Four the Record

by Miranda Lambert

Overview

Firmly established as a formidable country star with her 2009 album Revolution, Miranda Lambert takes some liberties on its 2011 sequel, Four the Record, letting the music breathe and not being afraid to have no less than eight of its 14 songs bear credits by other writers. No other Lambert album relies so heavily on tunes from other songwriters, and while it's certainly true she may have been kept busy by her side project Pistol Annies (a trio with Ashley Monroe and Angaleena Presley, whose album appeared just two months before Four the Record and contained eight Lambert co-writes), the lack of emphasis on writing shifts focus to the music, which is assured, relaxed, and varied. After slowly opening with "All Kinds of Kinds," the album hits a slinky, quirky blues grind on "Fine Tune," cruises into rocking country on "Fastest Girl in Town," kicks up dust on "Mama's Broken Heart," gets real gone on the honky tonk throwback "Same Old You," belts out country-soul on "Baggage Claim," and does a soft-shoe shuffle on "Easy Living," all sly but substantial changes of pace that give Four the Record considerable depth. Despite the fiery album cover, Lambert isn't playing to her caricature: what makes her compelling isn't her tough-girl schtick, it's her casual versatility, and with Four the Record, she's digging deeper than ever before and finding considerable riches. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date:	05/05/2017
Label:	Columbia / Sony Music
UPC:	0889854330026
Rank:	8436

Tracks

1. All Kinds of Kinds
2. Fine Tune
3. Fastest Girl in Town
4. Safe
5. Mama's Broken Heart
6. Dear Diamond
7. Same Old You
8. Baggage Claim
9. Easy Living
10. Over You
11. Look at Miss Ohio
12. Better in the Long Run
13. Nobody's Fool
14. Oklahoma Sky

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Miranda Lambert   Primary Artist,Lead Vocals
Scotty Wray   Vocals (Background)
Chris Stapleton   Vocals (Background)
Kacey Musgraves   Vocals (Background)
Patty Loveless   Featured Artist,Vocals (Background)
Steve Winwood   Organ
Blake Shelton   Vocals,Featured Artist
John Jarvis   Piano
Greg Leisz   Dobro,Guitar (Steel)
Don Henry   Vocals (Background)
Josh Kelley   Vocals (Background)
Richard Bennett   Guitar,Bouzouki
Matt Chamberlain   Drums,Percussion
Brandi Carlile   Vocals (Background)
Randy Scruggs   Banjo,Guitar,Mandolin,Vocals (Background)
Sarah Buxton   Vocals (Background)
Glenn Worf   Bass,Piano,Bass (Upright),Vocals (Background)
Glen Duncan   Vocals (Background)
Stoney LaRue   Vocals (Background)
Allison Moorer   Vocals (Background)
Gordon Mote   Vocals (Background)
Jay Joyce   Guitar,Clavinet,Pump Organ,Slide Guitar
Karen Fairchild   Vocals (Background)
Betsey Long   Vocals (Background)
Kimberly Schlapman   Vocals (Background)

Technical Credits

Tracy Baskette-Fleaner   Design,Creative Director
Randee St. Nicholas   Photography
Enzo Angileri   Hair Stylist
Chris Stapleton   Composer
Tammie Harris Cleek   Imaging,Photo Production
Brittany Hamlin   Production Coordination
Kacey Musgraves   Composer
Luke Laird   Composer
James Towler   Engineer
Mylah Morales   Make-Up
Lisa Ramsey-Perkins   A&R
Brandon Schexnayder   Mixing Assistant,Assistant Engineer
Angaleena Presley   Composer
Tiffany Gifford   Stylist
Ryan Krieg   Mixing Assistant,Assistant Engineer
Steve Christensen   Vocal Recording
Stephen Marcussen   Mastering
Blake Shelton   Duet,Composer
Natalie Hemby   Composer
Chuck Ainlay   Mixing,Engineer,Producer
Don Henry   Composer
Shane McAnally   Composer
David Rawlings   Composer
Emory Gordy Jr.   Vocal Recording
Phillip Coleman   Composer
Martin Feveyear   Vocal Recording
Brandi Carlile   Composer
Miranda Lambert   Composer
Ashley Monroe   Composer
Gillian Welch   Composer
Glenn Worf   Producer
Allison Moorer   Composer
Frank Liddell   Producer
Stewart Whitmore   Digital Editing
Gordie Sampson   Composer
Charles Kelley   Composer
Brandy Clark   Composer
Judy Forde-Blair   Liner Notes,Creative Producer
Scotty Wray   Composer