come anticipate Angaleena Presley's new album WRANGLED

i put on AMERICAN MIDDLE CLASS just now, because it seemed appropriate for the day, and checked her site to see this update:

Angaleena Presley will follow her acclaimed 2014 American Middle Class with Wrangled, her second full-length solo album, on April 21 via Mining Light Music/Thirty Tigers.

The album is co-produced by Angaleena and Oran Thornton and features 12 tracks, all of which were co-written by Presley.

One of the album's many highlights is "Cheer Up Little Darling" written by Angaleena and her dear friend, Guy Clark.

The song - the last completed by Guy before his death - features Shawn Camp playing Guy's No. 10 guitar, which was used to write the song with Guy, and Guy's mandola, which Guy had been learning to play during the last year of his life.

OH!

have to say American Middle Class might be a bit too close to the bone for today

So excited for this!! Her last record was my favorite new release for that year.

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nice

Title and artist shouldn't be in the same weight font, positions should be flipped. Fake ringwear is dated. Cool photo thought.

As with the last album, I found this mostly solid, if a bit uneven. Appreciate the nods to her idols: "Mama I Tried" and "Cheer Up Little Darlin" are bright spots. Love how she threads a needle between the two other Annies.

It's hard to take the Yelawolf collab seriously. In general it rubs me the wrong way when 'under-the-radar' artists gripe about how things just aren't what they used to be. Worse, it's a gripe in search of a song.

Interested to see what the rest of you think, as AMC got much more love here than I was expecting.

I like the closer.

I've listened to this 3 or 4 times since i bought it on LP yesterday. it's really, really good. it's a grower, like AMC (which i underrated back when it came out; i liked it then, but now i love it.)

I feel bad now about dumping on the cover because it turns out someone I know designed it. Also, another friend is her pedal steel player on tour.

I still think the album's only okay-ish, though.

Same conclusion after several listens.

i'd tell you fellas to give it more time but ymmv regardless. AMC was one that sneaked up on me after more than a few listens. i hope to catch her when (if?) she comes through L.A...as per usual, we don't get many country shows here, at least from the less-than-major Nashville acts.

I'm not a fan of AMC either. The arrangements don't surprise me, and musical and lyrical details don't stand out.

well then http://sae.tweek.us/media/emoticons/emot-colbert.gif

i think this one probably the "least" of the recent run of spectacular solo albums from the Annies but i think they're all very good to masterpieces. i'd probably rank them

Platinum
The Blade
Like a Rose
The Weight of These Wings
AMC
Wrangled

I'm not a fan of AMC either. The arrangements don't surprise me, and musical and lyrical details don't stand out.

― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, April 26, 2017 6:05 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

this is a very strange opinion to me - the title track alone is more overtly politicised than anything else the Pistol Annies et al have done, and the way she picks through her ambivalence on "Better Off Red" is kind of masterful

I love wrangled very much, love how "Dreams Don't Come True" is a total inversion of the ubiquitous inspirational pop song, "Only Blood" and the title track are incredible ballads, I love how scabrous she is.