As a long time fan of Carrie Underwood, James was looking forward to getting his hands on new album, 'Cry Pretty', particularly after loving pre-release songs, 'Cry Pretty' and 'Love Wins'.
And then he listened to it all weekend.
Listen in to find out why he's struggling to connect with it and why, in his opinion, Carrie might have made the first 'bad' album of her career. ('Bad' being an incendiary word so that you all listen in - it's not a 'bad' album - but it's not that good either!)
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