Platinum
Miranda Lambert is known for being a renegade, unafraid to let it all hang out—and this is probably her loosest album of all. She makes *Platinum* a party, opening up her door to a host of talented friends, including Little Big Town on the slow-rolling, R&B-flavored \"Smokin\' and Drinkin\'\" and Carrie Underwood on the blues-rocking roof-raiser \"Somethin\' Bad.\" And whether she\'s delivering a honky-tonk ode to aging, like \"Gravity Is a B\*\*ch,\" or the wry, folky anthem of anachronism \"Old Shit,\" Lambert sounds supremely comfortable in her own skin.
The first edge refers to Miranda Lambert's hair -- as she sings on the title track, "what doesn't kill you only makes you blonder" -- the second refers to her fame, a topic she returns to often throughout her fifth record.
Miranda Lambert's ascent to the top of the country music world has always been marked by contradictions.
Lambert's classic Texan voice delivers tradition and Bro-Country with equal ease, writes <strong>Neil Spencer</strong>
Swinging from braggadocio to self-loathing, country rebel Miranda Lambert remains one of the modern greats, writes <strong>Alex Macpherson</strong>
That’s “Me and Charlie Talking,” from Miranda Lambert’s 2005 debut, Kerosene.