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Song of the Day #1,488: ‘Only Prettier’ – Miranda Lambert

Two years after her breakout sophomore album, Miranda Lambert returned to the airwaves with 2009’s Revolution, a sprawling, ambitious trek through a wide range of sounds and subject matter.

This was the album that earned Lambert mainstream attention, even before it was released. I read about her for the first time in an Entertainment Weekly article previewing Revolution and describing her brand of tough-girl-with-a-soft-side country music. The article piqued my interest but not enough to get me to buy the album.

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Song of the Day #1,487: ‘Gunpowder and Lead’ – Miranda Lambert

Miranda Lambert’s second album, 2007’s Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, made her a star with critics. She was hailed as the brightest new country music voice in a generation — the next Loretta Lynn.

She was also a hit with country fans, her album reaching #1 on those charts for the second time, though she didn’t enjoy much crossover success.

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Song of the Day #1,486: ‘Mama, I’m Alright’ – Miranda Lambert

I’ve done a lot of theme weeks this year (dedicating six weeks at a time to my decade lists) but I haven’t done a good old-fashioned single-artist chronological theme week in a long time.

Well, who better to get me back in the swing of things than my favorite country artist — and one of my favorites all around — Miranda Lambert?

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Song of the Day #1,336: ‘Me & Charlie Talking’ – Miranda Lambert

I keep waiting for these Random Weekends to turn up something truly horrible or embarrassing, a song so pathetic that is forces my loyal readers to second-guess my value not just as a music lover but as a human being.

Hasn’t happened yet, which I guess speaks well of my music collection. But I’m only a month or so into this, so I know that moment is lurking out there.

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Song of the Day #1,269: ‘Baggage Claim’ – Miranda Lambert

Top Ten Songs of 2011 – #9

Miranda Lambert’s Four the Record is my favorite album of 2011, so it might seem weird that its only song on my top ten countdown is sitting at #9.

But I think the album’s overall strength and consistency keeps it from having the sort of standout track that places higher on a list like this. I could have easily chosen the compelling ‘Mama’s Broken Heart,’ the aching ‘Look at Miss Ohio,’ the old-school ‘Same Old You’ or any of a dozen other songs to represent this great record.

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