Product Description

2009 release, the third album from the Country favorite. Lambert, a two-time Grammy nominee has seen both of her previous albums debut at #1 on the Country Album Chart. Lambert wrote or co-wrote all but three of the 15 cuts on the album and worked with a cross-section of writers including Blake Shelton, Ashley Monroe, Natalie Hemby and Lady Antebellum’s Dave Haywood and Charles Kelley, who lends background vocals on ‘Love Song.’ Of the three songs Lambert did not write, she pulled from the best and her favorites – John Prine, Julie Miller, Allen Shamblin and Tom Douglas to complete the album.

Amazon Customer Review

Miranda Lambert, the spit fire with the stunning voice and sharply written tunes to match has finally come out with a complete album leaving little doubt that she deserves enough radio play for not only her content but also her voice. It’s a shame she is not appreciated more. She is the female equivalent of Gary Allan; vocalists whose voices are so distinct that you can instantly recognize them on the radio … if they were played more often on the radio.

What makes Revolution such a strong album is that Lambert is clearly going for a more mainstream sound but without sacrificing her attitude. “Me and Your Cigarettes” is a perfect example with lyrics such as: “light us up and then throw us down/walk away when we hit the ground,” is given power because she undermines the delivery. She’s not afraid to let the lyrics in these songs drive you instead of selling “Miranda Lambert.” And just like the acts that are getting it right on the radio, Darius Rucker, Sugarland, Carrie Underwood, she’s going for content; strong melody. These songs will take root in your brain.

Also, there seems to be more to mine in these songs than what she’s given us before, deeper lyrics, more introspective. Her voice has grown in range and it shows, simply stunning in “Makin’ Plans.” It rides under the melody and guitar play beautifully, and the harmony is just as seductive.

I don’t want to put out the wrong message as with the vibe of this album, even though Lambert seems to have corralled her strong points into wondrous melancholy; she still knows how to rip a song apart, tearing into “Sin for Sin” with pure raw power and doing it again with “White Liar.”

I hope with this disc she finally gets the mainstream megastardom that has eluded her so far. Lambert has talent to spare and a vocal purity that needs to be appreciated on a much larger scale. This disc is what the Dixie Chicks have been striving for, and almost reaching, since they hit the scene. Calling this one of the best country discs so far this decade would not be an overstatement, truly excellent.