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Song of the Day #2,298: ‘Housewife’s Prayer’ – Pistol Annies

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Best Albums of the 10s So Far
#17 – Pistol Annies – Hell On Heels

 
Miranda Lambert is one of the artists making multiple appearances on this list, and she shows up first as part of Pistol Annies, the country girl group she formed with friends and fellow songwriters Angaleena Presley and Ashley Monroe.

The best supergroups feel not like stunts but an organic coming together of similar musical sensibilities. The Traveling Wilburys are an old-school example, and Pistol Annies work just as well as that grizzled bunch.

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Song of the Day #1,979: ‘Hush Hush’ – Pistol Annies

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I think Miranda Lambert has been around long enough now for me to consider her one of the most consistently great singer-songwriters I know.

Through four solo albums and two records with Pistol Annies, the woman has yet to release a bad song. And she’s delivered a boatload of truly great ones.

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Song of the Day #1,775: ‘Unhappily Married’ – Pistol Annies

pistol_annies_annie_upNovelty bands don’t generally make great second albums. The spark of ingenuity that led to their formation is good for one batch of songs and then the members retreat to their solo careers. If they reform again, the results tend to feel forced.

The Traveling Wilbury’s Vol. 3 is the classic example. The album was missing the late Roy Orbison, but that wasn’t the only reason it felt so ordinary when compared to the exceptional Vol. 1. It simply didn’t have the same sense of serendipity that made the first record so special.

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Song of the Day #1,489: ‘Takin’ Pills’ – Pistol Annies

2011 was a big year for Miranda Lambert.

She married longtime boyfriend Blake Shelton (who was just about to reach a whole new level of stardom thanks to The Voice), notched her second #1 and eighth top 20 song with ‘Heart Like Mine’ (the fifth single from Revolution) and released the two best country albums of the year within a few months of each other.

Not bad for a small-town Texas girl.

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Song of the Day #1,473: ‘Run Daddy Run’ – Pistol Annies

News of the soundtrack to The Hunger Games came out months before the movie was released, and the lineup suggested the album might be a greater artistic achievement than the film.

Produced by T Bone Burnett, who worked his magic a decade ago on the Grammy-winning O Brother Where Art Thou? soundtrack, the record features contributions from Taylor Swift, Miranda Lambert, Arcade Fire, The Decemberists, Glen Hansard, Neko Case, The Civil Wars and Maroon 5, among others.

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