Continuing my ranking of the songs on Miranda Lambert’s new album, Postcards from Texas…
#4. ‘No Man’s Land’
A recurring theme throughout Lambert’s career has been her restlessness. She has written at length about her inability to stay in one place, her desire to discover new people and places.
In ‘No Man’s Land,’ she explores for maybe the first time what that restlessness means when it comes to loving her. This is a warning about the challenge of winning her heart.
Continuing my ranking of the songs on Miranda Lambert’s new album, Postcards from Texas…
#5. ‘I Hate Love Songs’
Miranda Lambert has been married to her current husband longer than she was married to Blake Shelton, and she’s seemingly happier than ever. So I was quite surprised to find her writing at least a couple of songs on this album that explore the breakup of her first marriage.
‘I Hate Love Songs’ is one of them, and while I have no evidence that it’s about Blake Shelton, it’s hard to imagine it being about anyone else. And a song still to come on this list supports the theory.
I’ve mentioned the song that topped Billboard’s Hot 100 the week of October 13, 1984, three times before on the blog, but this is its first appearance as a song of the day.
Stevie Wonder’s ‘I Just Called to Say I Love You,’ the lead single from the film The Woman in Red, is famous — in my book — for winning the Best Song Oscar over much superior competition. This treacly love song beat out Deniece Williams’ ‘Let’s Hear it for the Boy’ and Kenny Loggins’ ‘Footloose’ as well as Phil Collins’ ‘Against All Odds’ and Ray Parker Jr.’s ‘Ghostbusters.’
Throwing back to the week of Oct. 12, 1974, we find Billy Preston atop the Billboard Hot 100 with ‘Nothing from Nothing,’ one of his three #1 hits, and one I’ve already featured on the blog.
At #2 that week was a collaboration between Dionne Warwick and The Spinners — ‘Then Came You’ — that eventually gave both artists their first chart-topping hit.
Continuing my ranking of the songs on Miranda Lambert’s new album, Postcards from Texas…
#6. ‘Bitch on the Sauce (Just Drunk)’
The back half of Postcards from Texas features only one foot-stomper, and it’s a great one. ‘Bitch on the Sauce (Just Drunk)’ finds Lambert drinking and thinking about calling an ex, unsure if her feelings are legit or just a product of the alcohol.
This song, like at least one other on the album, was written in 2015 in the aftermath of Lambert’s divorce from Blake Shelton. Musically it’s a bit of a romp, but the lyrics are pretty dark, and Lambert introduces hints of weary sadness in her vocals.
Meet Me In Montauk 