1 Hell On Heels - 3:14
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2 Lemon Drop - 2:42
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3 Beige - 3:23
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4 Bad Example - 2:52
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5 Housewife's Prayer - 2:48
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6 Takin' Pills - 3:16
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7 Boys From the South - 3:39
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8 The Hunter's Wife - 2:34
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9 Trailer For Rent - 3:01
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10 Family Feud - 2:35
Relieving the pressure of delivering her eagerly awaited fourth album,
Miranda Lambert formed the
Pistol Annies with
Ashley Monroe and
Angaleena Presley, two similarly minded singer/songwriters whose profile doesn’t come close to matching hers.
Lambert may be the star, but she’s not the leader in
Pistol Annies, who are a remarkably democratic supergroup, sharing leads and writing songs where the spotlight shifts from one singer to another. Often, the group’s spare, simple arrangements, acoustic underpinning, and wry wit recall the
Dixie Chicks, but the
Pistol Annies' sensibilities are more straightforward than the
Chicks; they don’t bend genres or delve into bluegrass, and the focus remains on the song. And
Hell on Heels, their quickly recorded and released 2011 debut appearing just months before
Lambert's
Four the Record, is filled with excellent songs, tunes that aren’t flashy but are deceptive, built on strong bones, and delivered with a clever flair. There’s a lightness to
Hell on Heels that wasn’t apparent on
Revolution - it’s clear that collaboration has liberated
Lambert, she’s not having to deal with the expectations of a major artist, but rather gets to cut loose and have fun, something that winds up reaffirming her status as a major artist. She tosses off songs with casual confidence while introducing the larger world to two fine singer/songwriters in
Monroe and
Presley.
Miranda’s career will certainly thrive, and
Ashley and
Angaleena may go on to their own success, but with any luck,
Pistol Annies is not a one-off for the trio, but rather a regular gig: this is too much pure fun to not repeat. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Rovi
- Composer - Angaleena Presley
- Group Member - Angaleena Presley
- Composer - Ashley Monroe
- Group Member - Ashley Monroe
- Composer - Blake Shelton
- Assistant - Brandon Schexnayder
- Production Coordination - Brittany Hamlin
- Digital Editing - Chuck Ainlay
- Engineer - Chuck Ainlay
- Mixing - Chuck Ainlay
- Producer - Chuck Ainlay
- Producer - Frank Liddell
- Drums - Fred Eltringham
- Bass - Glenn Worf
- Producer - Glenn Worf
- Guitar - Jay Joyce
- Guitar - Josh Grange
- Creative Producer - Judy Forde-Blair
- Liner Notes - Judy Forde-Blair
- Hair Stylist - Marco Berardini
- Make-Up - Marco Berardini
- Drums - Matt Chamberlain
- Keyboards - Michael Webb
- Digital Editing - Mike Wrucke
- Engineer - Mike Wrucke
- Guitar - Mike Wrucke
- Mixing - Mike Wrucke
- Producer - Mike Wrucke
- Composer - Miranda Lambert
- Group Member - Miranda Lambert
- Make-Up - Mylah Morales
- Assistant - Nick Kallstrom
- Hair Stylist - Philip Carreon
- Vocals - Pistol Annies
- Vocals (Background) - Pistol Annies
- Photography - Randee St. Nicholas
- Guitar - Randy Scruggs
- Guitar - Richard Bennett
- Mastering - Richard Dodd
- Guitar (Steel) - Russ Pahl
- Assistant - Ryan Krieg
- Guitar - Stuart Mathis
- Imaging - Tammie Harris Cleek
- Photo Production - Tammie Harris Cleek
- Stylist - Tiffany Gifford
- Art Direction - Tracy Baskette-Fleaner
- Design - Tracy Baskette-Fleaner
