
DON'T MESS WITH EX-ES Gunpowder, lead, kerosene -- OK, she's got a temper, but we're still Crazy for Lambert's new CD
Jack Guy
Credits
Release Date: May 01, 2007; Lead Performance: Miranda Lambert; Genre: Country/Bluegrass
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Crisp-voiced Texan Miranda Lambert's breakout single, 2005's ''Kerosene,'' gave her a homicidal rep that she embraces on Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, her second CD. In ''Gunpowder & Lead,'' she waits with a shotgun for her abusive man; the title track has her toting a pistol to confront her ex's new flame. But fear not, gun-control advocates: The nonviolent side of small-town yearnings is here too (love the lazy back-roads hum of ''Desperation''). And even if her fiery temper's not for everyone, she never stoops to teardrops-on-my-guitar banalities. A-
Posted Apr 16, 2007
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