Revolution (Miranda Lambert album)

Revolution is the third studio album by American country music singer Miranda Lambert.

The album includes the singles "Dead Flowers", "White Liar", "The House That Built Me", "Only Prettier", and "Heart Like Mine", all of which charted on the U.S.

The album includes co-writes with her ex-husband, then boyfriend, Blake Shelton,[3] who also provides background vocals on "Maintain the Pain",[4] and former Columbia Records artist Ashley Monroe.

Charles Kelley and Dave Haywood of Lady Antebellum co-wrote "Love Song", on which they also sing background vocals.

[3][5] The album also includes covers of Fred Eaglesmith's "Time to Get a Gun" and John Prine's "That's the Way the World Goes 'Round".

[6] The album's lead single, "Dead Flowers", was released in May 2009 following Lambert's performance on the 44th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards.

Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, staying at number 1 for 4 consecutive weeks.

On September 24, 2009, Lambert performed all the tracks on Revolution in sequence at the Ryman Auditorium, five days before the album's scheduled release date.

[9] Rolling Stone magazine praised the album, writing, "Lambert remains country's most refreshing act, and not just because she makes firearms seem like a matter-of-fact female accessory."

Slant Magazine also had high praises reserved for the album, writing, "Miranda Lambert expands on her fascinating, fully realized artistic persona on Revolution."