''Postcards from Texas'' is the tenth studio album by American

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singer

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. It was released on September 13, 2024, through a partnership between

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and Big Loud. It includes the singles " Wranglers" and "

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Content

Lambert announced the tracklisting for ''Postcards from Texas'' on July 24, 2024, via

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. Self-described as a musical ode to her home state, Lambert co-produced the album with

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and recorded it at Arlyn Studios in

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. Lambert wrote or co-wrote 10 of the album's 14 tracks. "Santa Fe" features guest vocals from Parker McCollum, and "Living on the Run" was originally recorded by its writer

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for his 1976 album, '' Longhaired Redneck''. " Wranglers" was released as the album's lead single on May 3, 2024. It marked Lambert's first single release since her departure from longtime label home

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, and subsequently signing a new joint recording deal with

and Big Loud. 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. "Dammit Randy" and "Alimony" were also released as promotional singles ahead of the album. Lambert co-wrote "Dammit Randy" with her husband, Brendan McLoughlin, marking his first songwriting credits. "Alimony" was released alongside the album announcement on July 24, 2024, and inspired by her parents frequently working divorce cases while private investigators in

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. Described as a "

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", Lambert co-wrote the song with frequent collaborators

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and

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, based around a spin on the phrase " Remember the Alamo". "No Man's Land" was released as the third and final promotional single in August. "Run" was released on February 24, 2025, as the album's second single to country radio.

Track listing

Personnel

Musicians *

– 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),

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(7) * Bukka Allen –

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(tracks 1–3, 6, 9–13),

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(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),

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(11) * Aaron Raitiere – background vocals (track 1) *

– acoustic guitar (tracks 2, 6, 10, 14), background vocals (2, 14) *

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– background vocals (track 3) *

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–

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(track 3) * Mike Johnson –

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(track 4) *

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– background vocals (track 5) *

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– background vocals (track 6) * Jimmy Wallace –

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(track 7) *

– background vocals (track 8) *

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– background vocals (track 9) * Spencer Cullum Jr. – pedal steel (tracks 10, 12, 14), steel guitar (13) *

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– acoustic guitar (track 10) *

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– background vocals (track 11) * Aubrie Sellers – background vocals (track 13) *

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– background vocals (track 14) Technical * Miranda Lambert –

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* Jon Randall – production *

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– mastering * F. Reid Shippen – mixing,

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* 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

Accolades

References

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