Wildcard (Miranda Lambert album)

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".

Wildcard
Studio album by Miranda Lambert
Released	November 1, 2019
Genre	Country rock[1][2]
Length	48:53
Label	RCA Nashville Vanner
Producer	Jay Joyce
Miranda Lambert chronology
The Weight of These Wings (2016) Wildcard (2019)
Singles from Wildcard
"It All Comes Out in the Wash" Released: July 18, 2019 "Bluebird" Released: December 9, 2019 "Settling Down" Released: September 21, 2020

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	82/100[3]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Pitchfork	7.4/10[4]
Rolling Stone	[1]
Slant Magazine	[2]

It was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Country Album and 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 is scheduled to commence on January 16, 2020 in Tupelo, Mississippi at the BancorpSouth Arena and scheduled to conclude on May 9, 2020 in Montreal, Quebec at the Bell Centre. Supporting acts will include Cody Johnson, LANCO, Randy Rogers Band, Parker McCollum and an unknown act to be announced.

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.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"White Trash"	Miranda Lambert Luke Dick Natalie Hemby Laura Veltz	3:10
2.	"Mess with My Head"	Lambert Dick Hemby	2:33
3.	"It All Comes Out in the Wash"	Lambert Hillary Lindsey Lori McKenna Liz Rose	3:35
4.	"Settling Down"	Lambert Dick Hemby	3:17
5.	"Holy Water"	Lambert Brent Cobb Mike Harris Scotch Taylor	3:14
6.	"Way Too Pretty for Prison" (with Maren Morris)	Lambert Lindsey McKenna Rose	3:14
7.	"Locomotive"	Lambert Ashley Monroe K.S. Rhoads	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'"	Lambert Dick Hemby Jon Randall	3:32
12.	"Tequila Does"	Lambert Jack Ingram Randall	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]

• Luke Dick - electric guitar
• Dan Dugmore - dobro, acoustic guitar, lap steel guitar, mandolin, pedal steel guitar
• Fred Eltringham - djembe, drums, gang vocals on "Way Too Pretty for Prison"
• Jason Hall - gang vocals on "Way Too Pretty for Prison"
• Jaxon Hargrove - gang vocals on "Way Too Pretty for Prison"
• Natalie Hemby - background vocals
• Jay Joyce - bongos, clavinet, drums, Farfisa organ, Fender Rhodes, 6-string acoustic guitar, 12-string acoustic guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, ganjo, Hammond B-3 organ, keyboards, mandolin, percussion, programming, shaker, tambourine, gang vocals on "Way Too Pretty for Prison"
• Joel King - bass guitar
• Miranda Lambert - lead vocals, background vocals, gang vocals on "Way Too Pretty for Prison"
• Hillary Lindsey - acoustic guitar, background vocals
• Jimmy Mansfield - gang vocals on "Way Too Pretty for Prison"
• The McCrary Sisters - background vocals
• Rob McNelley - acoustic guitar, electric guitar, gang vocals on "Way Too Pretty for Prison"
• Travis Meadows - harmonica
• Ashley Monroe - background vocals
• Maren Morris - duet vocals on "Way Too Pretty for Prison"

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2019) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA)[15] 19 Australian Country Albums (ARIA)[16] 2 Canadian Albums (Billboard)[17] 12 Scottish Albums (OCC)[18] 18 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[19] 92 UK Albums (OCC)[20] 57 UK Country Albums (OCC)[21] 1 US Billboard 200[11] 4 US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[22] 1

Year-end charts Chart (2019) Position US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[23] 71 Chart (2020) Position US Billboard 200[24] 196 US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[25] 16

References

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3. "Wildcard by Miranda Lambert". Metacritic. United States: CBS Interactive. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
4. Allison Hussey (November 1, 2019). "Miranda Lambert: Wildcard Album Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved November 1, 2019.
5. Jonathan Bernstein (July 19, 2019). "Song You Need to Know: Miranda Lambert, 'It All Comes Out in the Wash'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved July 20, 2019.
6. Annie Reuter (July 18, 2019). "Miranda Lambert Says New Single 'It All Comes Out in the Wash' Is 'Classic Me': Exclusive". Billboard. Retrieved July 20, 2019.
7. Craig Shelburne (August 15, 2019). "Miranda Lambert Deals Wildcard as New Album". CMT.com. Retrieved August 15, 2019.
8. Hilary Hughes (August 25, 2019). "Miranda Lambert Teases Midnight Drop of Maren Morris Collaboration 'Way Too Pretty for Prison'". Billboard. Retrieved August 25, 2019.
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