Carlene Carter Fan Club: Music

THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS - January 14, 2007

Miss Carlene's first CD of original material in a whopping 11 years finds her refreshed and still full of crackling fire. Her voice is a bit deeper now, richer in spots, and she's obviously done with her troubled past, which she puts to rest on the prophetic title cut. But for the edgy country-rocker you once knew, home in on "The Bitter End," "I'm So Cool" (dig that electric guitar!) and the sprightly "Break My Little Heart." The disc's available at www.carlenecarter fanclub.com.
MARIO TARRADELL

NO DEPRESSION - March/April, 2007

Stronger is an album made up of songs both heavy and joyous, both dark and light. Carlene thinks it's most likely her best work to date. "It's an album about love, loss, inspiration. Faith," she says. "If people really listen to it, they'll know my story."

Stronger is also a record of catharsis, one in which Carter grieves her people and her old life while also celebrating her people and her new life. It is the culmination of a sort of modern-day story of Job, written after Carlene suffered the loss of four of the most important people in her world in a matter of one year.
SILAS HOUSE