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Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
by Miranda Lambert

Miranda Lambert reviews
Critic Score
Metascore: 85 Metascore out of 100
User Score  
8.3 out of 10
based on 15 reviews
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This sophomore effort finds the former "Nashville Star" contestant becoming a bona-fide star (albeit from Texas rather than Tennessee). It combines eight Lambert originals with three covers.

LABEL: Sony
RELEASE DATE: 01 May 2007
DISCS: 1 disc
GENRE(S): Country

What The Critics Said

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100
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.
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100
Stylus Magazine
Miranda Lambert is at a very rarified place right now, turning her songs into vehicles for a persona that transcends background narrative and personal history. This is Jagger, Bowie, Debbie Harry, and early MJ territory.
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91
Entertainment Weekly
Even if her fiery temper's not for everyone, she never stoops to teardrops-on-my-guitar banalities. [27 Apr 2007, p.139]
90
Lost At Sea
Lambert promises on the album's stellar title track, and if that isn't a warning to all of Nashville, from a woman who has compiled one of the year's finest releases, it should be.
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90
All Music Guide
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend would have been impressive if it was just a showcase of her strengths as a singer or as a songwriter, but since it is both, it's simply stunning, a breakthrough for Lambert and one of the best albums of 2007, regardless of genre.
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90
Amazon.com
A knockout punch.
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88
The Phoenix
Maybe it’s Lambert’s dark, rocking side that makes her ballads sound so disarmingly tender, sweet, and vulnerable.
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80
Rolling Stone
[It] will likely remain the country album of the year. [14 Jun 2007, p.98]]
80
The 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. [29 Apr 2007]
80
Village Voice
A conceptual wonder.
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78
Austin Chronicle
Lambert's country credentials are secured by her and Travis Howard's "Guilty in Here."
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70
Billboard
Best-known for her flame-throwing hit "Kerosene," Miranda Lambert delivers more of the same on her new album. [5 May 2007]
70
Blender
Lambert has a strong voice, if not an exceptionally pretty one, and it suits her badass hell-raising much better than it does quiet laments like "Desperation." [May 2007, p.107]
70
Hartford Courant
Although she finds some niches to distinguish her wild side from the likes of Gretchen Wilson - the romp "Down," for example - Lambert's abandon is never quite reckless.
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60
PopMatters
While Lambert obviously sees herself as the headstrong country rock rebel that all the little girls will understand, the true joys of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend are to be found elsewhere.
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What Our Users Said

Vote Now! The average user rating for this album is 8.3 (out of 10) based on 26 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

G W gave it a1:
Overrated...I can't believe all of the high scores for this album. Annoyingly over-produced Nashville singles all thrown together. All I hear is Avril Lavigne with a twang.

Steve M. gave it a6:
Some decent melodic stuff going on in some of these songs, but let's get real here; a strong, "independent" woman singing just-barely-more-interesting-than-usual country vocals though God knows how many vocal processors and pitch shifters over studio musicians playing cookie-cutter "modern" country rock with a slide guitar occasionally thrown in for legitimacy does not make for an all-time classic.

Ryan K gave it a10:
Miranda Lambert's catalog is going to be outstanding if she continues her winning streak. This is a phenomenal record and is a great companion piece to her first album "Kerosene." I love her work, and I generally despise modern country.

Travis T. gave it an8:
I liked the album and I'm a guy. There were alot of songs made for women, but over all it was pretty good

Chris A gave it a7:
Er...what makes this ordinary voice and sound worth a 10? It's good but not great in my opinion.

Bert E gave it a9:
Lambert continues to grow by leaps and bounds as a songwriter and interpreter.

Debbie W gave it a10:
CEG..has to be one of the best country albums of this year or any year....Miranda rocks, the songs rock, such a great variety of songs...Miranda is here to stay....

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