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Song of the Day #2,936: ‘Vice’ – Miranda Lambert

miranda_lambert_viceFew things get me quite as giddy as the prospect of new music from Miranda Lambert. And given the high-profile break-up of her marriage to fellow country superstar Blake Shelton, her next album promises to be a doozy.

Will she be in full hell-on-heels mode, seeking unholy revenge like the heroine of one of her early country-rock songs? Or will she be resigned and defeated, like in ‘Dead Flowers,’ where she achingly sang that “he ain’t feeling anything… my love, my hurt or the sting of this rain?”

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Song of the Day #2,380: ‘Priscilla’ – Miranda Lambert

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Best Songs of 2014 – #2
‘Priscilla’ – Miranda Lambert

For the second time since 2011, Miranda Lambert released my favorite album of the year. Platinum, like its predecessor, finds her at the peak of her powers, bending country music to her will, practically becoming her own genre.

The best song on an album full of great ones is ‘Priscilla,’ Lambert’s plea to the former Mrs. Presley for advice on how to manage a marriage in the spotlight.

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Song of the Day #2,318: ‘Look at Miss Ohio’ – Miranda Lambert

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Best Albums of the 10s So Far
#2 – Miranda Lambert – Look at Miss Ohio

 
First of all, Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours! Now, on to business.

I know, the naysayers out there are crying out “Two Miranda Lambert albums in the top five?!”

And to the naysayers, I reply “Show me two albums on this list I’ve listened to more often than those over the past five years.”

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Song of the Day #2,315: ‘Platinum’ – Miranda Lambert

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Best Albums of the 10s So Far
#5 – Miranda Lambert – Platinum

 
This is Miranda Lambert’s second appearance on this list, counting her record with Pistol Annies. Will it be her last?

Every musical career evolves in a different way. All artists have ebbs and flows, some that come early, others that come late. Some start quietly, releasing forgettable albums through which they find their footing before making their mark a few records down the line. Others roar out of the gate with a striking debut only to fizzle a bit on a second or third album.

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Song of the Day #2,272: ‘Hard Staying Sober’ – Miranda Lambert

miranda_lambert_platinumIn a cute, and probably predictable, turn of events, my 8-year-old daughter Fiona has become a bigger Miranda Lambert fan than I am.

She insists on hearing “her favorite singer” every morning on the way to school and goes to bed each night with Lambert’s latest album, Platinum, playing on her nightstand.

She even has a grand plan to get on The Voice and choose Blake Shelton as her coach during the blind auditions so that she can go to his house and meet his wife. After which she’d quit the show.

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