Background
Kerosene was recorded in Nashville, Tennessee, United States in 2004 and consists of twelve tracks. Eleven of the twelve tracks were either entirely written or co-written by Lambert herself. After appearing with Lambert as a contestant on Nashville Star, Travis Howard co-wrote the tracks, "I Can't Be Bothered," "Bring Me Down," and "Mama, I'm Alright." Lambert hand-picked her producers for the album, choosing Frank Liddell because she was pleased with his work on music by Jack Ingram and Chris Knight. In addition, she also chose Mike Wrucke. The music's tone is set to a "love gone wrong" theme, however Lambert said that she did not draw this inspiration from her personal life. Lambert stated that she just "...loved a lot" and is "...one of those people who love very deeply when I do." Lambert claims she wrote the title track, however she gave songwriting co-credit to Alternative country artist, Steve Earle, after others noted the similarity to his 1996 single, "I Feel Alright." Lambert said in an interview that she had unconsciously copied the melody and structure of the song.
Entertainment Weekly's Alanna Nash felt that the album's sound evoked the genres of Honky Tonk and Country Rock. John Metzger of Music Box called the single, "Me and Charlie Talking" to have an "infectious folk-pop" sound, while he considered "Greyhound Bound for Nowhere" to be "a somber retrospective."
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