MIRANDA LAMBERT > Crazy Ex-Girlfriend

Young country starlet Miranda Lambert continues to blaze her way into the country music industry spotlight with yet another great release, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, is due out on Columbia Nashville. Her second album for the label, it follows Lambert’s No. 1 selling debut, Kerosene. Lambert displays a similar energy and strong writing talent on her follow-up, writing eight of the 11 cuts with additional interpretations of songs by Gillian Welch, Patty Griffin and Carlene Carter.Label: COLUMBIA NASHVILLE
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Musically speaking, Lambert feels that her sound has grown: “I feel like I’ve upgraded a little as far as my songwriting and my vocals and my performance,” Lambert said during an interview from her Texas home. “I’ve grown and I think it really shows in this record.”

Raw and honest, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend covers a wide spectrum of emotions including heartbreak, strength, rebellion, bitterness, desperation and fame. From the upbeat, rebellious, “don’t mess with me” title track (which Lambert comments that she’s “been the crazy ex-girlfriend but hopefully that’s in the past”), to the honest “Famous in a Small Town” (about her real-life experiences growing up in Lindale, Tex.) to the traditional “Love Letters,” Lambert has in her hands a well-rounded and real country album that will continue to earn her well-deserved recognition. One of Lambert’s most personal tracks is “More Like Her,” which she comments that “it’s a painful song, but as a songwriter you really throw yourself out there emotionally and it’s a little scary that I even have it on the record.”

Lambert’s talents have her up for two Academy of Country Music nominations: Best New Female Vocalist and Best Female Vocalist, where she joins Martina McBride, Faith Hill, Sara Evans and Carrie Underwood.