Miranda Lambert - Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
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Artist: Miranda LambertBrand: Baker & Taylor
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2007-05-01
Model: 00828767893228
Music Label: Sony
Soundtracks:
- Gunpowder & Lead
- Dry Town
- Famous In A Small Town
- Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
- Love Letters
- Desperation
- More Like Her
- Down
- Guilty In Here
- Getting Ready
- Easy From Now On
Music reviews of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
Music Review: CRAZY Like A Fox!!
Rating: 4 Stars
O.K., I'll be honest....upon my first few listens of Miranda Lambert's sophomore effort, CRAZY EX-GIRLFRIEND, I was....dare I say it?!?...disappointed. Oh, sure, it was still obvious that this woman was meant to be a star, but something was just missing, and I wasn't sure what. Was it the sense of innocence, joy and "Hey, Mom, I'm making a record!!" that permeated her excellent 2005 debut KEROSENE? I wasn't sure. However, after repeated spins, I started seeing the disc in a new light. True, the charming naivete of the first album was still pretty much nowhere to be found, but another stunning quality had reared it's artistic head to take it's place. I know I'm going out on a limb here when I say this, but, as she continues to mature, Lambert could very well be the Emmylou Harris of her generation. Like that grande dame of Country, Lambert already has, and is brilliantly honing, the innate ability to hop from genre to genre, style to style, without it ever seeming forced, clumsy or uncomfortable. Things kick off with the sassy "Gunpowder & Lead." From it's roaring guitars to it's sly lead vocal, this is the kind of cut that sets Lambert apart from the rest of the pack. Add strong lyrics ("Slapped my face and he shook me like a rag doll/Don't that sound like a real man/I'm gonna show him what a little girl's made of/Gunpowder & Lead") and you start things off with - no pun intended! - a bang! From there we segue into the honky-tonk swing of David Rawlings' and Gillian Welch's "Dry Town." Amid a buoyant arrangement and effervescent lead vocal, Lambert practically kicks up her heels and dances thru the number! The high point? The almost giddy way she delivers the lines "I figured I'd need about a six of Miller/And one of them things so I wouldn't spill her!" Up next is "Famous In A Small Town", the first of four songs once again co-written with fellow Nashville Star alum Travis Howard (why hasn't a label signed this guy?!?). Along with it's easy groove and relaxed lead vocal, "Famous...." stands out for another reason; it seems as if every young country artist today HAS TO include a song about how wonderful it is growing up in a small town. Thankfully, Lambert puts a different spin on it, and the results come across as fresh and clever instead of trite and cliched. The disc's title track is one of the album's few missteps....the arrangement is just too busy and, both lyrically and vocally, Lambert comes across as somewhat of a poseur, like she's trying too hard (though I do love the line "'Cause baby to a hammer everything looks like a nail"). Far superior is the delicate weeper "Love Letters." There's a classic country sway to this Lambert original that's equal parts hopeful and heartbroken. Nothing ornate, the cut is simple, yet elegant. From it's opening line of "Throw a dog a bone, I'll take it if I have to", there's a quiet....well, desperation!....to "Desperation." Backed by a subdued arrangement and a plaintive lead vocal, it's lines such as "What's the use of standing right there on the edge if there ain't no where to fall", "Complicated words slipping off of your tongue and ain't one of them the truth" and "Well it's too damn bad you didn't have a chance to make me your best friend" that prove just what a strong writer Lambert truly is. Lyrically speaking, "Desperation" is CRAZY's strongest cut. A real winner! Right behind it, though, is the tender "More Like Her." Sort of a sequel to KEROSENE's "Greyhound Bound For Nowhere", Lambert's heart is on her sleeve - it can't be easy being "the other woman"....it must be a TOTAL drag to actually respect and/or admire your competition as well! Gorgeous....simply gorgeous! There's some nice finger-pickin' going on throughout "Down", but, overall, the track comes across as somewhat faked and forced. It's all attitude and image, with very little content. We all KNOW Lambert is a bad-a**....continually TELLING us just lessens the effect! On the flipside, there's a sense of fun and a high energy level to "Guilty In Here" that feels earthy and natural. The instrumentation crackles with a tight, propulsive groove, while Lambert's spirited lead vocal wraps around clever lyrics ("But that boy's like a sore in your mouth that you just have to bite"). Smart and smooth, "Guilty In Here" is a good time, plain and simple! Another of the album's high points is Lambert's cover of Patty Griffin's "Getting Ready." Edgy and intense, this alt-country number has the same kind of lively vibe found on Emmylou Harris' take on Griffin's "One Big Love." Amidst slightly skewered guitars and a hypnotic chorus, Lambert alternates between spitting the words out and purring them (just listen to the lines "I know all the magic's gone/Wish I had a magic wand/I would put a spell on you/You would see it as I do"). To quote another line....."Oh baby baby!!!" Get this on the radio....NOW!! Things wrap up with Lambert's sweet, soulful and sexy take on Carlene Carter's and Susanna Clark's lovely "Easy From Now On." Simple, yet satisfying, it closes the album on a subdued, classy note. And that's a good way to describe Miranda Lambert herself....a class act who is living up to the "Star" potential....both "Nashville" and otherwise!....promised when she first hit the scene four years ago. CRAZY EX-GIRLFRIEND proves once again that, A) you don't always have to win to be a/the winner, and B) Miss Lambert is here to stay (As with all my reviews, I'm giving the disc an extra half a star for including the lyrics).
Description of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
All products are BRAND NEW and factory sealed. Fast shipping and 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed.There's no sophomore slump for Miranda Lambert, who follows her chart-topping debut, Kerosene, with a knockout punch. Both the title cut and the album-opening "Gunpowder & Lead" ("what little girls are made of") show that Lambert hasn't lost her edge or her appetite for revenge. Yet the quieter "Desperation," the more tuneful and tender "Love Letters," the wistful "More Like Her," and the primally intense "Down" show her emotional range and maturity. While her songwriting remains a strength, Lambert also displays superb taste in other people's material, with "Dry Town" (by Gillian Welch), "Getting Ready" (a new song from Patty Griffin), and "Easy from Now On" (with the lyric that provided the title to Emmylou Harris's classic Quarter Moon in a Ten-Cent Town) reinforcing the musical quality. There isn't a throwaway cut here. --Don McLeese
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