フォーマット |
CD |
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構成数 |
2 |
国内/輸入 |
輸入 (ヨーロッパ盤) |
パッケージ仕様 |
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発売日 |
2016年11月25日 |
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規格品番 |
88985323052 |
レーベル |
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SKU |
889853230525 |
構成数 | 2枚
合計収録時間 | 01:34:01
Personnel: Frank Liddell (vocals); Luke Reynolds (acoustic guitar, electric guitar, piano, synthesizer, background vocals); Frank Rische (acoustic guitar, electric guitar, background vocals); Lex Price (acoustic guitar); Chris Coleman (electric guitar, trumpet, synthesizer, drums, percussion, background vocals); Glenn Worf (electric guitar, piano, background vocals); Scotty Wray (electric guitar); Spencer Cullum (lap steel guitar); Chris Carmichael (strings); Hargus "Pig" Robbins (piano); Matt Chamberlain (drums, percussion); Louis Newman (timpani); Lillie Mae Rische, Madi Diaz, Gwen Sebastian, Aaron Raitiere, Eric Masse, Anderson East, Annalise Liddell, Lucie Silvas (background vocals). Audio Mixer: Eric Masse. Recording information: The Caoino, Naohville, TN. Photographers: Daniela Federici; Becky Fluke; Johnny lavoy. Miranda Lambert came to stardom via reality TV, so living in public isn't unusual for her, yet suffering through a public divorce from Blake Shelton had to take its toll. Lambert, however, doesn't wear her heart on her sleeve on The Weight of These Wings, a sprawling double-disc album released in the wake of her separation from Shelton. She channels whatever sorrow she has into a moody, muddy production that has more in common with the impressionistic smears of Daniel Lanois than whatever sounds were emanating from Nashville in 2016. Even on its sunnier songs -- the slurring stumble of "Pink Sunglasses," the Southern shade on "We Can Be Friends" -- The Weight of These Wings seems to take place at dusk, its melodies and rhythms nestling into a comforting murk. Perhaps Lambert never explicitly writes about heartbreak, but she's got leaving on her mind -- she opens the record with "Runnin' Just in Case" and concludes with "I've Got Wheels," realizing along the way that she's a "Highway Vagabond" while throwing in a cover of Danny O'Keefe's "Covered Wagon" for good measure -- and admits there are "Things That Break." All these songs suggest some uncertainty lurking in Lambert's heart, but The Weight of These Wings is a work of extreme confidence. If the two discs don't appear to adhere to their specific subtitles (disc one is called "The Nerve," the second "The Heart"), all 24 songs derive from the same viewpoint, which isn't markedly changed from 2014's Platinum. Maybe the swagger is tempered a bit, but Lambert still blends ballads with pop, old-time country, sly stories, and a bit of rebellious rock. By radically shifting her sound, she winds up focusing attention on her songwriting and musicality: it may have mainstream songs, but The Weight of These Wings isn't produced like a country-pop album, so it demands attention and rewards close listening. It is by no means tight, but its excess is also its asset because immersion reveals different pleasures with every spin. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine
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1.[CD]DISC 1:
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1.Runnin' Just in Case
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2.Highway Vagabond
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3.Ugly Lights
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4.You Wouldn't Know Me
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5.We Should Be Friends
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6.Pink Sunglasses
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7.Getaway Driver
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8.Vice
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9.Smoking Jacket
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10.Pushin' Time
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11.Covered Wagon
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12.Use My Heart
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2.[CD]DISC 2:
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1.Tin Man
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2.Good Ol' Days
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3.Things That Break
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4.For the Birds
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5.Well-Rested
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6.Tomboy
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7.To Learn Her
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8.Keeper of the Flame
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9.Bad Boy
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10.Six Degrees of Separation
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11.Dear Old Sun
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12.I've Got Wheels
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全米1位に輝いた前作から2年ぶりとなるアルバムは2枚組の大作に。これが捨て曲など見当たらず、すべてハイクォリィー。曲順も練られていて実に素晴らしい。ブレイク・シェルトンとの離婚を経て制作され、傷ついた胸の内を素直に吐露する内容だが、切なかったり重たかったりするだけじゃなく、アップリフティングで楽しい曲も多くあり、表現者としての成長が実感できる。特にスロウの深みたるや! 間違いなく最高傑作だ。
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