🤔 I guess that one too
― nomar, Wednesday, 7 December 2016 18:16 (seven years ago) link
should have a platinum poll. we're actually getting close to her having enough songs for one of these artist polls or a listen thread
― nomar, Wednesday, 7 December 2016 19:46 (seven years ago) link
there's nothing wrong with "somethin bad"
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 7 December 2016 21:51 (seven years ago) link
Platinum was my favorite album of 2014, and while I won't change my ranking its flaws grate on me more than ever: the dismissal of loose, catty women using loose, catty terms; the facile gestures towards an imagined past of awesome VCRs or something; the neither-here-nor-thereness of "Somethin' Bad." What I love about TWOTW is how she's past this nonsense -- she figured out what she wants to say and whom to hire so she can say it. Maybe the road as controlling metaphor liberated her songwriting.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 7 December 2016 21:58 (seven years ago) link
"neither-here-nor-thereness"?
i mean, it's a flippant song that knows it's throwaway, and you definitely don't get that on the new one...
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 7 December 2016 22:02 (seven years ago) link
she figured out what she wants to say and whom to hire so she can say it.
talk about damning with faint praise
― Wimmels, Thursday, 8 December 2016 01:53 (seven years ago) link
WHAT
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 8 December 2016 03:09 (seven years ago) link
I don't get that at all
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 8 December 2016 04:53 (seven years ago) link
Isn't that one of the reasons everyone loves Beyonce?
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Thursday, 8 December 2016 11:52 (seven years ago) link
Xgau only gives it a B+: https://noisey.vice.com/en_us/article/country-livin-with-miranda-lambert-margaret-glaspy-and-more-expert-witness-with-robert-christgau
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 9 December 2016 21:48 (seven years ago) link
just wanted to link a couple of rly good pieces of writing about this
http://www.mtv.com/news/2957832/miranda-lambert-weight-wings-review/
http://www.vulture.com/2016/11/album-review-miranda-lamberts-wings.html
― lex pretend, Thursday, 15 December 2016 19:26 (seven years ago) link
I love Jewly Hight
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 15 December 2016 19:28 (seven years ago) link
I was sure I was going to dislike "Pink Sunglasses' but then that "$9.99" part in the chorus happened.
― Wimmels, Tuesday, December 6, 2016 7:37 AM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
assuming no abrupt neocommunist revolution before new years, this was the best part of 2016
― difficult listening hour, Friday, 16 December 2016 08:11 (seven years ago) link
also that's a steal for polarized ones imo
― difficult listening hour, Friday, 16 December 2016 08:15 (seven years ago) link
which is why it's right that it's the most ecstatic part of the song
― difficult listening hour, Friday, 16 December 2016 08:17 (seven years ago) link
"To Learn Her" is like some lost country gem
― Heez, Monday, 9 January 2017 06:00 (seven years ago) link
can't get over how good this album is
― Heez, Monday, 9 January 2017 06:01 (seven years ago) link
Album of the Year winner at ACM last night. I'm fairly confident thinking it's her best album -- I listen to it at least three or four times a month.
I updated a quick best-of playlist I assembled last year.
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 4 April 2017 01:43 (seven years ago) link
i like it but i generally struggle with long albums. i should return to it tho.
― dyl, Tuesday, 4 April 2017 15:11 (seven years ago) link
"Ugly Lights," guys
― horseshoe, Friday, 14 April 2017 19:15 (seven years ago) link
I was in my brother-in-law's truck this morning while he switched through various pop-country stations and "Tin Man" came on, sounding utterly unlike anything else that popped up
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Saturday, 15 April 2017 18:09 (seven years ago) link
i'm really glad her label's giving that one a chance on the radio
people reacted really strongly to her performing it on the acm awards
― dyl, Saturday, 15 April 2017 19:53 (seven years ago) link
yeah the clearchannel dweeb doing the countdown thing mentioned that specifically
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Saturday, 15 April 2017 23:11 (seven years ago) link
been coming back to "use my heart" a lot recently
― Heez, Sunday, 16 April 2017 02:42 (seven years ago) link
Upon its release in late 2016, The Weight of These Wings was accompanied by a deluxe, hardbound book, containing exclusive images and details about the album’s creative and recording process of which only a few hundred copies were printed. Now, those images and words have been combined with official videos and previously unheard audio interviews from Lambert.
Today Lambert launches her a one-of-a-kind, interactive Virtual Book for The Weight Of These Wings, where fans can visit TheWeightOfTheseWings.com, connect to their own Spotify accounts with a single click, and stream all of The Weight Of These Wings double album 24 songs, which were originally spread across two CDs (and six sides of vinyl), thematically dubbed ‘The Nerve’ and ‘The Heart.’
― maura, Tuesday, 20 March 2018 18:31 (six years ago) link
New Miranda's song. Way more rock than I was expecting.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJqNGUwfL_4
― Nourry, Wednesday, 14 August 2019 16:16 (four years ago) link
I like "All Comes Out in the Wash" best of the first three single.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 14 August 2019 16:52 (four years ago) link
New singles not doing much for me alas
― Simon H., Wednesday, 14 August 2019 17:11 (four years ago) link
album art is outstandingly terrible
― american bradass (BradNelson), Friday, 16 August 2019 02:58 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnsQwvhuRiI
love this though
― american bradass (BradNelson), Friday, 16 August 2019 03:00 (four years ago) link
bluebird is really nice
― J0rdan S., Friday, 16 August 2019 03:13 (four years ago) link
man "runnin just in case" is so good
― J0rdan S., Friday, 16 August 2019 03:16 (four years ago) link
^^^^^
― Tim F, Friday, 16 August 2019 07:42 (four years ago) link
this is the only album i've listened to for the last 2 days
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 17 August 2019 03:35 (four years ago) link
i can't believe alfred was hating on tin man
this ACM performance is stunning https://www.facebook.com/mirandalambert/videos/10155657238850742/?v=10155657238850742
"smoking jacket" into "pushin time" is my favorite pivot on this album
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 17 August 2019 03:39 (four years ago) link
the perpetual shimmer of "dear old sun" and "i've got wheels" really rewards you for making it thru all 24 songs
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 17 August 2019 04:06 (four years ago) link
of the new songs, i'm into "mess with my head". it some weird parts but i like the chorus a lot... power pop sounds good on her. "bluebird" is good too.. "all comes out in the wash" is a cool concept but the song is kinda forgettable to me. "locomotive" was prob fun for her to record but not really her best context
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 17 August 2019 05:54 (four years ago) link
there is a great line in "bluebird"... "if love keeps giving me lemons / i'll just mix em in my drink"
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 17 August 2019 05:56 (four years ago) link
"little red wagon" legit is written like a be your own pet song
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 17 August 2019 06:05 (four years ago) link
good morning!
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 17 August 2019 11:17 (four years ago) link
hey, its host album is her best
"i've got wheels" fucks me up
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 22 August 2019 04:47 (four years ago) link
fans of this record should watch this PBS special https://www.pbs.org/video/cma-songwriters-series-presents-miranda-lambert-2xrnpj/
^thanks for the PBS link. Interesting that she had so many different co-writers and yet the album comes across with a consistent voice. Such a great record.
― that's not my post, Friday, 23 August 2019 05:32 (four years ago) link
bluebird IS good, isn't it
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 23 August 2019 12:52 (four years ago) link
i will say that when she opens the song with "Yeah I'm a Turner...", I involuntarily chimed in with "And You're a Hooch" and I have to say I frankly think I should get a CMA songwriter nomination for that
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 23 August 2019 14:23 (four years ago) link
https://youtu.be/t4VoWQS5RyY
also not for me. maybe next cycle
― Simon H., Monday, 26 August 2019 16:37 (four years ago) link
damn, at this rate she's gonna put out every damn song on the album before the release date, which is still two months away.
― Evans on Hammond (evol j), Friday, 30 August 2019 13:24 (four years ago) link
The guitar sound is nice, but I've heard this thing from her already.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 30 August 2019 13:29 (four years ago) link