{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox album | name = Postcards from Texas | type = studio | artist = Miranda Lambert | cover = Miranda Lambert Postcards From Texas.jpeg | alt = | released = {{start date|2024|09|13}} | recorded = | studio = Arlyn, Austin, Texas | genre = Country | length = 45:24 | label = * Vanner * Republic * Big Loud | producer = * Miranda Lambert * Jon Randall | prev_title = Palomino | prev_year = 2022 | next_title = | next_year = | misc = {{Singles | name = Postcards from Texas | type = studio | single1 = Wranglers | single1date = May 3, 2024 | single2 = Run | single2date = February 24, 2025 }} }} '''''Postcards from Texas''''' is the ninth solo studio album by American country music singer Miranda Lambert. It was released on September 13, 2024, through a partnership between Republic Records and Big Loud.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Willman |first=Chris |date=2024-04-23 |title=Miranda Lambert Signs With Republic, With Partner Label Big Loud Set to Handle Country Promotion |url=https://variety.com/2024/music/news/miranda-lambert-signs-republic-big-loud-1235978751/ |access-date=2024-07-24 |magazine=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref> It includes the singles "Wranglers" and "Run".<ref name="Wranglers">{{Cite magazine |last=Newman |first=Melinda |date=2024-04-23 |title=Miranda Lambert Signs with Republic Records |url=https://www.billboard.com/business/record-labels/miranda-lambert-signs-republic-records-1235663401/ |access-date=2024-07-24 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="Run Release Date"/>
==Content== Lambert announced the tracklisting for ''Postcards from Texas'' on July 24, 2024, via Instagram.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Instagram |url=https://www.instagram.com/mirandalambert/p/C9ztpUHxWWs/ |access-date=2024-07-24 |via=Instagram}}</ref> Self-described as a musical ode to her home state, Lambert co-produced the album with Jon Randall and recorded it at Arlyn Studios in Austin, Texas.<ref name="RS Alimony">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/miranda-lambert-divorce-song-alimony-new-album-postcards-from-texas-1235066259/|title=Miranda Lambert Readies New Album ''Postcards From Texas'', Looks Back at 20 Years of 'Kerosene'|author=Garret K. Woodward|date=July 24, 2024|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=July 24, 2024}}</ref> Lambert wrote or co-wrote 10 of the album's 14 tracks.<ref name="RS Alimony"/> "Santa Fe" features guest vocals from Parker McCollum, and "Living on the Run" was originally recorded by its writer David Allan Coe for his 1976 album, ''Longhaired Redneck''.<ref name="Billboard Album Release">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/country/miranda-lambert-new-album-postcards-from-texas-1235738376/|title=Miranda Lambert to Release New Album, 'Postcards From Texas' This Fall|author=Jessica Nicholson|date=July 24, 2024|magazine=Billboard|access-date=July 24, 2024}}</ref>
"Wranglers" was released as the album's lead single on May 3, 2024.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://people.com/miranda-lambert-releases-new-single-wranglers-8643106|title=Miranda Lambert Releases New Single 'Wranglers' Less Than a Week After its Stagecoach Debut|author=Esme Mazzeo|date=May 3, 2024|magazine=People|access-date=July 24, 2024}}</ref> It marked Lambert's first single release since her departure from longtime label home Sony Music Nashville, and subsequently signing a new joint recording deal with Republic Records and Big Loud.<ref name="Wranglers"/> She described the move as a "fresh start" and expressed joy in recording a full record in Texas for the first time since her self-titled independent album, released when Lambert was 18.<ref name="Variety Announcement">{{cite magazine|url=https://variety.com/2024/music/news/miranda-lambert-album-postcards-from-texas-alimony-republic-1236082610/|title=Miranda Lambert Announces Her First Republic Album, ''Postcards From Texas'', and Teases It With a Warning About 'Alimony'|author=Chris Willman|date=July 24, 2024|magazine=Variety|access-date=July 24, 2024}}</ref>
"Dammit Randy" and "Alimony" were also released as promotional singles ahead of the album.<ref name="Dammit Randy">{{cite web|url=https://tasteofcountry.com/miranda-lambert-dammit-randy-lyrics-brendan-mcloughlin/|title=Miranda Lambert's "Dammit Randy" Has a Very Special Co-Writer|author=Carena Liptak|date=July 2, 2024|website=Taste of Country|access-date=July 24, 2024}}</ref><ref name="RS Alimony"/> Lambert co-wrote "Dammit Randy" with her husband, Brendan McLoughlin, marking his first songwriting credits.<ref name="Dammit Randy"/> "Alimony" was released alongside the album announcement on July 24, 2024, and inspired by her parents frequently working divorce cases while private investigators in Dallas, Texas.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://people.com/miranda-lambert-announces-new-album-postcards-from-texas-shares-single-alimony-8683063|title=Miranda Lambert Announces New Album 'Postcards From Texas', Unveils Divorce Anthem 'Alimony'|author=Ilana Kaplan|date=July 24, 2024|magazine=People|access-date=July 24, 2024}}</ref> Described as a "shuffle", Lambert co-wrote the song with frequent collaborators Natalie Hemby and Shane McAnally, based around a spin on the phrase "Remember the Alamo".<ref name="Billboard Album Release"/><ref name="Variety Announcement"/> "No Man's Land" was released as the third and final promotional single in August.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tasteofcountry.com/miranda-lambert-no-mans-land-lyrics/|title=Miranda Lambert's 'No Man's Land' Is Her Kind of Love Story|author=Carena Liptak|date=August 21, 2024|website=Taste of Country|access-date=September 15, 2024}}</ref>
"Run" was released on February 24, 2025, as the album's second single to country radio.<ref name="Run Release Date">{{cite web|url=https://assets.countryaircheck.com/public/6c790c81-6e56-4bee-8186bcddbba6bd2c/7b9e39fb-456c-46e8-837e6cac140012eb/Issue-947-February-10-2025.pdf|title=Country Aircheck Weekly February 10, 2025, Issue 947|date=February 10, 2025|website=Country Aircheck|accessdate=February 13, 2025}}</ref>
==Track listing== {{Track listing | headline = ''Postcards from Texas'' track listing | title1 = Armadillo | writer1 = {{hlist|Jon Decious|Aaron Raitiere|Park Twomey}} | length1 = 2:16 | title2 = Dammit Randy | writer2 = {{hlist|Miranda Lambert|Brendan McLoughlin|Jon Randall}} | length2 = 2:59 | title3 = Looking Back on Luckenbach | writer3 = {{hlist|Lambert|Natalie Hemby|Shane McAnally}} | length3 = 3:15 | title4 = Santa Fe | note4 = featuring Parker McCollum | writer4 = {{hlist|Lambert|Dean Dillon|Jessie Jo Dillon|Jesse Frasure}} | length4 = 3:03 | title5 = January Heart | writer5 = {{hlist|Brent Cobb|Neil Medley}} | length5 = 4:13 | title6 = Wranglers | note6 = Extended | writer6 = {{hlist|Ryan Carpenter|Audra Mae|Evan McKeever}} | length6 = 3:13 | title7 = Run | writer7 = Lambert | length7 = 2:43 | title8 = Alimony | writer8 = {{hlist|Lambert|Hemby|McAnally}} | length8 = 3:15 | title9 = I Hate Love Songs | writer9 = {{hlist|Lambert|Jack Ingram|Randall}} | length9 = 3:35 | title10 = No Man's Land | writer10 = {{hlist|Lambert|Luke Dick}} | length10 = 3:43 | title11 = Bitch on the Sauce (Just Drunk) | writer11 = {{hlist|Lambert|Jaren Johnston}} | length11 = 2:38 | title12 = Way Too Good at Breaking My Heart | writer12 = {{hlist|Lambert|Jenee Fleenor|Frasure|Randall}} | length12 = 3:30 | title13 = Wildfire | writer13 = {{hlist|Lambert|Ingram|Randall}} | length13 = 3:31 | title14 = Living on the Run | writer14 = {{hlist|David Allan Coe|Jimmy L. Howard}} | length14 = 3:30 | total_length = 45:24 }}
==Personnel== '''Musicians''' {{div col}} * Miranda Lambert – lead vocals * Rachel Loy – bass guitar (all tracks), background vocals (tracks 10, 12, 13) * Conrad Choucroun – drums (all tracks), percussion (tracks 1, 2, 5, 7–12, 14) * Jedd Hughes – electric guitar (tracks 1–3, 5–12, 14), acoustic guitar (1, 3, 4, 7, 9–12, 14), mandolin (7) * Bukka Allen – Hammond B3 (tracks 1–3, 6, 9–13), Wurlitzer electric piano (1), keyboards (2, 7, 8, 10, 12–14) * Ethan Ballinger – acoustic guitar (tracks 1, 3, 5–7, 9, 11–14), electric guitar (1, 4–6, 8, 10, 12–14), mandolin (9, 11) * F. Reid Shippen – percussion (tracks 1, 9, 11), programming (11) * Aaron Raitiere – background vocals (track 1) * Jon Randall – acoustic guitar (tracks 2, 6, 10, 14), background vocals (2, 14) * Wade Bowen – background vocals (track 3) * Lloyd Maines – steel guitar (track 3) * Mike Johnson – pedal steel (track 4) * Ashley Monroe – background vocals (track 5) * Audra Mae – background vocals (track 6) * Jimmy Wallace – Mellotron (track 7) * Natalie Hemby – background vocals (track 8) * Sarah Buxton – background vocals (track 9) * Spencer Cullum Jr. – pedal steel (tracks 10, 12, 14), steel guitar (13) * Bryan Sutton – acoustic guitar (track 10) * Jaren Johnston – background vocals (track 11) * Aubrie Sellers – background vocals (track 13) * Jessi Alexander – background vocals (track 14) {{div col end}}
'''Technical''' * Miranda Lambert – production * Jon Randall – production * Pete Lyman – mastering * F. Reid Shippen – mixing, engineering * Casey Wood – engineering (tracks 1–3, 5–7, 10–12) * Shani Gandhi – engineering (tracks 2–14), vocal production (all tracks) * Lloyd Maines – engineering (track 3) * Brent Rader – engineering (track 4) * Jimmy Wallace – engineering (tracks 5, 7) * Gena Johnson – engineering (track 5) * Spencer Cullum Jr. – engineering (tracks 10, 12–14) * Rachel Loy – engineering (tracks 10, 12) * Jaren Johnston – engineering (track 11) * Daniel Bacigalupi – mastering assistance * Brandon Towles – mixing assistance * Joseph Holguin – engineering assistance * Alena Moran – production coordination
==Charts== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+ Chart performance for ''Postcards from Texas'' ! scope="col"| Chart (2024) ! scope="col"| Peak<br />position |- {{album chart|Scotland|59|date=20240920|rowheader=true|access-date=September 21, 2024}} |- {{album chart|Switzerland|90|artist=Miranda Lambert|album=Postcards from Texas|rowheader=true|access-date=September 22, 2024}} |- {{album chart|UKDigital|10|date=20240920|rowheader=true|access-date=September 21, 2024}} |- {{album chart|UKCountry|4|date=20240920|rowheader=true|access-date=September 21, 2024}} |- {{album chart|Billboard200|21|artist=Miranda Lambert|rowheader=true|access-date=September 24, 2024}} |- {{album chart|BillboardCountry|8|artist=Miranda Lambert|rowheader=true|access-date=September 24, 2024}} |}
==Accolades== {|class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" |+Year-end lists |- ! Publication ! data-sort-type="number"| Rank ! scope="col" class="unsortable"| List |- | ''Billboard'' | align=center| 9 | The 10 Best Country Albums of 2024<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/lists/best-country-albums-2024/jelly-roll-beautifully-broken-2/|title=Staff Picks: 10 Best Country Albums of 2024 |magazine=Billboard|date=December 10, 2024|access-date=December 12, 2024}}</ref> |- | ''Rolling Stone'' | align=center| 23 | The 30 Best Country Albums of 2024<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country-lists/best-country-albums-of-2024-1235195713/megan-moroney-am-i-okay-2-1235195734/|title=Best Country Albums of 2024|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=December 11, 2024|access-date=December 12, 2024}}</ref> |- |}
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