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Biography
Miranda
Lambert is a country singer/songwriter who first gained fame
as a finalist on Nashville Star. Her first album, Kerosene,
soared to #1 on the country charts in 2005. Her second album,
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend was released in 2007.
Discography
Kerosene
(2005)
Crazy
Ex-Girlfriend (2007)
Links
myspace
official
website
Reviews
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Miranda
Lambert-Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
Record
Label: Sony
Year: 2007
Track Listing:
01. Gunpowder And Lead
02. Dry Town
03. Famous In A Small Town
04. Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
05. Love Letters
06. Desperation
07. More Like Her
08. Down
09. Guilty In Here
10. Getting Ready
11. Easy From Now On
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Review
by Janine Macdonald
Miranda
Lambert burst onto the music scene four years ago, as one
of the finalists from Nashville Star. Since then she has not
looked back. Her debut album, Kerosene, peaked at #1 on the
U.S country charts and showed the world what she was made
of. Her sophomore album continues from there.
Yet again, Miranda pulls no punches with tracks such as “Crazy
Ex-Girlfriend”, and “Gunpowder And Lead”
about hell-raising and revenge.
Lambert
has built her new album around the tough-chick persona with
lines such as “his fist is big but my gun's bigger/he'll
find out when I pull the trigger” in “Gunpowder
And Lead”. It’s a move that may hinder her career
if she strays too far from the persona she has developed for
herself. For now though it’s doing just the opposite,
the tough-chick persona drawing in new fans for Lambert.
The
fact that she not only has a beautiful voice to go with that
gutsy attitude, and but is also a talented songwriter doesn’t
hurt either. At only 23, Lambert has co-written every track
on Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, bar for three. It’s a standout
achievement for someone so young, especially with lyrics that
have meaning, are strong and intelligent.
This hasn’t stopped her from appreciating the writing
talents of other big names though, such as Gillian Welch (“Dry
Town”) and Carlene Carter (“Easy From Now On”.)
While
Lambert has the ability to inflict a gutsy tone to “Gunpowder
And Lead”, “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” and “Famous
In A Small Town”, she can just easily switch to sincerity,
and a poignancy for “Love Letters” and “More
Like Her”.
The
only negative aspect I can see to Crazy Ex-Girlfriend is that
that while the songs are beautifully sung and well-written
a few of them remind me of other country singer’s songs
that are very similar.
“Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” is reminiscent of Carrie
Underwood’s “Before He Cheats” and her stellar
track “Gunpowder And Lead” reminds me of The Dixie
Chicks “Goodbye Earl” or even Martina McBride’s
“Independence Day”.
Despite
this, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend is probably one of the best country
CD’s to come out so far this year. It showcases a multitude
of talents in the form of Lambert, and I look forward in seeing
what else she can produce.
Tracks not to miss: “Gunpowder And Lead”, “Crazy
Ex-Girlfriend”, “Famous In A Small Town”
and “More Like Her”.
I
give it 4/5
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