Surface Wound - Carly Hennessy Smithson (2001)

And the hits just keep on coming. Many great songs from the album "Ultimate High" by the American Idol 7 contestant that finished 6th Carly Smithson. Carly was the focus of an article that appeared in February 2002 in the WALL STREET JOURNAL entitled "Pop Singer Fails to Strike a Chord Despite the Millions spent by MCA. The last paragraph of the rather lenghty article has a quote from Carly while she was preparing to return to Ireland. she said "This album is going to be huge, I won't stop until it is. Never give up on your dream. The wait may be over. Now that she's been eliminated I hope radio starts playing her music