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78

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8.6

Universal acclaim- based on 22 Ratings

  • Summary: The third full-length release for the Nashville-based country singer-songwriter was produced with Jonathan Tyler.
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Jackpot! I hit the number It was always you I was looking for sevens, they were coming in twos I was on a bad streak and honey, it was getting me... See the rest of the song lyrics
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  1. Apr 19, 2017
    80
    It is the second half of the album that actually shows why country persists against all odds: at its best, it is unafraid of telling stories that dig deep into ordinary lives.
  2. Uncut
    Feb 15, 2017
    80
    Highway Queen feels like the kind of record that should bump Lane to another level. [Mar 2017, p.28]
  3. Feb 15, 2017
    80
    The Nashville-based artist loads songs with sometimes five or six guitars, and while she roots all of them in country, there are outreaches to vintage rock ’n’ roll or western soul. The precise genre sometimes remains elusive, but Lane’s boldness never wavers.
  4. Mar 7, 2017
    80
    As impressionistic as the smeary sounds can be, it's an album that rests on its sturdy songs and Lane's powerful performance, two elements that keep Highway Queen as engaging on repeated listens as it is on its first.
  5. Mar 31, 2017
    75
    Even with a slower string of songs on the middle of Side B, Highway Queen shows Lane as a growing artist and burgeoning force for women in country music.
  6. 70
    The retro countrypolitan and rawer, roots elements that informed Lane’s previous Dan Auerbach-produced All or Nothin’ have been sanded down slightly on this follow-up.
  7. Feb 16, 2017
    60
    Trading postmodern sheen for a more traditional sound could help attract the support from country radio stations that Lane needs, in a crowded field, to achieve a mainstream breakthrough.

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