Music Structure and Lyrics
Musically, the album is country heavy, but merges adult contemporary music, country pop, country rock, and teen pop styles. According to About.com, each of Cyrus' songs incorporate her "husky twang". The up-tempo songs are mainly performed by Montana and ballads are kept at a minimum. Songs like "You'll Always Find Your Way Back Home", "Let's Get Crazy", and "Spotlight" are the most true to pop. "Let's Get Crazy" carries a groove and creates a beat from paparazzi flashbulbs. Cyrus' songs are more mid-tempo. "Hoedown Throwdown" is an instructional dance song that mixes the album's country style with R&B and hip-hop. "The Climb" has solid, clear vocals and is a standard-issue power ballad that places piano solos between chiming electric guitars. "Crazier" is a waltzing ballad that has Swift in relaxed soprano vocals.
Lyrically, the album explores a variety of concepts. With the exception of "You'll Always Find Your Way Back Home", which speaks about staying grounded and relying on family, Montana's songs describe the "glitzy-world" and privileges of a celebrity. "Let's Get Crazy" centers on having fun at a party. "The Good Life" is a "sugar-coated celebration of Gucci handbags and Prada shoes". "The Best of Both Worlds" explicitly alludes to Cyrus' character's double life as Montana: regular adolescent that moved from Nashville, Tennessee to Malibu, California by day and pop star by night. In the song, Montana talks about the privileges and advantages that are faced in leading in two lives with references to Orlando Bloom, concerts, friendship and film premieres. The songs Cyrus performs as herself are more reflective, personal, and sentimental. "Hoedown Throwdown" is a tribute to down-home fun. "The Climb" describes life as a difficult but rewarding journey. "Butterfly Fly Away" is a father-daughter duet by Miley and Billy Ray Cyrus about the coming of age. In "Back to Tennessee" Billy Ray Cyrus laments leaving Tennessee. Country group Rascal Flatts provide an acoustic version of "Backwards" and "Bless the Broken Road" with Williamson County Youth Orchestra.
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