Kerosene (album)
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| Studio album by Miranda Lambert | ||||
| Released | March 15, 2005 | |||
| Recorded | 2004 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 46:26 | |||
| Label | Epic Nashville | |||
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Frank Liddell Mike Wrucke |
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| Entertainment Weekly | B+ |
Kerosene is the debut studio album by American country artist Miranda Lambert. The album was released March 15, 2005 by Epic Nashville Records and was produced by Frank Liddell and Mike Wrucke. After placing third in the television competition, Nashville Star in 2003, Lambert signed with Epic Nashville in 2004. The album spawned four Top 40 Billboard Country Chart singles; however, only the title track was a major hit, peaking at number 15.
Kerosene was recorded in Nashville, Tennessee, United States in 2004 and consists of twelve tracks. Eleven of the twelve tracks were either entirely written or co-written by Lambert herself. After appearing with Lambert as a contestant on Nashville Star, Travis Howard co-wrote the tracks, "I Can't Be Bothered," "Bring Me Down," and "Mama, I'm Alright." Lambert hand-picked her producers for the album, choosing Frank Liddell because she was pleased with his work on music by Jack Ingram and Chris Knight. In addition, she also chose Mike Wrucke. The music's tone is set to a "love gone wrong" theme, however Lambert said that she did not draw this inspiration from her personal life. Lambert stated that she just "...loved a lot" and is "...one of those people who love very deeply when I do." Lambert gave songwriting co-credit for the title track to Alternative country artist, Steve Earle, after others noted the similarity to his 1996 single, "I Feel Alright." Lambert said in an interview that she had unconsciously copied the melody and structure of the song.
Entertainment Weekly's Alanna Nash felt that the album's sound evoked the genres of honky-tonk and country rock. John Metzger of Music Box called the single, "Me and Charlie Talking" to have an "infectious folk-pop" sound, while he considered "Greyhound Bound for Nowhere" to be "a somber retrospective."
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