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Lainey Wilson’s ‘Whirlwind’: All 14 Tracks Ranked
Billboard ranks all 14 songs on Lainey Wilson's new album, Whirlwind.
The album is bold and fun, with Wilson clearly feeling her own strength, delivering songs that are sassy, clever, occasionally emotional and thoroughly country, which is no small feat at a time when the genre is blurring lines with pop and rock. “Still pumping, still running, still dreaming,” Wilson sings, and as she rounds into the final chorus, her voice sounds wounded yet determined, the heart-cracking hurt flows through, and it marks one of the most heartfelt ballads on the project, while feeling at moments like a precursor to her hit “Heart Like a Truck.” The lone duet on the album is a midtempo acoustic shuffler with Wilson and Lambert’s voices wrapping around each other beautifully in this tale about a woman who doesn’t need her man to try to restrain her, but just to love her and give her freedom — that’s the way to ensure she will come home.
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