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Originally posted by bobbymfw
You might want to rethink that statement though. Kelly wrote very little of her debut album "Thankful" and finally started getting more involved with writing on "Breakaway". So far, we've only heard one album from Carrie (which she co-wrote one of the songs on)...maybe on her 2nd album she'll be more involved with the writing, but she hasn't had the chance yet. BTW, Kelly didn't write "Since U Been Gone" which remains her biggest hit. Kelly's lyrics could stand some improvement too--and that is not a matter of opinion, its a matter of fact.
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off topic but Kelly wrote more on her first album
Kelly co-wrote 4 of the songs on Thankful, including: Miss Independent, which was a big hit (a would-be #1 with downloads); The Trouble WIth Love Is, the album's final single (which did not do well but did gain her recognition on the Love Actually soundtrack); Thankful; and You Thought Wrong (which had great hit potential). Carrie co-wrote I Ain't In Checotah Anymore, and that probably wouldn't even be released to country, but regardless it could never be the Hot 100 hit Miss Independent was because of its strong country flavor.
And though Kelly didn't write Since U Been Gone, she did write every successive single; all of which went on to become big hits. And of course her lyrics could stand SOME improvement, since she's only been at it for a few years, but I would say that overall she has written some great lyrics, most notably Because of You and Addicted.
But what I was trying to say before anyway is that between the two songs, Never Again is Kelly's writing and Before He Cheats only has Carrie's vocals. BHC could be considered better than Never Again from a songwriting perspective, but that is not to Carrie's credit. So, to discredit Kelly as less deserving than Carrie it's only fair to compare the vocals and the performance, of which I can't say one is better than the other in this case. Maybe the Before He Cheats songwriters are more deserving than Kelly, but Carrie's vocal performance isn't in a different class from Never Again (which is performed very well).