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Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (2007)

Reviewed by Whitney Pastorek | Apr 22, 2007

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EW's GRADE

A-

Details Release Date: May 01, 2007; Lead Performance: Miranda Lambert; Genre: Country/Bluegrass

$DON\'T MESS WITH EX-ES Gunpowder, lead, kerosene -- OK, she\'s got a temper, but we\'re still Crazy for Lambert\'s new...$

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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

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-

Originally posted Apr 16, 2007 Published in issue #931-932 Apr 27, 2007 Order article reprints

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