Post by Ka-Ching! on Aug 21, 2017 22:50:16 GMT
The Weight of These Wings is the sixth studio album by American country music artist Miranda Lambert, released on November 18, 2016, by RCA Records Nashville. The album consists of two discs, with Disc 1 titled The Nerve, and Disc 2 titled The Heart. The album debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Country Albums chart and No. 3 on the all-genre US Billboard 200 chart, and has been certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). In addition to winning Album of the Year at the 2017 ACM Awards, it is considered by several music publications as one of 2016's best albums.[
In an August 2016 interview with Billboard, Lambert stated she had been working on the album for a year, which included writing and recording. She admitted she was nervous about her new music since she had mostly stayed quiet while writing it. Songwriter Luke Dick was one of the musicians who worked on the album. He co-wrote "Highway Vagabond" with Natalie Hemby and Shane McAnally. He found the line "I want to go somewhere nobody knows; and I want to know somewhere that nobody goes" while waiting at a deli and not willing to mix with other people. This became a road song with the word "vagabond" at the center, with a production sounding like country Siouxsie and the Banshees.
The album's content is about her divorce with Blake Shelton and her current relationship with Anderson East.
Disc 1 – The Nerve
1. "Runnin' Just in Case"
2. "Highway Vagabond"
3. "Ugly Lights"
4. "You Wouldn't Know Me"
5. "We Should Be Friends"
6. "Pink Sunglasses"
7. "Getaway Driver"
8. "Vice"
9. "Smoking Jacket"
10. "Pushin' Time"
11. "Covered Wagon"
12. "Use My Heart"
Disc 2 – The Heart
1. "Tin Man"
2. "Good Ol' Days"
3. "Things That Break"
4. "For the Birds"
5. "Well-Rested"
6. "Tomboy"
7. "To Learn Her"
8. "Keeper of the Flame"
9. "Bad Boy"
10. "Six Degrees of Separation"
11. "Dear Old Sun"
12. "I've Got Wheels"
1. "Runnin' Just in Case"
2. "Highway Vagabond"
3. "Ugly Lights"
4. "You Wouldn't Know Me"
5. "We Should Be Friends"
6. "Pink Sunglasses"
7. "Getaway Driver"
8. "Vice"
9. "Smoking Jacket"
10. "Pushin' Time"
11. "Covered Wagon"
12. "Use My Heart"
Disc 2 – The Heart
1. "Tin Man"
2. "Good Ol' Days"
3. "Things That Break"
4. "For the Birds"
5. "Well-Rested"
6. "Tomboy"
7. "To Learn Her"
8. "Keeper of the Flame"
9. "Bad Boy"
10. "Six Degrees of Separation"
11. "Dear Old Sun"
12. "I've Got Wheels"
