History Music / MirandaLambert

* GenreDeconstruction: Her main theme in her song when not using subversion of the stereotypes about the image of a good, docile [[TheIngenue woman]] in country music and shows that women who abides by this tradition are spineless and miserable. Best shown in ''Mama's Broken Heart''.

* LoudnessWar: A common fault of Frank Liddell's production, particularly on ''Revolution''. Many of her up-tempo songs are a hot mess over way-too-loud guitars, and sometimes even the ballads suffer — even "Over You" has a lot of clipping and a screaming solo before the last verse. Even worse, this is often a ZigZaggedTrope for Liddell — "The House That Built Me" is just Lambert's vocal and acoustic guitar, and is nowhere near being an example of this trope.

* TechnologyMarchesOn:[[invoked]] In "Automatic", she laments that this is happening in the world and reminisces on the way things used to be "back before everything became automatic".
* TheRunnerUpTakesItAll: She is by far the most commercially successful ''Series/NashvilleStar'' contestant, although it took her a bit longer to get there.
* TheSomethingSong: "Airstream Song."

* TheRunnerUpTakesItAll: Buddy Jewell initially outshone her on the charts (his had two top 3 hits, a number 1 album that went gold; ''Kerosene'' was a number 1 album that went platinum but its singles didn't fare as well). However, Jewell's momentum died on the second album, while Lambert has only continued to gain momentum with each successive disc.
** …but she has been promptly zig-zagged by Season 4 winner Chris Young, who has managed five consecutive number 1 singles (despite a false start on the first album) even though his albums haven't sold nearly as well and he is not nearly as well-known in the mainstream as she is.

* CoverVersion: On each of her albums, starting with "Crazy Ex-Girlfriend" she has included a cover of a song originally written by and/or recorded by an Americana/folk singer-songwriter including the Emmylou Harris hit "Easy From Now On," written by Susanna Clark and Carlene Carter, Patty Griffin's "Getting Ready," to name a few of the covers on ''Crazy Ex-Girlfriend," John Prine's "That's The Way That The World Goes 'Round," Fred Eaglesmith's "Time To Get a Gun" on ''Revolution'', Danny O'Keefe's "Covered Wagon" on "The Weight of These Wings" to name a few.

* TakeThat: Went after the Grammy producers and general society for accepting back Music/ChrisBrown so easily after he beat up {{Rihanna}} and physically abused her and for being a convicted felon

* CoverVersion: On each of her albums, starting with "Crazy Ex-Girlfriend" she has included a cover of a song originally written by and/or recorded by an Americana/folk singer-songwriter including the Emmylou Harris hit "Easy From Now On," written by Susanna Clark and Carlene Carter, Pstty Griffin's "Getting Ready," to name a few of the covers on ''Crazy Ex-Girlfriend," John Prine's "That's The Way That The World Goes 'Round," Fred Eaglesmith's "Time To Get a Gun" on ''Revolution'', Danny O'Keefe's "Covered Wagon" on "The Weight of These Wings" to name a few.

* CoverSongs: On each of her albums, starting with "Crazy Ex-Girlfriend" she has included a cover of a song originally written and/or recorded by an Americana/folk singer-songwriter including the Emmylou Harris hit "Easy From Now On," PAtty Griffin's "Getting Ready," on ''Crazy Ex-Girlfriend," John Prine's "That's The Way That The World Goes 'Round," Fred Eaglesmith's "Time To Get a Gun" on ''Revolution'', Danny O'Keefe's "Covered Wagon" on "The Weight of These Wings" to name a few.

Miranda Lambert rose to fame in 2003 as the third-place finisher on the first season of the musical competition ''Series/NashvilleStar''. After singing backing and duet vocals on first-placer Buddy Jewell's debut album, Lambert secured a contract with Creator/EpicRecords Nashville. Her debut album ''Kerosene'' was released to critical acclaim and strong sales, although its singles did not perform well (the title track, at #15 on Hot Country Songs, being its best showing).

* TakeThat: Went after the Grammy producers and general society for accepting back ChrisBrown so easily after he beat up {{Rihanna}} and physically abused her and for being a convicted felon

''Crazy Ex-Girlfriend'' followed in 2007 on Creator/ColumbiaRecords, due to the closure of Epic's Nashville branch. This album brought her into the top 10 for the first time with the single "Gunpowder & Lead". It also got critical acclaim for its revengeful material. ''Revolution'' in 2009 includes her first and second number one hits, "The House That Built Me" and "Heart Like Mine". 2011's ''Four the Record'', her first album for Creator/RCARecords, includes the #1 hit "Over You", and three more Top 10 hits. ''Platinum'', released in 2014, became her first album to top the Billboard 200, and includes the hits "Automatic" and "Somethin' Bad", the latter a duet with Music/CarrieUnderwood.

* TakeThat: Went after The Grammy producers and general society for accepting back ChrisBrown so easily after he beat up {{Rihanna}} and physically abused her and for being a convicted felon

''Crazy Ex-Girlfriend'' followed in 2007 on Creator/ColumbiaRecords, due to the closure of Epic's Nashville branch. This album brought her into the top 10 for the first time with the single "Gunpowder & Lead". It also got critical acclaim for its revengeful material. ''Revolution'' in 2009 includes her first and second number one hits, "The House That Built Me" and "Heart Like Mine". 2011's ''Four the Record'', her first album for RCA, includes the #1 hit "Over You", and three more Top 10 hits. ''Platinum'', released in 2014, became her first album to top the Billboard 200, and includes the hits "Automatic" and "Somethin' Bad", the latter a duet with Music/CarrieUnderwood.

** …but she has been promptly zig-zagged by Season 4 winner Chris Young, who has managed five consecutive number 1 singles (despite a false start on the first album) even though his albums haven't sold nearly as well.

''Crazy Ex-Girlfriend'' followed in 2007 on Creator/ColumbiaRecords, due to the closure of Epic's Nashville branch. This album brought her into the top 10 for the first time with the single "Gunpowder & Lead". It also got critical acclaim for its revengeful material. ''Revolution'' in 2009 includes her first and second number one hits, "The House That Built Me" and "Heart Like Mine". 2011's ''Four the Record'', her first album for RCA, includes the #1 hit "Over You", which she wrote with her husband, Music/BlakeShelton, and three more Top 10 hits. ''Platinum'', released in 2014, became her first album to top the Billboard 200, and includes the hits "Automatic" and "Somethin' Bad", the latter a duet with Music/CarrieUnderwood.

Lambert also recorded two discs with Ashley Monroe and Angaleena Presley as the side project Pistol Annies.

* LoudnessWar: A common fault of Frank Liddell's production, particularly on ''Revolution''. Many of her up-tempo songs are a hot mess over way-too-loud guitars, and sometimes even the ballads suffer — even "Over You" has a lot of clipping and a screaming solo before the last verse.

** …but she has been promptly zig-zagged by Season 4 winner Chris Young, who has managed five consecutive number 1 singles (despite a false start on the first album) even though his three albums haven't sold nearly as well.

* LoudnessWar: A common fault of Frank Liddell's production, particularly on ''Revolution''. See [[http://www.the9513.com/everything-louder-than-everything-else/ this article]] for more information. (However, Liddell said that he invoked this on "Only Prettier".)

Lambert is known for her comparatively grittier style against the more mainstream and polished Music/TaylorSwift and Music/CarrieUnderwood. Although it took her three albums to top the charts, Lambert has been a longtime critical darling, with several Academy of Country Music and Country Music Association awards, plus a Grammy for "The House That Built Me".

* CigaretteOfAnxiety/DrowningMySorrows: "Hard Staying Sober."

* DrowningMySorrows: "Hard Staying Sober."

''Crazy Ex-Girlfriend'' followed in 2007 on Creator/ColumbiaRecords, due to the closure of Epic's Nashville branch. This album brought her into the top 10 for the first time with the single "Gunpowder & Lead". It also got critical acclaim for its revengeful material. ''Revolution'' in 2009 includes her first and second number one hits, "The House That Built Me" and "Heart Like Mine". 2011's ''Four the Record'', her first album for RCA, includes the #1 hit "Over You", which she wrote with her husband, Music/BlakeShelton, and three more Top 10 hits. ''Platinum'', released in 2014, became her first album to top the Billboard 200, and includes the hit "Automatic".

* BookEnds: "Gunpowder and Lead" both opens and closes with the sound of a door creaking.

* LastNoteNightmare: "Gunpowder and Lead" tells the story of a woman planning to shoot her abusive husband. If the listeners haven't realized the story yet, the song abruptly ends with a loud shotgun blast.

* LyricalColdOpen: "Somethin' Bad", her duet with Music/CarrieUnderwood.

* MoodWhiplash: "Gunpowder and Lead", a song about a woman planning to shoot her husband after he beat her, is followed by "Dry Town", a much sillier song about the singer's frustration with breaking down in a town [[INeedAFreakingDrink with no alcohol to be had.]]