Golden Hour

Now I've listened to Kacey Musgraves properly, I think I graduate into a full-time homosexual. Lots to love here. I already knew the rainbow song, but anyone encountering that for the first time is in for a treat. Obviously the slower sadder songs are best

Not sure what makes the artist or this album particularly noteworthy or a “must hear”. It is fine but nothing to distinguish it from other similar pop-folk/country artists. Pleasant enough to listen to, though - just not special.

I think ai took this album as an inspiration for producing modern female country songs because some of the songs remind me of those prompted songs

Didn't hate it as much as I thought I would. Great voice and didn't have an overly "country music" vibe. Some lyrics are silly but overall good listen.

Surprised by how much I really liked this,

Absolute drivel. Overly manufactured, sanitised, middle of the road crap. Genuinely felt like Ai generated garbage, it even included Elvis. Is this a must listen to? Absolutely not.

Overproduction has never aided anything more than this. Any less reverb would be a disservice.

I thought this was Texan Country but hitting High Horse now and it's got some techno twang to it. Lovely voice. Lyrics speak to a different demographic but fine for that. Comfort music. Nice grooves. Slow burn/Lonely Weekend. Fluff-Pop? Butterflies sounds like the single for this album so far. Nice melodic line easy delivery. 3

AI

Really, this is what counts as popular amongst the kids of today? And the critics raving about it, too?? I'm going to be in need of whatever the hell it is that they are smoking. Whilst it is well executed, with Kacey possessing a good voice which she uses well, the songs here as so dull as to be the aural equivalent of wallpaper. There is nothing much going on beyond her somewhat sweet voice, singing a bunch of dull lyrics, mostly just accompanied by an acoustic guitar. Nice enough, but nothing that gets me excited at all. The talk about it being genre-bending is just fucking weird to me. I also found some of the lyrics laughably bad in places, with rhymes that wouldn't be out of place in your secret diary from age 13 or 14. If Apple (amongst others) rated this the best album of 2018, I despair for anything else that was released that year.

Country huh? Ok, her voice is good, but this is just really not my jam.

Maybe the only familiarity with her I have. Golden Hour a banger. Wild that it's not in her top 10 songs on Spotify. Most songs are pretty slow, boring. Little too country for my taste. Best Tracks: Golden Hour (obvi), High Horse. Rating: 4/10

A couple good songs that I’ll listen to again, very poppy. 2.3

didn't love it, didn't hate it a two star is what i'd rate it this is what the lyrics felt like sometimes.

Aw man. I am just. Not . a country person. this is NOT ms. musgraves' fault. it is just not my thing. her voice is very pretty-sometimes slightly metallic in tone if that makes sense? some of the melodies are nice. just felt very same-y in general

Not good at all. This one left me completely cold. The songs drift by in a soft, pleasant haze and never really land. There is no edge, no real tension, and nothing that made me want to stay with it. The production is clean and polished in that modern country pop way. Everything sounds expensive and carefully arranged, but the surface quality only makes the lack of stronger material more obvious. The melodies are mild, the writing stays in a safe emotional range, and the whole album feels content to coast on atmosphere instead of actual substance. I can hear why some people find it warm and easy to like. For me it just stayed flat. No track stood out, no moment shifted the mood in a meaningful way, and by the end I was mostly relieved it was over. Golden Hour is a clear miss. Soft, polished, and thoroughly uninteresting to my ears.

The opening track is passably good and then it just implodes into an embarrassing cloud of trite lyrics, twee pop hooks and shallow sentimentality.

Beautiful voice mixed with music that transports you to a time free of worry

Unlike many on here the thought of country doesn’t send me running to the hills. Not sure that it has to be Taylor swift’ed popified country tinge to be palatable though. I don’t mind the little I have heard of K Musgraves before today, but I am also not at all sure that this is required listening either. A Bit of need something to represent modern country from the editor?? And this kinda leans into that said pop anyway. Rather have previous 2 albums as that is more country, but guess that’s my point. This is pleasant enough, it has that long history of country women railing against the red neck misogyny, good luck there. Fair record, question if essential but rather token entry for any genre that isn’t rock and pop from the Anglosphere, and this is closer to the pop of that anyway with its crossover hit sound. 3 Star but because it’s listed as country 4 Star

I really quite like Kacey Musgraves and this was a really good album!

Modern country is not my bag. Kacey Musgraves did not change my mind. 2⭐️

easy, breezy, beautiful, cover girl <3 this isn't a bad album, it's not really my thing but I don't hate it either. if I was at a TJ Maxx and this was playing I don't think I'd leave immediately. maybe I'd even sway slightly to some of the songs. kinda confused how this ended up here though lol. Slow Burn, Happy & Sad, High Horse

Country really isn’t a genre I’ve dug into at all, nor truly want to, but this was a welcome introduction. Slowburn diverted my expectations and kept me optimistic. Yeah, a lot of these feel like a copy / paste of the same formula, but I really enjoyed Butterflies. Overall, strange choice for today but not entirely mad about it.

Dit soort popmuziek met country achtergrond is niet iets waar ik normaal naar luister, maar ik kan dit album verdacht goed hebben. De liedjes liggen fijn in het gehoor, ze zingt goed. Het is een beetje zo'n warm dekentje. Hele fijne productie ook. En zo zie je maar: Als ik niet voor de 3e keer naar een bepaalde artiest hoef te luisteren is er altijd nog de kans om een keer positief verrast te worden. Ik denk niet dat mijn gender gepinpoint is als voornamelijke doelgroep, maar het is ook weer niet zo meisjes-achtig dat ik me een halve indringer voel. Makkelijk 4 sterren.

Not very spectacular album, some good songs, but the overall feeling is not a slow burn, but a candle that is slowing going out.

Adequate treatment for this is a bog-standard review complaining how this is absolutely unimaginative, sing-and-play-by-numbers middle-of-the-road stuff that has zero business being on this list. None. And even typing this, hitting the "1" and then "Confirm rating" feels like spending more effort and time on this album that it's worth.

Uninteresting and boring.

I don't know ... There's some good songwriting here, but the musical arrangements are garbage. I like the parts where it's just her and an acoustic guitar. If she writes her own music, I'll give it a 3. . . . [researching] . . .

Terrible, terrible music. But she's got a nice voice.

Like a lot of contemporary country music, this is a pop record. The only country part is the Texas in her voice. It's a pretty great voice and she has a gift for melodies. Her lyrics are better than most, but there's at least a few clunky metaphors and puns in there. I guess that's kind of country? My favorites are Slow Burn, Butterflies, the title track, and Rainbow. That last one may not be particularly brave in this era, but definitely owes a debt to Paul McCartney. He could have written that one, especially the last chords / variations on the chorus.

Liked this way more than I expected. Too shiny and mild, but I like her voice and there are a few very good songs. The second one would be good except for the domo arigato mr. roboto voice effect.

2/5 - This was pleasant and pretty much what I expected. I like her voice a lot and the lyrics are occasionally above average, but the music is pretty bland.

This almost feels too soon for me. There is a lot of nostalgia with this record. We listen to this a lot when it came out. I've kind of been a fan of Kacy since Merry Go Round. I think what works about this record is that its a bit of a pop record and country record, but doesn't feel like "pop country." There's really songwriting, and kind of some elements of psych throughout. This record is really genre fluid without really trying too hard or pigeonholing itself into anything else. Its such a groove. There are some sonic similarities to Sheryl Crow and Brandi Carlisle that come through really strong throughout. And then lyrically, she's a John Prine fan. Side note: I saw Kacy open for Willie Nelson in like 2016 and she freakin rocked.

Less of a revelation than I remember it being at the time, but still very pretty

7.5/10

Popified country. At least it's not about pickup trucks, instead it's about the obvious kinds of teenage angst a young rural woman would experience, which is only a little better. Not for me. Pretty generic but at least there are some interesting hooks. ALARM ALARM ALARM SILVERADO MENTIONED SILVERADO MENTIONED There's also a shitload of weird autotune like sound throughout the album.

Good, catchy, easy to listen too

Not sure of the genre. Hear some pop and some country. Checked this out on a cloudy Sunday morning in autumn and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Pleasant & relaxing. I love her voice... I nice mix of artists in her voice. Sounds familiar but unknown.

Enjoyment: 7/10 Replayability: 7/10 Cohesion: 8/10 Flow/Pacing: 7/10 Artistic Merit: 8/10 Weighted Average: 7.3/10 Review: Definitely an interesting choice to put an album from 2018 onto this list. But after listening a few times through, I could hear its merits with its well-produced quality, psychedellic influences, and the rich timbre in her voice. Definitely not something I'd expect myself to say about some modern country pop. Liked Song(s): Slow Burn, Lonely Weekend, Butterflies, Space Cowboy, Rainbow Disliked Song(s): (None) Recommend? Yes Heard Before? Partly

This was a perfectly listenable album. Some song i quite enjoyed, nice messages and pretty typical country instrumentals. An enjoyable enough listen, just nothing crazy and I’m not racing to put it back on

Country pop, not terrible but not my favourite surprises to see in the top 1000 because it doesn’t seem that popular to me. But that’s not a dig on the music as it isn’t to a bad standard.

Não dá pra entender ser listado entre 1001 albums pra se ouvir antes de morrer. É igual a dezenas de outros discos de cantoras surgidas no sec. XXI. Um disco sem sal, sem nenhum destaque. Não que não goste do som, mas é incompreensível entrar numa lista dessas. A nota aqui é por isso, não pelo disco em si, que até ouviria outras vezes.

See that first song had me a bit worried about this, but then Lonely Weekend brought me way up as I genuinely really loved that song. From there though nothing really reaches that high for me. High Horse though was pretty decent and the other highlight for me. I'm vaguely familiar with Musgraves and I like the odd song here or there, but this was just not really my thing. In general country is not for me, but one main ways I can enjoy country is fusing it with other genres. The most common fusion in recent years continues to be pop and while there are good attempts at this, there is A LOT of slop coming out too. Kacey is on the more posative side of this, yet nothing here stands so far above the rest as of the crowd to sway me any further. Just decent pop country that is inoffensive and mostly just uninteresting.

This album really surprised me. I was expecting to dislike it cause it was country but it turned out more poppy than that. Ms. Musgraves' voice is fantastic and the melodies on the album are quite catchy. Favorite songs were: Slow Burn, Oh, What A World, and Wonder Woman.

Oh Kacey. Beloved of the country world but it does not compare too well in a world of heavy hitters (and admittedly a lot of shite too). There’s some catchy singles in there (High Horse and Butterflies) but plenty of instantly forgettable prattle in between. I’m not inspired to try more.

Ultimately, this feels like a watered-down blend of pop, country, and folk that misses the mark across the board. The pop elements suffer from an overly glossy, synthetic feel. At the same time, the country side of the record completely lacks atmosphere, and the folk songs carry about as much organic grit as a TikTok video. The clear star of the show is her voice, yet the production even manages to wreck that by burying it in an artificial, hall-like reverb echo.

What on Earth is this insipid crap doing on this list? Nice enough voice, simple tunes, over-produced, completely vacuous lyrics. Just your usual saccharine pop slop with a country twist.

pretty good

objectively a good album but it reminds me of a bad time

Not for me 1/5

She has a great voice. The song variety was nice. I am going to round up.

Great voice med music

Mid to boring. Nothing happens for the entire album. Nothing interesting either. I really don’t understand why this is on this list or Apple Music’s 100 greatest albums list but what do I know.

Opening track was really good-enjoyed the stripped down sound & mellow vibe. But then everything else on the album had the same sound & it all just blended together & became boring

I knew I wouldn't love it based on the genre. But I was willing to give it an fair and honest listen. It's truly bad.

Thank the wife for that score

didn't expect to like this as much as I did.

Better than expected for modern country. There was one cool funky type song.

This was much better than I expected. There's a good blend of other genres layered into the country sound, which made this a lot more enjoyable than most country albums I've listened to. If I actually listened to or really liked country music, this could probably be a 4- or 5-star album. But I just don't really like country, especially pop-country, so there's only so far this one can take me.

She has a nice voice, but it's very generic soft country with the same voice you've heard from most chart toppers.

Better than most modern country, with the exception of “Space Cowboy.“. And any singer-songwriter worth their salt would’ve known you can’t sing the words “golden hour“ without it sounding like something much more inappropriate.

This is anything special? Her voice is good, but the lyrics tend towards country quaint. Except for the one country-disco song (which sounds too much like riffs from some disco greats) this album sounds like any generation’s country pop from the 70’s on up.

#243- I think I had heard songs from her before, so I wasn’t that upset when this album came on for me. She has a beautiful voice. The songs aren’t necessarily my style. I’m not a big country guy, but I am run more so not a fan of country being pop or dancy. Kacey does this on the album and it detracts from her voice. I might give individual songs a listen but I don’t think I’ll choose to hear this album again Biggest Hit - slow burn Biggest Miss - oh what a world Hidden Gem - space cowboy

Some of the more pop oriented songs aren't terrible... but as a whole any kind of modern country, even alt-country is not my bag. Kacey is a good singer, and her southern twang is probably one of the least offensive of the women in her genre, but that's certainly not enough to be any kind of a redeeming quality for me. So this is another one of those country/country adjacent albums that hey, if this is your jam... jam on. Me? I need to go listen to some death metal or funk to re-center myself.

3.5

I thought this was pretty good. Only a couple of songs are Country; the rest are Pop. Some clever lyrics and turns of phrase. I love rhyming “wonder woman” with “only human” for example. “Butterflies” and “Rainbow” are good love songs

I like her lyrics and her pop sensibilities.

If Taylor Swift announced that she were "going back to her roots," I think this is the album that would happen

begon op zich niet slecht... frisse wind in country land.. maar na een tijdje weegt de formule door en worden alle songs een doorslagje van elkaar...

Decent voice, bad music

4⭐️

Пам'ятаю супер-хайп на пічфорку по цьому альбому. Я тоді його сильно не викупив і трохи підхейчував. Зараз переслухав і це приємний, хітовий кантрі-поп. Приємні враження, десь на 3.5.

Дуже приємний кантрі-поп альбом, я поставив 3.5, але тут якщо між 3 та 4 обирати, то візьму 4. Особливо через пісню slow burn, це прям кайф.

BELLA VOCE. NON CAPISCO PERCHÉ SIA NELLA LISTA DEGLI ALBUM DA ASCOLTARE PRIMA DI MORIRE. CAZZO POTEVO NON ASCOLTARLO E MORIRE CON 45 MINUTI IN PIÙ DI VITA PASSATI A FARE QUALCOS’ALTRO. 2/5

2019s country pop. Slowburn is beautiful. Super lovely album.

Kacey has a sweet voice and creates melodies that are occasionally beautiful. Her lyrics can be sharp when she's feeling it, and when she's not, the song just comes and goes. She occupies a spot between country and pop that's kind of indefinable, which I means I usually skip past her if I want to hear something memorable. Kacey Musgraves is... fine.

Es ist ein warmes, sonnendurchflutetes Country‑Pop‑Album, das mit schwebenden Synths und weichen Melodien oft wunderschön klingt. Kacey Musgraves trifft diesen ruhigen, glitzernden Sweet Spot zwischen Folk und Pop, aber vieles bleibt eher sanft als zwingend. Die Stimmung ist konstant angenehm, nur selten wirklich überraschend.

This is a well-produced modern country pop record that mostly just bores me to tears. It's fine for a couple songs but starts to feel samey really fast. Not for me.

I liked this more than I was expecting. Almost in spite of myself. I'll probably be back

A perfectly fine if completely inessential, country pop album. I remember liking this a lot more when it was released, but it just feels too "fluffy" and "polished" to these ears now. "High Horse" still slaps though

Yeah, why not.

Не можу це слухати. Це якась, типу, кантрі зірка американська, але попса-попсою.

It was good I enjoyed the album even though I don't listen to country music

This is largely not a record for me. It's a very pop inflected country album or perhaps a pop album with country elements. It's bringing in quite a range of sounds in terms of the arrangements, but keeps the focus on the vocals. There's clearly talent here and the songs are pleasant, but I probably will never listen to this again.

No está mal, me gustó, fácil de escuchar

No

Yeah, I ain't a hick from the sticks, so a big thumbs down.

If Bo Burnham’s “Scarecrow” were written by a woman. Generically pleasant.

Nashville Country music isn‘t my favourite, and I didn‘t know Kacey Musgraves. In this album, there is not really a song I save for the moment… maybe later… in a few years.

Love it!

Great Songs: Lonely Weekend, Love Is a Wild Thing Good Songs: Slow Burn, Butterflies, Oh, What a World, Mother, Wonder Woman, High Horse, Golden Hour, Rainbow Mid Songs: Space Cowboy, Happy & Sad, Velvet Elvis Bad Songs:

Listened before?: nope Slow Burn - 5/5 Lonely Weekend - 3/5 Butterflies - 4/5 Oh, What a World - 5/5 Mother - no rating Love Is a Wild Thing - 3/5 Space Cowboy - 4/5 Happy & Sad - 3/5 Velvet Elvis - 3/5 Wonder Woman - 3/5 High Horse - 4/5 Golden Hour - 3/5 Rainbow - 4/5 Average score: 3.7/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️ it's cute. as someone who tends to dislike country music, i must admit the tracks are undeniably catchy. production is pretty good too. it's no wonder it's such a popular and highly rated album (outside of this site anyway) for some reason, i find female vocalists more palatable in the country genre than men. maybe it's cuz they tend to sing about more than "trucks n beer n guns" or whatever. obviously there's exceptions, but 9 times out of 10 i'd rather hear a female vocalist overall, i thought this was an alright album by a country hater's standards. i could see myself adding a couple tracks to my playlists. i didn't love this enough to give it 4 stars, but i'd feel comfortable giving it 3.5 stars elsewhere

Already loved Kacey so delighted to see this on the list

Kacey has a nice voice, but this album is far from essential. It is, however, the Quintessential Pop Country record, so if you don’t like this, you’ll hate anything on country radio for the last decade and probably the next one too. It’s very simple songwriting; the usual trucks, dog, relationship, cry in your beer stuff. Nothing groundbreaking or outstandingly terrible, just a pop country record for the masses. She could do some mean covers though- would love to hear some country classics with her voice on it. ⭐️⭐️

Great vocals, droll lyrics

I really enjoyed Slow Burn, what a great song and sound, only recently discovered Kacey, she is like a cool Taylor Swift. I will keep listening.

Country-flavoured pop. I know some of her lyrical themes might have been seen as ground-breaking in country but they are far from being so in pop, and that is what this is. It's nicely done and all quite pleasant, but I'm not sure any of it will stick with me.

This was a nice surprise to listen to, love the 'Slow Burn'.

I feel like I wanted to like this more than I actually liked it. The blend of country and disco sounds like it would be up my alley, but it just doesn't quite work. Also I feel like a terrible hypocrite saying this after denigrating so many albums on this list for having vocals that are not conventionally pleasant, but KM's voice is just incredibly boring to me. It sounds nice, and she's clearly a talented singer, but there's just no personality or distinctiveness to it. Overall an ok album, just oddly bland

Wow, this is a very good pop/country kinda album. It was a nice surprise for me. A 3,5.