fans of this record should watch this PBS special https://www.pbs.org/video/cma-songwriters-series-presents-miranda-lambert-2xrnpj/
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 22 August 2019 04:47 (five years ago) link
^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 (five years ago) link
bluebird IS good, isn't it
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 23 August 2019 12:52 (five 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 (five years ago) link
https://youtu.be/t4VoWQS5RyY
also not for me. maybe next cycle
― Simon H., Monday, 26 August 2019 16:37 (five 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 (five 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 (five years ago) link
put out another new one “pretty bitchin” which is awesome
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 5 September 2019 15:46 (five years ago) link
discovered last night that the album this thread is dedicated to is absolutely one of my favorite albums of all time. even the sequencing is incredible
― american bradass (BradNelson), Thursday, 5 September 2019 16:09 (five years ago) link
correct
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 5 September 2019 16:11 (five years ago) link
another awesome one
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAmD9U2hH4A
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 10 October 2019 16:54 (four years ago) link
the final stretch of this album is shaping up very nicely
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 10 October 2019 17:09 (four years ago) link
I like to love about half of it. I regret that she's returned to shtick after the last album's small-burrow strokes. Two songs ("Locomotive" and "Settling Down") are among her best.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 10 October 2019 18:04 (four years ago) link
i revisited crazy ex-girlfriend today and keep thinking she’s the greatest artist of my lifetime. she was due for another four the record i guess but i’m guessing i’ll still love it
― american bradass (BradNelson), Thursday, 10 October 2019 22:09 (four years ago) link
she's the best recordmaker of the last decade, no question
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 10 October 2019 22:19 (four years ago) link
and I'll keep calling TWOTW her best until I'm blue, but, yeah, none of her records approaches "meh" except FTR.
Kerosene's the one that keeps knocking me out. She had found her voice so soon!
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 10 October 2019 22:20 (four years ago) link
Somehow the deceptive simplicity in Swift's songwriting makes me rate her higher among their generation but really it's neck and neck.
I think "Revolution" would be my pick but crazy ex-girlfriend, platinum all floor me. The Pistol Annies from last year was also right up there.
With Weight, there's a degree of Dave Cobb-ness that puts me away but I should really go back to it.
― cpl593H, Thursday, 10 October 2019 22:33 (four years ago) link
Yes to Tequila Does and all the praise for TWOTW
― that's not my post, Friday, 11 October 2019 04:12 (four years ago) link
i love "bluebird" "pretty bitchin" and "tequila does" off this record
based on structure i feel like this is looking a bit like platinum
― J0rdan S., Friday, 11 October 2019 17:49 (four years ago) link
"Dark Bar" has a danger she's rarely attempted.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 11 October 2019 17:56 (four years ago) link
aside from "way too pretty for prison" and "locomotive" this album sounded pretty great to me... the final 4 songs make for a predictably wonderful closing stretch
― J0rdan S., Friday, 1 November 2019 05:52 (four years ago) link
"Settling Down," "Fire Escape," and "Track Record" are my favorites.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 1 November 2019 10:50 (four years ago) link
Yeah love "Track Record"
― Heez, Saturday, 2 November 2019 03:17 (four years ago) link
followed beautifully by "dark bars"
― Heez, Saturday, 2 November 2019 03:40 (four years ago) link
"dark bars" is really great... the line about lifeguards
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 2 November 2019 03:41 (four years ago) link
yesss. "how dare you love" is a stunner too
― Heez, Saturday, 2 November 2019 03:47 (four years ago) link
"dark bars" is so good
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 7 November 2019 02:53 (four years ago) link
you're welcome!
This needs its own thread
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 7 November 2019 02:59 (four years ago) link
it's a really gentle production for such a sad song and more texturally interesting than it lets on at first
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 7 November 2019 03:01 (four years ago) link
"Track Record," another chapter in the "Kerosene/Crazy Ex-Girlfriend" book, gets me with its jangly guitars -- it's those songs played by Tom Petty.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 7 November 2019 03:05 (four years ago) link
i really like the opening & closing clusters of songs on Wildcard.
― quinn morgendorffer stan account (morrisp), Thursday, 7 November 2019 23:38 (four years ago) link
"Dark Bars," yes; "White Trash" meh.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 7 November 2019 23:39 (four years ago) link
I like "White Trash!" (I see Luke Dick and Natalie Hembie both wrote on it... to circle back to my posts here)
― quinn morgendorffer stan account (morrisp), Thursday, 7 November 2019 23:43 (four years ago) link
(I should mention that "Man, I Feel Like a Woman" is in my all-time top-10 -- so big, unabashedly corny country-pop songs are right up my avenue.)
― quinn morgendorffer stan account (morrisp), Thursday, 7 November 2019 23:48 (four years ago) link
Dick & Hemby also wrote on the excellent "Highway Vagabond," track 2 on The Weight of These Wings (to hew to the thread topic)
― quinn morgendorffer stan account (morrisp), Thursday, 7 November 2019 23:51 (four years ago) link
I whittled this down to a 10 song playlist and it’s perfect
― Heez, Thursday, 7 November 2019 23:51 (four years ago) link
finally getting around to this
man, the guitar tones on "mess with my head"
― american bradass (BradNelson), Friday, 8 November 2019 00:30 (four years ago) link
(i only caught maybe two of the singles so most of this is new to me)
― american bradass (BradNelson), Friday, 8 November 2019 00:32 (four years ago) link
Well, good. You can decide whether "Locomotive" and "Bluebird" and "Settling Down" are as good as I think.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 8 November 2019 00:41 (four years ago) link
"locomotive" and "bluebird" are amazing ("bluebird" was one of the ones i'd heard)
― american bradass (BradNelson), Friday, 8 November 2019 00:53 (four years ago) link
oh so was "locomotive" actually but it grew on me heavily, generally i'll listen to her sing over any overdriven wall of guitars
― american bradass (BradNelson), Friday, 8 November 2019 00:54 (four years ago) link
c/o the Rosanna Cash thread
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihyHTKqBU5Q
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 8 November 2019 00:56 (four years ago) link
basically love every song on this except for "way too pretty for prison" which could've spent a little more time in the song incubator
― american bradass (BradNelson), Friday, 8 November 2019 13:21 (four years ago) link
as an album it's a little all over the place and weirdly-paced like platinum and revolution, which are two excellent albums so i'm not exactly complaining
― american bradass (BradNelson), Friday, 8 November 2019 13:24 (four years ago) link
she's the goat
― american bradass (BradNelson), Friday, 8 November 2019 13:26 (four years ago) link
Best of the decade.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 8 November 2019 13:45 (four years ago) link
Way to pretty for prison surprised me - it’s markedly inferior to Stripes by Brandy Clark.
― that's not my post, Friday, 8 November 2019 13:45 (four years ago) link
It's on par with Goodbye Earl.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 8 November 2019 14:05 (four years ago) link
“Pretty Bitchin’” is such an awesome personal anthem.
― quinn morgendorffer stan account (morrisp), Friday, 8 November 2019 15:53 (four years ago) link
listened this morning. first impression: seems to get better in the second half. some of the uptempo or rockier ones were misses but the ballads were uniformly good, some truly great
― flopson, Friday, 8 November 2019 20:01 (four years ago) link