Worthington, Lambert team up

When I Write The Song

Why do reviewers call an artist's second album their sophomore release, but you never see anyone calling someone's third or fourth record their junior or senior album? If you're going to use high school analogies, you shouldn't be allowed to skip a grade, should you? That's just one of many questions arising from listening to Jake Worthington's, well, the follow-up to his freshman CD. Worthington had a hand in co-writing most of the songs here, but the only track he ...

Jake Worthington

Credit Texas native Jake Worthington with adherence to tradition. His deep voice resonates best on ballads such as "State You Left Me In" as his voice conveys the anguished heartbreak he sings about. The production has the predictable elements – pedal steel, fiddle, electric guitars but might be just a tad too dense. Yet, quibble aside, it is the ballad fare where Worthington shines best such as "She Ain't You," a classic country, pedal steel driven slow dancer ...

Platinum

Cynics might think that Miranda Lambert is presumptuous in entitling her fifth disc "Platinum" and, in effect, assuming she'll get her plaque for selling 1 million units. But Lambert says that isn't the case, but more a matter of style, looks and feel. Lambert also wrote and discovered a lot of excellent songs that fit her quite well in an album in which she exposes her inner self as she matures. That may never more apparent than in the country rocker Lambert wrote ...