Miranda LambertThe Weight of These Wings

Rawer and more urgent than anything before it, the pop sheen stripped off in favor of fuzzed-out guitar leads and a scuzzier, road-worn feel. 'Vice' rides that woozy line between country and pop; 'Tin Man' strips all the way down to a quiet ache, 'Take it from me, darlin', you don't want a heart.' Twenty-four songs across two discs, and it earns the sprawl. A breakup record that breathes. One of her finest. Let it run.