Wildcard (Miranda Lambert album)

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Wildcard
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Studio album by
Miranda Lambert
ReleasedNovember 1, 2019
Genre Country rock [1] [2]
Length48:53
Label
Producer Jay Joyce
Miranda Lambert chronology
The Weight of These Wings
(2016)		Wildcard
(2019)		 The Marfa Tapes
(2021)
Singles from Wildcard
  1. "It All Comes Out in the Wash"
    Released: July 18, 2019
  2. "Bluebird"
    Released: December 9, 2019
  3. "Settling Down"
    Released: September 21, 2020
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 82/100 [3]
Review scores
SourceRating
Pitchfork 7.4/10 [4]
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Wildcard is the seventh studio album by American country music singer Miranda Lambert. It was released on November 1, 2019, via RCA Records Nashville. The album was produced by Jay Joyce, marking the first time Lambert has worked with the producer. [5] It features the singles "It All Comes Out in the Wash", "Bluebird", and "Settling Down".

Contents

The album received a Grammy Award for Best Country Album and was nominated for the Country Music Association Award for Album of the Year.

Content

"It All Comes Out in the Wash" was released on July 18, 2019, as its lead single. [6] Five other tracks—"Locomotive", "Mess with My Head", "Bluebird", "Way Too Pretty for Prison", and "Pretty Bitchin'"—were also previewed ahead of the album. [7] [8] "Way Too Pretty for Prison" was inspired by Little Big Town's Karen Fairchild and was recorded as a collaboration with Maren Morris. [9] Lambert has co-writing credits on all 14 tracks. [10]

Promotion

In support of the album's release, Miranda Lambert announced a 27-city North American tour, the Wildcard Tour which commenced on January 16, 2020, in Tupelo, Mississippi at the BancorpSouth Arena and was scheduled to conclude on May 9, 2020, in Montreal, Quebec at the Bell Centre.[ citation needed ] Supporting acts included Cody Johnson, LANCO, Randy Rogers Band, Parker McCollum and an unknown act to be announced.[ citation needed ]

Commercial performance

The album debuted at number 4 on the US Billboard's 200 and on the Top Country Albums chart at number 1 with 53,000, album-equivalent units, including 44,000 pure album sales. It is her seventh number one country album. [11] As of March 2020, it has sold 110,300 copies, [12] with 170,000 units consumed in total in the United States. The album sold an additional 250,000 album units in 2020, per Rolling Stone's top 200 albums of the year. [13]

Track listing

Adapted from Rolling Stone . [10]

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."White Trash"
3:10
2."Mess with My Head"
  • Lambert
  • Dick
  • Hemby
2:33
3."It All Comes Out in the Wash"
3:35
4."Settling Down"
  • Lambert
  • Dick
  • Hemby
3:17
5."Holy Water"
3:14
6."Way Too Pretty for Prison" (with Maren Morris)
  • Lambert
  • Lindsey
  • McKenna
  • Rose
3:14
7."Locomotive"
3:14
8."Bluebird"
  • Lambert
  • Dick
  • Hemby
3:30
9."How Dare You Love"
  • Lambert
  • Jamie Kinney
  • Monroe
3:37
10."Fire Escape"
  • Lambert
  • Lindsey
  • McKenna
  • Rose
3:49
11."Pretty Bitchin'"
3:32
12."Tequila Does"
4:01
13."Track Record"
  • Lambert
  • Lindsey
  • McKenna
  • Rose
3:19
14."Dark Bars"
  • Lambert
  • Rose
4:48
Total length:48:53

Personnel

Credit by AllMusic [14]

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [27] Gold40,000‡
United States (RIAA) [28] Gold500,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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