A couple months ago, I wrote here that Miranda Lambert was "better than you think", that the almost-runner-up on country Idol show Nashville Star had a swell third single against all likelihood. I wish now to back away from that position.
What I meant to say was: Miranda Lambert's Kerosene is easily the strongest Nashville album of the year, with no garbage, six or seven superb tracks (today's favorite: "What About Georgia?") including a couple that'll likely never be singles, one starting "The sun just started going down on a sleepy little Texas town, population plus one/minus one..." that then pays off that oddity of language gracefully with the zero-sum narrative. For those who care about such things: she co-/writes her own songs. For those who don't: the songs are great.
Posted by jane at December 8, 2005 10:05 AM | TrackBack