You Hear What I Hear"

Release History

Region Date
United States October 23, 2007
Canada
Philippines
Korea
Australia November 3, 2007
New Zealand
Germany November 9, 2007
Austria November 23, 2007
Switzerland November 30, 2007
Thailand January 28, 2008
United Kingdom July 7, 2008
Brazil July 13, 2008

Chart performance

Album

Chart (2007) Peak chart
position[9][10][11]
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 1
U.S. Billboard 200 1
Canadian Country Albums Chart 1
Top Canadian Albums 1
Australia Country Albums Chart 9
United World Chart 1
Certification in US: 2× Multi-Platinum[12]

Singles

Year Single Peak chart positions[11][13][14] RIAA
[15]
US Country US Hot 100 US Pop 100 US Digital CAN Country CAN Hot 100
2007 "So Small" 1 17 23 6 3 14 Gold
"All-American Girl" 1 27 50 26 1 45
2008 "Last Name" 1 19 37 18 3 34
"Just a Dream"[A][B] 4 41 59 2 53
Notes
  • A ^ Current single.
  • B ^ "Just a Dream" charted for one week on the Pop 100 under unsolicited airplay in 2007 where it peaked at #96.

References

  1. ^ Bird, Rick (2007-06-21). "Mayer slings his guitar on 'Continuum' tour". The Cincinnati Post. E. W. Scripps Company. p. T3. Retrieved 2007-06-25. {{cite news}}: More than one of |author= and |last= specified (help)
  2. ^ a b "Carrie Underwood Invites Fans Along for a Carnival Ride" (Press release). Arista Nashville. 2007-08-29. Retrieved 2007-08-30. {{cite press release}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  3. ^ "Carrie Underwood plans fall CD release". MSNBC. 2007-07-17. Retrieved 2007-08-06. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  4. ^ "Carrie Underwood's Carnival Ride Certified Double Platinum, as 2007 Marks Another Milestone Year!" (Press release). Arista Nashville. 2007-12-14. Retrieved 2007-12-16. {{cite press release}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  5. ^ Hasty, Katie (2007-10-31). "Underwood Leads Three Country Debuts Onto Chart". Billboard Magazine. Retrieved 2007-10-31.
  6. ^ "allmusic (Carnival Ride)". allmusic. Retrieved 2007-10-23.
  7. ^ "USA Today (Carnival Ride)". USA Today. Retrieved 2007-10-24.
  8. ^ "Boston Herald (Carnival Ride)". Boston Herald. Retrieved 2007-10-24.
  9. ^ "Billboard Chart Positions". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-02-07..
  10. ^ Williams, John. "Carrie Underwood rides to No. 1". Canoe.ca. Retrieved 2008-02-09.
  11. ^ a b "Carrie Underwood — Music Charts". acharts.us. Retrieved 2008-02-07.
  12. ^ "Carrie Underwood's Carnival Ride Certified Double Platinum, as 2007 Marks Another Milestone Year!" (Press release). Arista Nashville. 2007-12-14. Retrieved 2007-12-16. {{cite press release}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  13. ^ "Billboard Chart Positions — Singles". allmusic. Retrieved 2008-07-27.
  14. ^ "Hot Christian Adult Contemporary search results for Carrie Underwood". Billboard. Retrieved 2008-03-04.
  15. ^ "RIAA — Carrie Underwood singles". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 2008-07-27.
Preceded by Top Country Albums
November 10 2007 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Billboard 200 number-one album
November 10,2007
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