Golden Hour

Is this serious? This is definitely NOT an album you must hear. It is one you must simply destroy before It brain damages you.

Now I do like this album, and I think comes down to a few things: 1. Female country vocalists are way more palatable to me. 2. Some really unique production things going on in a few songs that spice it up. 3. It really tiptoes the line of what I dislike about modern pop and what I dislike about modern country in a way that succeeds at avoiding both.

This doesn't feel particularly special. Got to the second song and felt like the album was dragging on.

Not for me. Cheesy lyrics, bland.

When this album came out, I had previously listened to Pageant Material, and I could tell that Kacey was a bit different from the average country artist. But "a bit different" has nothing on this album. It's got remnants of country music, in some of the imagery and instrumentation, but so much of it veers into mainstream pop or even indie territory. I could see this being very jarring for country fans, and possibly still too country for those who hate country, but for me it hit a sweet spot that I didn't know existed. Kacey's voice is a glass cannon--it's fragile and vulnerable, but it hits like a truck. She cuts through every instrumental to deliver lyrics that turn the mundane into something at least clever, if not profound. Compare, for example, "Space Cowboy," a song spun out of a pun that's relished on every chorus, and "Mother," a one minute "try not to cry" challenge that I have never beat. A lot of times on here I'm reminded of artists like Sufjan Stevens or Phoebe Bridgers, both artists who excel at turning the everyday into something powerful. I think Phoebe and Sufjan are more skilled writers, but Kacey brings their sensibilities to pop, which is neat. The melodies and chord progressions throughout are addictive; they may be poppy but damn do they work to destroy me. Of course I have this on vinyl, it's my favorite album of 2018 and one of my favorites of the last decade. As much disdain as I have for the racist institution that the Grammys have become, giving this AOTY was one of the best calls they've made in recent memory. Of course it's a 5 for me. Favorite tracks: I love this whole thing, and my favs change all the time, but Oh, What a World, Slow Burn, Space Cowboy, Golden Hour, Mother. Album art: Absolutely love this one. For me, at least, it's become iconic, but that designation needs more time. For now, I just love the color contrast here, the solid blue sky behind Kacey and her fan thing. A little bit of blur or distortion adds to it too. 5/5

Well, fuck…if more country music sounded like this I might not hate it so much. As the record goes on, however, a thought occurs: “Huh, it took 18 years for early 2000’s indie rock to permeate popular country music. Ain’t that something.”

Texas is hot, I can be cold Grandma cried when I pierced my nose I'm gonna give this one a miss.

This couldn't be a more generic, cookie-cutter album if it tried; pull any random stranger off the street and give them 24 hours to make an album, guaranteed it'll turn out 100% better than this. Terrible voice that's auto-tuned out the wazoo make this unenjoyable at best, it's completely uninteresting musically so it's really just pointless noise that you can't wait to turn off. I'm sure someone enjoys this but really I just feel sorry for them.

She's more Alison Krauss than Taylor Swift. I mean, Musgraves claims that she wrote two of the best songs while tripping on LSD. That's something Taylor would never fess up to even if it were true (somewhat related: I can't imagine what songs Taylor would compose on LSD, but I'm sure cats and Jake Gyllenhaal would be involved somehow). If I ever get the chance to drop acid, I want Kacey Musgraves to be my guide. I'm alright with a slow burn.

Cut from the same cloth as early Taylor Swift, with consistently great songwriting, lyrics, and vocal performance, even if a few tracks weren’t really my taste. A great country pop album. Unfortunately, the fact that Space Cowboy was not, in fact, about cowboys in space, was a major letdown.

It's so lovely to find an album you like in a genre you don't typically enjoy. This feels closer to folk these days, instead of the bro-cou try you otherwise tend to hear

sometimes it seems like the guy who wrote this book just picks something inoffensive from the past decade so as not to be accused of being out of touch with the times

I remember there was a radio station whose motto was "we play country without the twang", which I saw as a bad thing since country is all about the twang. This is definitely twang-free country. Country pop with an empahasis on the pop. I can see people liking this. The melodies are fairly catchy. I won't give her a 1 because that would put her in the same chapter in my book as The Circle Jerks, George Michael & those fuckin' Eagles.

I went back and forth with this one but, in the end, Kacey's voice and delivery tipped the scales to the positive. It doesn't hurt that the production is fantastic. "Golden Hour" is a fun album. It's nothing groundbreaking but it's also just enjoyable. There's shockingly few albums on this list that are just easy and fun. Thankfully, this one is.

Not usually a country fan but this was an enjoyable listen. Loved the production on this album and all of the cool chord progressions. The tone of the album felt pretty consistent throughout as well. A pleasant surprise! Favourite Tracks: Slow Burn, Lonely Weekend, Space Cowboy

Taylor Swift has a lot to answer for and none of it is good.

Been a while since I played this one, but last night I put it on the turntable and wow, I’d forgotten just how well the writing and general musicianship come together on here. Cali vibes, open top on a beach road, sunsets in the distance, it’s all on here. Great tunes from start to finish.

I bet that when Kacey goes for a curry she orders a Korma and a plain Naan bread. Every song sounded like the vomit inducing montage music to a teenage b movie where our heroine looks whimsically back at her summer of romance. I didn’t hate it, the vocals are ok and occasionally you think it is going to get spicy, but no back to your bland korma with Kacey! The correct order in a curry house (in case you are interested) is Lamb tikka korai, pilau rice, keema naan, and lashings of lime pickle. Go on Kacey give it a try.

Man this one was a chore to get through, I didn’t enjoy a single moment. Songwriting is as almost as basic as can be, with no interesting musical or instrumental work. The pitch correction on the vocals is especially irritating; it makes the singing sound so lifeless. Music for people who like “chill vibes” but who don’t actually like music. Actually the most basic album I’ve heard all year

Radio 2 friendly country-tinged schmalz. You could imagine this being a 1001 album you must listen to if it was a trailblazer that defined the genre.. but this is like Leanne Rimes crossed with KT Tunstall- it’s not even original

No personality, no substance, inoffensive trash. And to top off the disappointment Space Cowboy is not about a cowboy in space

So bland. Cheesy, naive and/or innocuous. Maybe you can salvage the first track somehow, but everything else is too dumb, musically or lyrically speaking. The one with all the clichéed metaphors about Kacey's unreliable love interest being like a horse got me laughing out loud, I admit. The thing is, I'm pretty sure that was not her intent to be comical here. Duh. 🙄I'm not wasting any more time on this review, I've already wasted to much of it trying to listen to this artist. Musgraves is criminally overrated by prominent music websites these days, but she's not the only one... Don't *fully* trust Dimery's list after 2010, by the way: half of it is filled with albums made by such overrated artists. Which is a crime given the insane amount of great music that's been recorded in the last ten years or so... Number of albums left to review or just listen to: less than 700, I've temporarily lost count here Number of albums from the list I find relevant enough to be mandatory listens:  approximately a half so far  Albums from the list I *might* include in mine later on: a quarter Albums from the list I will certainly *not* include in mine (many others are more important): the last quarter (including this one)

Oh man I love this album. I first heard about her / this record when it won the Grammy for record of the year 2019 (even though it came out in 2018? I forget how that works) over other acts like Drake, H.E.R., Post Malone, Janelle Monae, and the OST for Black Panther. People were upset at that and I felt obliged to check this out because I am naturally attracted to the underdog. I am a younger brother and a Mets fan after all. I listened a lot to this album on a trip to Colorado in February 2020, the month before COVID19 hit. It will always exist in a very vivid place in my brain in helping me remember that period of time just before it all went to shit. I also revisited it by chance on a 4/20/2020 livestream hosted by Willie Nelson with people doing home performances- it was funny because she was wearing green pyjamas and saying that she was completely out of weed and how it sucked. I just found a recording of it actually, and she said roughly "I dressed up for the occasion, I brushed my teeth. This is a strange 4/20 mostly because I'm completely out of weed, not even a crumb. No dust. Not even a cbd joint so that's fun. I'm gonna play Lonely Weekend because every day feels like a lonely weekend, I don't even know what today is." To say that that shit resonated with me would be heavily understating it. I'm really thankful for this album and finding it during that time because I along with everyone else was having a tough time but also because I really just wanted some poppy shit to sit and enjoy on a day to day basis and this did it for me. The definition of a guilty pleasure, even though I think that concept is bullshit and no one should feel that way for liking something. Plus I think the whole album is generally inspired by her at the time recent marriage to her husband and how he brought a lot of love to her life and that's the kind of shit I wanted to hear about. This record has four really really great tracks on it- "Slow Burn" "Lonely Weekend" "High Horse" "Golden Hour" I love how different each one is. Slow Burn is a slow and introspective track that gives some background on her and sets the stage. There's no rush here. The chorus melody is GORGEOUS. I love that little run over the top of the chords under it. I recently played this track for someone who at one point said they didn't like her too much. I played it on guitar and sang that chorus over the chords and they were like "oh yea that's really nice". Lonely Weekend is a bop and does my favorite thing for any album that has a hint of rock in it- it is a more uptempo and energetic second track! I love her voice in this one, it's so sensitive and pristine. I love the way she utilizes little nuanced melodic flourishes and runs, like the "out" in the lyric "without you". There's many of them on this album. This song really highlights how clean and effortless her voice sounds. The acoustic guitars are also immaculately recorded. I love the faster strums in your right ear, slower ones in your left, and the combination that hits around the :45 second mark. This chorus is so good. The lyrics are so simple but the concept really hit me during COVID. I remember having many days at work and being surrounded by people when I didn't want to be and still feeling lonely and isolated and missing my wife. High Horse is a fun disco respite from the established conventions and sound in the rest of the album. This is the radio track. Golden Hour is a super pretty song that sums up the whole album's sentiment towards her newfound love with her husband. It's got extended chords from jazz, it's got her natural little country twang, it's got a Beatles esque bridge chord progression (around 1:55), it's got probably the softest vocals on the record, and more tight production. The droney synths in the chorus are a hidden highlight for me. The rest of the album really isn't that far behind those tracks. Sometimes these albums on this list have stark contrasts from the big hits and the "other" tracks but I can't say that for his record. "Butterflies" wasn't even really on my radar but is a killer song and is somehow the highest played one on Spotify. "Velvet Elvis" is like a more poppy / more country (but definitely not pop country) Black Keys track. I love the album cover. Really simple and really evocative. The font choices are perfect- thin for her name, bold for the album title, her name being under the album name, all good choices. Man she looks hot with those big eyelashes. On better screens/monitors you can see these little visage mirror images of her face above her head. It's interesting. On my old 1080p IPS panel monitor I can barely make them out, but on my nicer 1440p IPS panel they are more visible. Hard rate for me. I want to give it a 4 as I really reserve 5's for really truly great records but it's hard for me to put this as anything lower than a 5. The great songs on this album are really great and the floor of this album is so high. It's a 5.

The biggest surprise of this whole endeavour

Instant classic

I had never heard Kacey Musgraves's music before and really had very little expectations on what it would sound like. I really enjoyed Golden Hour. This isn't really country music but I also don't think it is trying to be country music. It's country pop with different inflections mixed in. I despise country artists who try to fit into the country genre but they are clearing using drum machines and they are auto-tuned to hell (Hi, Morgan Wallen and Florida-Georgia Line!). It's like they want to be rappers but also really wish rap wasn't a genre with so many black people in it. I may be getting off track here...This isn't truck/cowboy/beer country music and I appreciated that. Slow Burn, Space Cowboy, Butterflies, Rainbow, Wonder Woman and High Horse are all really great songs. This is one of the few modern albums I have listened to that deserve a place on this list.

I let out an audible HYB when I saw this pop up, a well deserved contemporary placing on the list. On reflection Side B probably lacks the same punch as the first half but it's still a great album. Her voice is outrageous and story telling is incredibly relatable

Lovely, lyrical and lush. 5 stars.

I love this album. Psychedelic pop country is a genre I didn't know I wanted or needed when I first heard Butterflies.

I had no clue that this singer existed. This album made me silly-happy. Guess I found a new thing.

Pop ahh

Sad, elevator pop

Beautiful voice, but this is literally the most generic, bland, American, pop music possible (oop sorry, country). Why is this even here? Won't relisten.

This looks like the exact kind of album introduced in the book/list as a promise, just to be removed in newer versions (After writing it, I checked Wikipedia and discovered that she is an experienced country singer and that the album won the Grammy's. It confirms that I understand nothing about music and that this project is perfect for discovering new stuff, even the worst ones). Flat, bland, personality-less, and generic.

So they expanded the initial 1001 list so we could include this? I like country music but not the white collar variety. She says John Prine is one of her main influences. I'll take JP but his influence seems very well composted under piles of white collar and Las Vegas styles of country.

Love this album. It’s one of my favs. A variety songs and songs full of emotion and stories.

This is an unreal album. It deserved album of the year at the Grammy’s - glad she won. I like depressing music. Great sing along album.

Love this album

If Trump loses this election, I'm gonna have "High Horse" on repeat for DAYS. Country, or something else? Who cares. She's great, and this album is great, start to finish. 5/5

Not a country fan ban slow burn has been a favorite for a min

Fuck it 5 stars

Never heard of Kacey Musgraves before but throughly enjoyed this album and have listened to it multiple times now! Very catchy and heartfelt country songs

Overall an enjoyable album, moreso on the songs where Kacey stepped back from sounding too country. The more country centric songs weren’t bad, but definitely didn’t get me as engaged in listening. 3.5 / 5

Completely new artist for me—really enjoyed this apart from a couple of tracks that seemed designed more for the pop charts. The artist’s voice reminds me a little of Suzanne Vega. Described as country but more contemporary sounding. Giving it a 4 so I’ll come back to it.

Love Kaceys voice and this album is great. The only thing holding it back from 5 stars is her corny ass lyrics “That bar down the street don’t close for an hour. We should take a walk and look at all the flowers”. Yeesh

Musgraves pushes the limits of the usual conservative genre of country by flirting with elements of pop and electronic music. It gives it a unique sound. Musically, country fans shouldn't be too distracted by the occasional synthesizer or vocoder but more conservative listeners might be put off by some of her progressive politics, something the genre isn't famous for.

This was a great modern pop country album. Overall I don’t love a lot of the modern commercial country music but musgraves did a fantastic job of bridge by country sound with melancholy pop. The lyricism and singing make this an enjoyable album that can be heard many times. I feel like years down the road people will still like this album. 7.8/10

Listened to before: Once Finally my first country album - and, boy, I do not like country. But: Golden Hour leans as much into pop territory as it possibly can. I heard the album once a few years ago, without me remembering any of it. And so I was pleasantly surprised that I could actually enjoy it: Golden Hour is a collection of nice little songs, without much depth, but with catchy melodies and a nice vibe. The instrumentation is interesting and every so often we get nice little instrumental hooks, like on Butterfly or Wonder Woman. Which is why I listened to the album more often, than I had expected to.

pop ahh

I enjoyed this, although as the opening track suggests, Kacey Musgraves really enjoys her slow burns. Golden Hour is a little slow to get through, in part due to all the songs having fairly similar country-pop arrangements. This includes a horrifically simple drum machine loop on most tracks – though the songs that don't include any percussion really shine as a result. The acoustic guitar playing is colourful, emotional, and really carries most of the songs here, along with the reasonably strong piano. Both could've shown some more virtuosity, but there's a beauty in simple music that Musgraves definitely has the hang of. I also have to mention her singing. Musgraves's singing accent is so quintessentially American that it loops back around from being a bit silly to being genuinely fun to listen to. In addition, her lyricism is very straightforward, memorable, and easy to sing along to. But it's not particularly poetic: "Monday, I was gone, and Tuesday, you were workin' late Wednesday went to hell, then Thursday kinda had to wait, yeah Friday, you were leavin', goin' out of town again I should see what's goin' on, only got a couple friends" "Is there a word for the way that I'm feeling tonight Happy and sad at the same time" "Texas is hot, I can be cold Grandma cried when I pierced my nose" Musgraves's style is definitely inspired by the likes of Alison Krauss, early Taylor Swift, and (possibly) some very particular aspects of Dolly Parton. More processed-sounding than all three, though. I think an artificial feel has its place in music, but perhaps not in country. But then, people seem to enjoy this stuff. It did win 6 Grammys. 3/5 Key tracks: Slow Burn, Butterflies, Space Cowboy, Rainbow

I'd say this is a decent album. There were some genuinely good songs on here I can see myself returning to. A lot of it was just mid/so-so for me though. Interesting to hear some fusion of country, pop, and indie. All in all it rounds out to about 3* for me.

Taylor Swift com personalidade

Her lyrics are so bad. Like so so bad.

When I think of the albums that aren't on this list so that this crap can be... Impossibilly dull, lyrically pointless

Nearly a year of daily albums and this is maybe the worst. It just felt so bland, none of the songs stood out, the lyrics are bad, her singing is ok but nothing amazing. Just felt so generic.

Do I really have to review this when I had to skip multiple tracks? Let me put it this way — I enjoy country so if you're going to pitch this album as "country music" that's going to frame my expectations. I appreciate Kacey Musgraves is authentic, as in she was raised yodeling and isn't just some karaoke artist who transitioned to country because her face could sell records in America. I liked the 1st track, and got a headache on the 2nd track. Call me a hater, but auto-tune doesn't belong in a country song. I skimmed the rest of the album and started writing this review — funnily enough, the YT algorithm queued "Stonecutters" by DOPE LEMON once the album was done. I'd never heard them before. It was immediately and immeasurably more enjoyable than the album experience. Oh, then it queued "Merry Go 'Round" by Kacey, it was okay. Back to the album — bland lyrics, beats, and instrumentation. Bottom-shelf Americana. It's extremely telling that the entire album has a music video (yes, filmed with a "golden hour" lighting aesthetic because eyes > ears). This album is "when xmas shopping comes round, we need an artist for the market of gruff men with pop-girl daughters" and it sucks for the average listener (i.e. people seeking musical inspiration before they die). It's an insult to feature this album while some truly great modern works of Americana/country are absent. I will list some tracks by recent artists I recommend, some of them incorporate similar cross-genre styles. So in order to repair the bad rep this genre has earned due to cookie-cutter artists who've forgotten its root and soul, please give these a go: Brace For Impact - Sturgill Simpson (country GOAT) 24 Frames - Jason Isbell (genius lyricist) Hurtin' (On The Bottle) - Margo Price (that voice...) Tennessee Whiskey - Chris Stapleton (soulful) Feathered Indians - Tyler Childers (beautiful, earthy sound) Note that all of these tracks and their respective albums came out before "Golden Hour", so passing over them is truly crazy work. Even when Kacey Musgraves shows her take on "just country", the sound is bland and uninspired — think Hallmark film, TV advert, or MTV. Bonus, thanks to YT algorithm reminding me these artists also exist while I finished up this review: Tennessee River Runs Low - The Secret Sisters (country harmonies) Jolene - Ray Lamontagne (this song is so gorgeous)

Pop cheese, I am not her audience. Super boring milquetoast.

Bland.

Wow that was so bad. I hated this.

Couldn't even get to the end...

How did this win Album of the Year at the 2019 Grammy's over Janelle Monae's 'Dirty Computer'?

Definitely not my jam, but she has a nice voice. Every song seems the same as the last, mostly nouveau country blecch

A singer, must have some guts. That is not the case here. You go from one song to the next while babbling.

Plastik-Pop-Country.

Why is this on the list? Nothing special; if anything, slightly annoying.

Artiste inconnue. Pop générique sans aucune originalité, j'ai l'impression d'avoir déjà entendu n fois cette musique. Aucun intérêt pour moi. =>1/5

Simply generic country pop. You can see the influence Taylor Swift has had on this genre as this album closely follows a similar formula/vibe popularized by Swift.

I try to listen to all the albums with an open mind, even if I don't like the genre (and I don't like country). However, this just sounds like generic, dull-radio-play stuff to me. Awful

Oh my. I'm three tracks and then a couple of skips in and tbh, I've already had enough. First song is musically sound, really - and seriously, the hushed banjo, that's good, a nice take on pop country I'll admit that - but this one alone steers right into music to be licensed for a driving scene - with a beat up pickup truck, of course - in a movie about a character finding God in the turmoil of modern life. Kevin Sorbo plays a role. And then: it gets worse. I mean, this album nails the assignment of being radio friendly, country tinged pop for yokels, but that is, in fact, not an 1001AYMHBYD achievement. Jfc. 🗑, NEXT!

Je vais être honnête: ça mérite pas la note que je lui donne. C'est juste le genre de musique qui ne passe pas dans ma tête, arrêtée par les bouncers enfouis dans mes tympans. Je me suis pas rendu plus loin que la troisième toune tellement que le cringe et la fatigue auditive m'affectais mentalement.

Songs are at best poppy bubblegum, but are at least a bit varied. Production is pretty good. She can sing, but the lyrics are almost complete trash.

Please explain. Why? What makes this great (er) than something else? Is it fine. Sure. Is it the best Richard Bachman book that isn’t Steven King. Possibly. Is it better than most of Taylor Swifts work? Meh. Not really. Is it Ani DiFranco? Fiona Apple? Noah Kahan? Hamell on Trial? Nick Drake? Laura Mvula, Elliot Smith or even Phoebe Bridgers? Nope. No it’s not. It’s the equivalent of 70s soft rock with twang. It’s fine. Fine isn’t a 1001 albums album. it’s an if it’s on I won’t vomit album. Disappointing. I was hoping to like this just cuz it’s different. Rainbow is good.

The Good: Golden Hour is the best time to take pretty pictures! The Bad: The cover shot on the album was NOT taken during Golden Hour. The Ugly: even if they would have shot the picture during Golden Hour, it would not have made the experience prettier… If this is supposed to be country, what do cowboys listen to now-a-days? If mrs Mulgrave would have done her versions of ‘80s classic songs, which is what this album begs for, maybe I would have had a better time… Imagine her version of “The Reflex” or “Wildboys”, and I don’t know why I am using Duran Duran tunes as example… Sure, the album has production quality, however, seeing as this is the modern Nashville sound, it better. And yet, all this album does is make me want to skip track after track. 1* as I CAN NOT UNDERSTAND WHY THIS IS PART OF THE LIST

I've so many critics raving about this album when it came out that I was expecting something groundbreaking and unique. However, that is not what I got. Looking at the cover alone, I don't even know why I thought this could be remotely interesting. This is the most generic, dime a dozen, and anonymous country pop singer-songwriter music imaginable. Overrated to the moon and back.

Never heard her stuff. She has a nice voice, but modern country pop is not an exciting genre. Ok, 2nd song and now I hate her voice and this heinous mall muzak. This is everything wrong with modern music. I want to set this on fire. 1/5

По какому ебаному принципу сюда добавляли именно ЭТИ альбомы из 10х годов??? У меня слов нет просто. По альбому могу сказать только одно - эту сучку я бы трахнул

truly baffling. not even the continued horse metaphors can save it

Curious - late 90s bland sweet girl pop is now considered country music.

Apple Music put this above Nina and Mary J. Whatever?!

i'm so confused how she's been so popular for so long, i feel like i'm listening to hannah montana. lyrics are so simple and childish not a fan

Country pop by the numbers. Can’t think of a single thing you could do to make this music less interesting.

Nice voice. Decent songs. Solid production. Completely derivative.

Golden Shower.

Não sei como alguém acha que isso é um álbum que as pessoas precisem ouvir eu hein

sorry. the strong pitch correction with the vocal so far in front of the mix just sounds like a computer to me.

the lyrics were so bad I had to stop

Some bollocks, mostly about horses!

Dear God this is dull. Uninspired country-ish mope pop. She has a nice voice, and the album seems to be produced well enough, but I'm bored witless by it.

Excuse me while I blow my fucking brains out instead of listening to this. People always shit on teenage girl music and you know what they are right, this sucks. The lyrics sound like they were written by a child and I find out that three grown adults co-wrote this garbage. The background music is so overproduced and still somehow sounds like the most basic shit imaginable. She sounds like every other white girl with a guitar artist like they are made in some kind of white girl singer factory. She sings like one of those Nation wide insurance commercials that plays in between music you actually want to listen to. I would honestly rather listen to diarrhea slosh around in this woman’s acoustic guitar than have to listen to this album ever again. 1/10

Maybe better on said acid trip

I remember a bit of a fuss going around when this came out, but I never checked it out as it didn't seem like my thing, but I guess now it's been forced upon me. And oh man it's exactly what I dreaded, completely boring country-pop with nothing interesting or captivating about it. What on earth convinced them that this needed to be on the list, 1000s of albums that sound exactly like this have been made for decades now. Her vocals are fine, but there's only so long I can listen to the basic lyrics, basic playing, basic song structure over and over. Made 45 minutes feel like a few hours.

Exceeds in being soulless, gotta say I'm impressed. I felt like I'm walking around a shopping mall. It dragged since track 2. One of the biggest jokes of the list.

The first song is fine, nothing special but fine. Then it goes rapidly downhill and becomes twee.

I was so glad when it was over

I just really don’t vibe with this type of country music. All the songs sounded the same and the “my grandma cried when I pierced my nose” lyric was cringey af.

1 This list has helped me develop some respect and appreciation for country music, a genre I’ve never been the biggest fan of, but modern country pop stuff like this… yeah still not a fan. I can acknowledge this isn’t an outright bad album in quality, but it also does nothing for me. I wish she had leaned more in either the pop or country direction instead of straddling the line of both, as the result comes off sounding like formulaic sounding radio fodder without much of its own identity, or at best, a second-rate Taylor Swift album. All in all, it’s not incredibly versatile in vocal or musical performance, making it all feel very one-note. If you don’t enjoy the first song, you’re not going to enjoy the rest. Can’t imagine a scenario where I’d willingly listen to this one again.

What an annoying album. Everything about it was just not good. Skip it

This was just an album full of cheesy, uninspiring music. Bored the hell out of me.

this added exactly nothing to my life

And the bells were ringing out with piss poor singer songwriter pop