Miranda Lambert
Quote Sheet
USA Today - “On the best country album so far this year, Lambert sounds as if she just might be woman enough to have taken Loretta Lynn’s man — and volatile enough to have shot him in his tracks the first time he hit her. Well, maybe not the first. But the second, for sure.”
Entertainment Weekly – “As country albums go, only Lambert’s covered all the reflectiveness. Though she’s particularly convincing at playing the wronged Texas femme don’t write her off as just a firebrand – not when she summons rue as masterfully as she does in ‘More Like Her.’ Think of her as sass pioneer Loretta Lynn and Americana queen Patty Griffin rolled into one super-saver package.”
Los Angeles Times - “Her songs of
female empowerment and small-town wild-child fun have marked her as one of
today's most promising country ingénues. This dust-kicker's more like a superheroine.”
New York Times - “Raucousness is the
dominant mode on Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Ms. Lambert’s second major-label album. It
builds on the raw side she displayed so effectively on her 2005 debut, Kerosene,
which has been certified platinum and which established her as both a critical
and fan favorite, on of country music’s most promising young stars.”
New York Times - “Backed by
ragged, loud guitar work and production that is full but not slick, Ms. Lambert
sounds like a brash rabble-rouser, an emotionally insightful spark plug.”
Associated Press - “In an album with all the talent of her first (Kerosene) and a touch more maturity in both song selection and technique, several tracks stand out [on Crazy Ex-Girlfriend], with the wistful what-could-have-been Ballad ‘More Like Her' a regular for the repeat button."
Blender Magazine - “On this follow-up, [Lambert] calls herself ‘crazy’ on two different songs, including the growling title track…Even better is “Gunpowder & Lead,” a blistering revenge tale that she wrote. It’s “Goodbye Earl meets a Tarantino flick.” - (3.5 Stars)
Entertainment Weekly - “OK, she's got a temper, but we're still Crazy for Lambert's new CD”
Slant Magazine - “Brash, insightful, wry, and, above all else, smart, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend confirms that Miranda Lambert is far more than just the latest in a long line of bad girls: She's a country music legend in the making, and the most vital artist Music Row has produced in a generation.”
Texas Music Magazine -
"The uber-talented and feisty East Texas girl
makes me want to reuse and revise critic Jon Landau's legendary line about
Bruce Springsteen: "I have seen the future of country music, and its name
is Miranda Lambert."
Dallas Morning News - “With Crazy
Ex-Girlfriend, Ms. Lambert
daringly exposes all sides of her creative personality, and every one of them
is country to the core. She's a spitfire example of how Texas-bred music still
deserves a place on the national radar.”
Detroit News - “Think Gretchen
Wilson's a little nutty? Lambert makes the ‘Redneck Woman’ look as sweet as
Carrie Underwood. She sells even her zaniest material with gusto, making Crazy
Ex-Girlfriend a lively good time. Just don't let her fetching good
looks fool you: She's a powder keg waiting to explode”
Philadelphia Inquirer - "They
don't make mainstream country records much better than this"
Austin American-Statesman - “So it’s a relief that Crazy
Ex-Girlfriend is a stone
keeper, an early contender for the year’s most enjoyable country album.”
Minneapolis
Star-Tribune- “…this is arguably the best mainstream country album…”
The Daily Texan - “The album in its
entirety is by far the most thorough work of any album I have heard all year.
The songs are smart, different and relatable to everyone. Given that she does
represent the country genre in full force, if you like country and you don't
get this album, you will be missing out immensely.”
St. Petersburgh Times - “No need to fear. With the instant classic Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Lambert leads the 2007 pack of feisty females in music. Along with Lily Allen,
Amy Winehouse and Patty Griffin, Miranda excels at
smart, in-your-face songs that put men in their place with humor and bite.”
OC Register - “[Crazy Ex-Girlfriend] is one of the best country albums this
year. And people are just about to find that out.
WPOR-FM (Portland, ME) - "This
Miranda Lambert CD is a masterpiece! It's an '11'! When you told me
I wouldn't be able to take it out of the CD player, that was setting the bar
pretty high, but I can't take it out of my CD player... or I DO take it out,
but only so I can play it here at the station, take it out to put it in my CAR,
and take it out to listen to it at home! If you were going to play a CD
for where the format is going, and where it is today-- it would be this Miranda
CD"
The Indianapolis Star – At 17,
she had a busy writing streak. Michelle Branch, the pop-turned-country
singer-songwriter, told an interviewer: "There's a girl named Miranda
Lambert who is a great songwriter. We always watch her shows and go, 'Oh, I
wish I would've written that.' "
The Nashville Scene – “I never could have imagined that she would release one of my favorite non-rock records of 2007. But calling Crazy Ex-Girlfriend a non-rock record might be something of a misnomer—Lambert’s sophomore effort is filled with swampy sass and meaty guitar hooks. The plucky singer co-penned at least eight of the tracks and imbues each song with backwoods feminism—like taking a rifle to an abusive lover. Its seductive breed of bitchiness is easy to empathize with—who hasn’t played the crazy ex at some point in their life?—and its deceptive wit is, at times, heartbreaking.”
The Philadelphia Inquirer – “Miranda Lambert gets your attention because she's such an incredible badass. The rocked-out country sharpshooter steps up as the protagonist of the title cut, loads her shotgun, and takes aim at an abusive boyfriend. But she holds you rapt with the quality and beyond-her-24-years wisdom of her songs. Lots of young Nashville stars try to sound tough and edgy, but few do it with the convincing bite that this spitfire brings to her second album.”
Chicago Sun Tribune – “Miranda Lambert is a feisty singer-songwriter whose sophomore CD, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, won over mainstream fans, alt-country listeners and quite a few pop critics.”
Live Quotes
Entertainment Weekly – “ ‘More Like Her’ was the perfect song to prove that the Chris Daughtry of Nashville Star’s got a powerful, throbbing heart under all that kerosene and gunpowder and lead. Hang in there, honey – your time will come.”
USA Today – “Her artistry and reputation as a fiery live performer will keep her in the forefront.”
Los Angeles Times – “With just Lambert and her guitar, she was pure late-night resignation as she opened the song, turning bitterness into pure reflection.”
Cleveland Free Press - “On her first headlining tour, Texas-born country singer Miranda Lambert had no trouble adjusting to the limelight of performing center stage. In fact, she took to it with aplomb…”
CMT.com - “From the opening song, ‘Guilty in Here,’ to the infectious ‘Dry Town,’ there were hardly any fans still sitting in their chairs.”
CMT.com - “I feel certain she will be a factor in the future of country music. That song [‘More Like Her’] contained what I wasn’t hearing a lot of on the CMA Awards show: substance. And style. And personality. And grit.”
Minneapolis Star Tribune - “My young, country blonde of choice -- hey, young country singer, period -- is Miranda Lambert. …During that ferocious six-song flurry that closed the set, Lambert proved not only that she can rock with the best of 'em, but also that she has the best va-va-va-voom strut in country music.
Columbus Dispatch - “An uncontained livewire on stage, she belted classic rock-styled songs with the brashness of Janis Joplin and delivered revenge songs, especially one directed at a wife beater, with a casual, jolting violence.”
Dallas Morning News - “Miranda could be the secret love child of Elvis Presley and Janis Joplin; if it weren't for the Texas twang, she'd be a rock goddess.”
Eau Claire Leader-Telegram - Lambert has all the S's of country music: singer, songwriter, substance, stage savvy.”
Ft. Worth Star Telegram – “She strutted, stomped, flipped her hair and hammered on her guitar, whipping the crowd, heavily populated with young women, into a heck of a good time.”
The Lakeland Ledger - " ‘I have seen rock's future’ pronouncements have been made on less evidence than Miranda Lambert displayed Saturday night at Cypress Gardens.”
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - “Guitar in hand and sporting a confident swagger and wide smile, the singer jumped into the opening song ‘Guilty in Here’ with a down-home intensity that was matched by the capacity crowd.”
The Oklahoman - “Lambert added plenty of sex appeal to the evening. But she wasn’t getting by
on her good looks: The spunky dynamo strutted and stomped, head-banged and
shimmied her way through her nonstop hour-long set.”
Palm Beach Post - “With only two albums under her belt, Lambert works the stage and the crowd
like a veteran performer.”
Palm Beach Post - “I love the contrasts, and her complicatedness. Lambert is not nor will she
ever be boring.”
San Antonio Express-News - “Songs that were pretty easygoing on record, like ‘Me and Charlie Talking,’ had a kick live. ‘Down’ and the revenge-minded ‘Gunpowder & Lead,’ rockers to begin with, caught fire.”
St. Louis Post-Dispatch - “[She]
rocked the crowd for a brisk 45-minute set that included ‘Famous in a Small
Town,’ ‘Me and Charlie Talking’ and her current hit, ‘Gunpowder and Lead.’ If
you thought the Dixie Chicks took it to the edge with ‘Goodbye Earl,’ Lambert
takes it further with this hard-edged number about a woman lying in wait for
her abusive husband.”