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In a flash, the hit streak dried up.
Chart traction on their gorgeous cover of Fleetwood Macs Landslide collapsed.
Country stations banned their music.
Outraged former fans picketed outside throughout the North American leg of their spring Top of the World Tour.
Industry peers like Toby Keith painted them as traitors.
In those days, criticizing a sitting president was bad for business when your business was country music.
Theres a little more room to beoutspokennow.
Still, the group got something of a frosty reception.
Their 2006 albumTaking the Long Waysold over 2 million copies but the singles bricked on country radio.
Once again, the Chicks find themselves on the pulse of the times.
Production from Jack Antonoff gives the Chicks country foundations a subtle, modern pop-rap flair.
ItsGaslighters brashest stroke, a song thatll speak to both longtime fans and casual onlookers.
The video for March March ought to push it further.
Its a timely, encouraging word.
Itll make somebody somewhere mad to see the Texas legends leave Dixie behind.
Let em stay mad.
