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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.
I've heard the name Kacey Musgraves - but I don't believe I've ever heard her music. It's possible I've heard something just by existing in the world - I guess I'll find out. After making it through the first time, I can confirm I have not heard any of this before. First time through - I thought her voice was a little too Minnie Mouse-ish - almost too cutesy and precious with no grit - but I guess it grew on me a little bit. "Slow Burn" - seems cool. For some reason this kinda reminded me of the vibe of Edie Brickell, and Dixie Chicks a bit too. Chill song, about taking life slow and enjoying things along the way. "O, What a World" - good, chill vibe again. Admiring the cool things in the world. Funny to hear the use of the vocoder on this one. "Mother" - seemed cool on first listen. No chorus, which I like. Seems like it's just a stream of consciousness series of thoughts. Goes by really quick at only 1min 18 secs. When "Velvet Elvis" and "High Horse" came on I thought I was listening to Taylor Swift. A lot of the rest of this seemed kinda like generic pop country-ish to me and kinda forgettable. I ended up liking 4 songs: "Slow Burn", "Oh, What a World", "Mother", and "Golden Hour". So I liked 2 more songs on this than I liked on Taylor Swift "1989" 🙂 I will admit, however, that I'd rather listen to this than most of the modern "bro-country" kind of stuff I've heard. It almost has a more indie-rock or 70s soft rock feel than straight country to me. Funny - I read the Wikipedia after listening a couple of times and she mentions about how she wrote "Slow Burn" and "Mother" while on LSD. I guess I like Kacey on psychedelics the most - haha! Liked songs on Spotify: 4/12 Rating: 2/5
I thought she was more in the country music realm and I can tell she’s supposed to be but this sort of sides on the pop side of things. Like Taylor swift before she went pop dancey kinda queen. This is up there with Taylor but just doesn’t have the sellout chops. Close, sort of Choice cut: Butterflies
Liked it overall. Good vibe, great voice. It wasn’t groundbreaking or anything.
78/100.
In my library
4/09/2026 Just found it really boring Mayyybe worth a retry someday
A lot of country lately, and this being straight after Sheryl crow probably didn’t help. Very ok, but it didn’t interest me. 5/10
mild, pleasant, country-fied pop, with a couple of nice lines - "Grandma cried when I pierced my nose" - but a fairly ordinary listen, which ran out of steam long before the end
Pro: This might appeal to people that don't like cliche country; Observation: Because this is not cliche country; Con: But I like cliche country. It's not offensive or bad by any means, but I get the feeling I'll forget about it very quickly. It tries to emulate all kinds of different musical styles (mostly pop), put it under Country as the most appropriate genre label you can attribute to it, and run with that idea. With that it works great as a "modern country in a nutshell" kind of album, but I prefer my country written by left wing libertarians using a steel string guitar and 4 chords at most.
The opening bars of this album really got my back up and, while it improved a little, Golden Hour is ultimately 45 minutes of twee shit.
I remember quite liking this at the time but I feel like everything sounds like this now. Maybe it was influential? Still a bit too polished and bland.
Among the most effective fusions of country and pop I’ve ever heard. The melodies are strong, and the production melds warm acoustic guitars with dance beats in a way that isn’t clunky or forced. The album has this ethereal sound that gives it a refined, pseudo-spiritual air. Though the songs don’t always deserve that treatment… “Space Cowboy” sounds like this meditative reflection on love but it is honestly kind of a silly song written around a dumb play on words. Oh well, I still liked it.
Kind of reminds me of the music you'd hear in a shopping mall. Like a bargain version of Tay-Tay. Not bad, just not memorable enough to stand out.
++: Golden Hour, Rainbow +: Slow Burn, Lonely Weekend, Wonder Woman, High Horse +-: Oh, What a World, Mother, Love Is a Wild Thing, Space Cowboy, Velvet Elvis -: Butterflies, Happy & Sad 4,2/10
de mis álbumes favoritos. me hace acordar a un momento tan específico de mi vida. pensar que si no hubiera existido la pandemia la hubiera vistot en 2020.
I really like this surprisingly since I usually am turned off by country, but there was enough of a Pop edge to keep me interested. I almost blind bought this record before but decided against it when I saw country listed as a genre and I kinda regret passing up on now. If I see it in the future, it will come home with me. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
She has a great voice and this is well produced, these things made this quite listenable. When it comes to rating this when the criteria is that you must hear it before you die though? Tricky. I could have died without hearing this and still have a good impression of most genres of post WW2 western music. I’ll be generous because although it’s not genre defining etc. there are albums on this list that are neither noteworthy or listenable.
This is boring as hell and I can only imagine is amusing to people whose biggest worry in life is the right shade of wall paint.
Awful, awful, AWFUL! Mostly pop drivel, but mixes in a lot of country to make it sound even worse. Not a single redeeming element here.
okayyy this one is pretty recent Let's see Lonely weekend was cute Oh, what a world was cute too!! I like her voice this is country right? MMMM a 2 or 3
This is everything I wanted and more Playlist add: “Oh, What a World” because I’m a sucker for a vocoder, “Happy & Sad” would’ve been 2nd choice
Not a bad album.
Struggling with rating this one because I liked it but I didn’t love it. A perfect candidate for a 3.5 star rating if one could give half stars. “Space Cowboy” is by far my favorite song on here and will probably be one of my most repeated for awhile. “Lonely Weekend” and “Wonder Woman” were also great songs. The rest I liked or was mostly indifferent to. However, this album did make me want to check out Kacey’s other albums, and I appreciate the different genre elements here, so for that I think I’m rounding up.
Very Taylor Swift adjacent, pop-country. I didn't find it relatable but I suspect many young women would.
5/5
01) Slow Burn - 8,0 02) Lonely Weekend - 7,0 03) Butterflies - 7,5 04) Oh, What a World - 7,5 05) Mother - 7,0 06) Love Is a Wild Thing - 7,5 07) Space Cowboy - 8,0 08) Happy & Sad - 7,5 09) Velvet Elvis - 7,5 10) Wonder Woman - 7,5 11) High Horse - 7,5 12) Golden Hour - 7,5 13) Rainbow - 7,5 TOTAL: 7,50 (75/100) Current ranking: 412/1011
Classic Kacey at her happy, dreamy best.
It was cute and listenable, but some of the lyrics where so banal and when it veered more into country I found it a lot less enjoyable.
I have to give it to Kacey Musgraves, some of her lyrics made me smile, but not because they were funny. Still, I can easily believe she was tripping while writing some of these songs.
Started out surprisingly strong, then fell to generic country for the back half. Thought this might have been a surprise 4 star for a bit.
0, -1?
The definition of country music has certainly changed. The only thing that’s “country” about this album is the lyrics, which even those could be questionable as there’s not much talk of tractors or beer (I kid and am thankful). She’s got a good voice and the music is pretty most of the time. Not earth shattering, but decent. 3/5
I think I would like this more if it went the bare/gritty route a la Gram Parsons/Lucinda Williams, instead of this really lush and shimmery sound. But I guess that's "country pop" for you, when that's never really been a genre I'm fond of. I know this is a pretty beloved slice of that genre but I don't know man, just not feeling the sound of it. It sounds like a lot of the pop slurry that I was constantly hearing throughout the 2010s; not exactly distinguishable. That being said I really like her voice and I think her lyricism feels very genuine and felt, and honestly I care about that more than poetry.
Country pop at it's finest .......
Some pretty songs here, beautifully sung. "Space Cowboy" is one of the most heart-wrenching songs I can imagine, and "Rainbow" is not far behind it. I gotta think she understands the irony of the speaker's stance in "High Horse," right?
I first heard of Kacey Musgraves in a duet with her husband on the Johnny Cash tribute album “Forever Words” from 2018 (worth checking out if you’ve not heard it). Hmm, interesting, note to self, file this away for future reference. I next encountered her early in the COVID pandemic in 2020. She was live-streaming a performance of “Rainbow” from her living room while we were all locked down, and I remember how hopeful and uplifted I felt hearing this song. I put that song on heavy repeat, and went out and bought all her stuff. I have had a soft spot for her ever since. Recorded in Nashville, ‘Golden Hour’ was much more pop than country. It became its own phenomenon, winning the Grammy for both country album and album of the year, an extremely rare feat. In relistening to the album for this exercise today, I am struck by the following: -she really likes her pentatonic scale. The vast majority of her melodies appear to be constructed off of this. Leads to some sense of repetitiveness. -lyrics are fairly simplistic/cheesy. -her regular voice is a little thin. Her falsetto is beautiful. Her pitch is beautiful. But these are mere quibbles, akin to complaining about too much sunshine. This is a good pop album. It’s probably really a three for me experience-wise, but it gets that bonus star for helping me through COVID.
I know this album like the back of my hand and it's perfection. She captured lightning in a bottle.
So peak
No private session used for Spotify. This is the confluence of contemporary country with bland pop. This stinks, I don't know how something so bland and overproduced could make it on the list.
3.5
Grammy winning album? Yeah I don't see it. For modern country standards this is perfectly passable, easy to throw on and vibe to but not much else. Nothing about this screams Kacey to me, even if it has a decent share of good melodies and catchy hooks. It's just a bit generic. I like the softness and emotional potency of Slow Burn, Mother and Love is a Wold Thing or the super sweet and catchy Butterflies, but the album doesn't do enough to remain interesting all the way through, especially with some of the sleepy songs in the 2nd half. The random disco switchup on High Horse was also kind of an awkward choice.
It’s good, almost pop but still country. Not a country fan.
Probably would be higher but it’s so overplayed for me
219/1001 🇺🇸 This is an ever popular and growing field of music, but not really my thing. I didnt dislike it but found it a bit too saccharine and overproduced. My favourite track featured a vocoder, not what i was expecting from a country record. Possibly a nod to Neil Young? Best Tracks: Oh What a World, Butterfly.
Going into Golden Hour, I didn't think I would like it as much as I did. I could easily see myself listening to it again.
Who knew country music could be good.
Album 286. Golden Hour (https://open.spotify.com/album/7f6xPqyaolTiziKf5R5Z0c?si=X63SDp55QYaeEeNOyIKIpA) — Kacey Musgraves (2018) I kinda want to hate it rn, but I'm trying not to. It's not the first Kacey Musgraves album I've heard. That's an okay modern country pop for girls with a personality crisis: who can't decide whether they're cowgirls or urban already. So, I guess it's a perfect musical match for them. Crazy and scary as shit. It has all the downsides of modern pop as a generic, personless product and this genericness also kills country soul even as it hopelessly tries at touchy songwriting and motifs. It's not driving any musical high in me. It's plainly good, plainly bland, fairly good and beautiful music with the right amount of melancholy for a broad audience, US especially. It works well, it's popular and it deserves to be in this list for diversity🌈 of shit music👍 3/5 No liked songs
i just simply adore Kacey Musgraves
So great. Sounds great, great lyrics, great sly sarcastic vibe.
A fan of this album going in. Still love it. Lush instrumentation, and I love Kacey's vocals. It's a solid no skip for me. 4.25/5.
2.4/5
pop country is good for some
Reminded me of Fleetwood Mac in places due to her vocals. Not unpleasant but not really my thing
What? Why? No!
Ver ganar a Kacey en 2019 fue top, gran álbum.
No esperaba un album girly en esta lista
I was a bit nervous to listen to this one, (I'm not really a fan of anything country) but this album surprised me. It was my first exposure to Musgraves and I think her style is interesting. I like how she blends the more country-sounding lyrics/singing with more modern beats. Overall, I found it to be a good album, but I'm not sure if I'll seek out more of her stuff.
country pop meets 90s indie rock . Pleasant and accessible.
Nothing standout. Plainly good
A previous listen to this left little impression, but there is lots to enjoy. It’s a hyper produced confection but she has a great voice and despite the lyrics being fairly simplistic the songs themselves are well crafted and there’s enough to keep you listening like the little bursts of banjo or the occasional swathes of synths
I certainly know OF Kacey Musgraves but had never listened to her. One song in and I like this. A lot of this is a little poppier than I am usually into, but this works for me.
Not gonna lie, first track I wasn’t liking this at all. I thought this had one star written all over it. Thankfully after that it grew on me pretty quickly and by the end of Oh What A World I was loving life. I did go back after and listen to Slow Burn again. Still not fussed on it. Rest of the album is a belter though.
Her singing isn't bad, but the lyrics make me want to jam pencils in my ears.
Waited patiently for it to end. Not a bad album, but music for a department store, inoffensive, but just about interesting enough to not give up on. Never really got going?
No perhana, eka olin, että jos tämä on countrya niin voiko olla, että salaa pidänkin countrysta. Tulin kuitenkin siihen tulokseen, että tämä on indie- / aikuisrock-albumi, jossa on korkeintaan vähän countryvaikutteita. Yhtä kaikki, hitaaseen lauantai-aamuun yllättävän hyvä albumi. 3/5
Ok. Pleasant and calm.
One of the rare country albums on the list, but it doesn't completely sound country. You've got the country phrasing in the lyrics, sure, but the music behind it is soft and dreamy. You get some pop vibes, a little disco, a little less twang than you'd expect from country. This is almost a stepping stone between traditional country and Taylor. It's alright, but I don't really think it's as essential as they think it is. My rating: 3/5
A lot of hate on here for this little lady’s efforts. Children, settle down. It’s not nearly as bad as you pretentious snobs suggest. Sure, it’s simple writing, both lyrically and musically. Whatever… her voice is pleasing, and far more people like it than not. So crawl back into your narrow view and let the rest of us stroll at ease.
Not for me. Objectively good, but I’ve never been a fan of modern pop country.
It’s a solid country-pop album, and has a boot firmly in both. Some of the lines are clever, but some also echo common country themes. It’s not my preferred lane, but it has great production and performances. 3.5/5.0
Wannabe taylor swift.
This is not a genre I would ever go to on my own, but….I really like this album. Much more than I ever imagined. Reminds of the great female singer-songwriters discovered at Lilith Fair or on one of those Lilith Fair compilation albums. 3-1/2 stars
Music didn't match mood. Might try another time
I thought I was gonna hate this a lot more than I did. Country mixed with 2010s pop music is my idea of hell in music form. Some of the tracks here are pretty enjoyable and she's clearly a good vocalist, but the album overall is just a bit bland and inoffensive. 5/10
Comfort album.
Проблема в том, что американцы неприменно убеждены в том, что остальному миру абсолютно интересно и увлекательно, слушать ещё один кантри альбом сделанный уже даже не важно в каком году, в 1975 или в 2018. Это ещё один critically acclaimed кантри альбом, но теперь в виду примет времени, вместо седобородых дедов, вы будете слушать Тейлор Свифт-like вокал с автотюном, скромным периодическим банджо на фоне и лирическими темами о том, как девочка плакала от проколотого носа в Техасе. ЭТО. НИКОМУ. НЕ. ИНТЕРЕСНО. 0/5.
Hadn't heard of Kacey Musgraves before, and took a couple of listens to really get into. But I enjoyed it! Especially "Butterflies". Bit soppy maybe, but that suits me just fine right now. 🥰
I'd heard the name before, but I haven't kept up much with contemporary country so this is the first Kacey Musgraves album I've listened to. This is pretty poppy for a country album with somewhat mixed results. Ultimately I found it a fairly enjoyable listen. The vocals are smooth and not *too* twangy, and it's catchy from time to time. I understand the mass appeal here. Lots of early Taylor Swift vibes. 4.0
Very good album. I believe this is one of my wife's favorite Kasey Musgraves albums.
5/10… country / pop / *2018
just an album for radio. But still better than Neil Young
Pretty enjoyable little country album. She has a very nice voice, and some decent songwriters around her. And it just about avoids being an annoying pop album for me. A good job! I liked Velvet Vices & Rainbow
I drove to work on a 500 AQI morning, with the air so full of dust that the sky was a light shade of beige. Based on the reputation I knew this album to possess, often heralded as a wondeful modern country record, I went into Golden Hour with some inaccurate expectations for what it would sound like. Rather than leaning into the songwriting and aesthetics of country, it winds up feeling more like a floaty pop album with a country twang. Trying to concieve of this album as a country album first got me pretty hung up on its sound, especially as disco production and talkbox vocals started cropping up. They were a welcome surprise to be sure, but contributed even more to me feeling like I wasn't connecting with that this album was doing. However, when I relistened to this album with the idea of it being a pop album more than anything, it started to click a lot for me. I think the songs are often at their best when Musgraves leans further into the pop and electronic elements. Her lyricism also wore me down over time; what initially felt uncharacteristically simple and near-juvenile for a genre like folk or songwriter, took on new life as a refreshingly honest and easy to understand approach to songwriting, as if we're listening to entries from a diary. I'm glad I gave this album a second listen and was able to find a better appreciation for what it is. Highlights: Slow Burn, Lonely Weekend, Butterflies, Mother, Love Is A Wild Thing, Happy & Sad, Velvet Elvis, High Horse, Rainbow
Would you call it country pop? I don’t know, but I appreciated the laid back music, even if it wasn’t really imprinting on my memory much.
A Review in the Style of KM Lyrics: I’m listening to the record the sun is shining outside But I’m feeling sad inside oooo-woooo oooo-wooo But I remember Texas But I remember my grandma There’s more to this world oooo-wooo OOOOO-WOOOOOOOOO So I turn it off, yes I do I just press stop on that old tape player by the door oooo-woooo oooo-wooo I open that door and drown myself in a cattle trough (cattle trough)
Pop country made by men: NOOOOOO Pop country made by women: Wait why is this fire (the secret is I love country music and don't like misogyny, hot take, I know) Ok, I read y'alls reviews and my joke about disliking misogyny will most likely not land with many of you, on account of how you're misogynists. 4.5/5
the exact kind of lyrical writing that i dislike
Pop a gusto
On the fine side of blah. Never thought about turning it off.
Musically fine, pleasant enough voice. A few cheap rhymes.
Middling
Another one - not the kind of music I listen to... but holy hell she has an amazing voice.
Liked this one. She’s great
Super tight album. Songwriting on here is excellent and Kacey has a great voice. Not my favourite genre but even then it's still very good.
Im sorry i didnt listen i just really dont love this kind of country music.
Almost liked it, but it was just not for me
I grew up listening to the usual country pop drivel because of my family, but I have to say this is fairly enjoyable. 4/5
One of the most pleasant country-pop albums of the modern era! Kacey imbues all of her songs with some really gorgeous production details, more akin to the stylings of Nico Paulo or Weyes Blood than any other modern country-pop I've heard, and even some songs that explore stylistic shifts, like the vaguely French house-sounding "High Horse". Another solid 7/10 from this challenge!
Enjoyed this more than I thought I would but what makes this a country album? This was just pop??
Big win for the country genre. For an album that so effectively distances itself from the stereotypical sounds and themes of country, I did find it funny that a Chevy Silverado truck *had* to get a mention nonetheless. Lovely songs all around! Standouts: Slow Burn • Love Is A Wild Thing
This album is like a popsicle on a hot summer day. The first time I heard this, shortly after it came out,, it was such a breath of fresh air and did not sound like anything else I was listening to at the time. Unfortunately I do not think it has held up over the past eight years or so, and the silly lyrics (Slow Burn is almost unlistenable to me now, and don't even get me started on rhyming umbrella with tell ya) and the processing on her voice has dropped it in my esteem. Still giving it a 4 in recognition of all those listens I gave it in the past.
I dislike this stylistically but I often with country I think, maybe it's good but just not for me? But this didn't feel like it was particularly interesting
I remember this coming out to a lot of critical acclaim and I didn't get it then or now. It's not bad, but it doesn't feel like it's that groundbreaking and I've always felt like the vocals sound heavily processed and out of the rest of the mix. 2.5
Безвкусная жёсткая жвачка. Один из худших альбомов который я послушал впринципе. После этого альбома я точно пересмотрю все поставленные единицы другим альбомам, потому что это - вещь несравненная естественно в негативном смысле. Среднестатистический вокал, как будто музыку такого плана поет одна и та же девушка, ноль эмоций либо настолько поверхностны что их сдувает. По ощущениям у этой мадам есть мощный спонсор и музыка это ее хобби, которое из-за неограниченного количества средств вышло из-под контроля. Непонятно что здесь делает этот альбом, редкостная гадость. Оценка 1/10
I listened to this and don't remember a single track. My impression is bland, inoffensive, overly processed pop with a touch of country. So it sounds like Kacey Musgraves tried to go the Taylor Swift route to getting a lot of streaming listens/sales, but it's too generic to work. 2.5
I love this album, if only because it’s the first album that my wife showed me that I really enjoyed that wasn’t something we both liked. I’m musically snobby. I am reviewing 1000 albums, rating them, and giving my opinions on them. Sharing this one with my wife is wonderful. This album is just a good time. Really smart, well written “country” that’s fun to sing along to. There’s a couple songs on here that aren’t as strong as the rest (velvet Elvis, mother) but the hits hit so hard; they’re so electric man. Slow burn, butterflies, space cowboy, Wonder Woman, rainbow, and goddamn golden hour? 10/10 hits. The other songs than the listed two above are all solid too. Great album, here’s my wife’s review: “Well I’m happy and sad at the same time..happy to get to hear a great album and sad it’s over! What a blessing to listen to the best artist of all time by random chance on this album shuffling website. I will not give you your space, cowboy, because I will continue to play this album on repeat. Now get off your high horse and give this album 5 stars!”
Well… I was actually positively surprised by track no. 1. But overall the tracks on here are just too sugar sweet for my taste
I liked a couple songs not a country fan by trade. Still good
It grew on me the further I went into the album, thought this was just another country pop artist, but I definitely found myself vibing for a couple
a bit overly sanetized production at times, and the lyrics arent the most interesting og neuanced thing in the world, too often detailing very generalized observations and experiences, but this is still a very colorful and loving pop album, even moments of melancholy is painted with either shades of joy or tranquility (happy & sad being the most explicit example) one of the few modern albums on this list that actually justifies its inclusion as a genuine modern genre classic
intergalactic country, canonical
i like kacey, think her music is good, but another album that does not need to be on the all time list of albums. it was good for what it was but it is not genre changing, music shaping but it was good
Now I like some country music and on the range between this and stadium country collabs with Jelly Roll, I’ll take this any day. But it’s not really good. The lyrics are derivative and uninteresting and her voice is lovely, but I dragged and I couldn’t wait for it to end.
Another Taylor Swift album would be more deserving of being on this list.
I was predisposed to dislike this, but it wasn’t bad.
Can't be dealing with this mushy stuff right now! Not unpleasant but ...
A two-star album if ever I heard one. A few touches of melancholia in the chord progressions, and twists in the production, but it nevertheless fell far short of wresting a third star from this old cynic. I mostly eye-rolled. Too much of it is just too nice (cheesy) and lacks any impact (Love is a Wild Thing being a case in point; I've never heard anything less wild in my life.) I'm actually shocked it won a Grammy for Album of the Year; did it anaesthetise the judges? (And on Wiki, it cites Sade and Neil Young as influences... huh? Where is their mystique?) I found myself frequently thinking of Taylor Swift, which isn't a good thing, I'm afraid. It's okay, but bored me personally (apart from Slow Burn and Oh What A World, which probably got it the second star).
I like alt-country, but this is about as milquetoast as music gets
Started out very strong for me, but towards the end felt a little samey even though I know there was variation in there
I really liked this one. It's not something I'd seek out on my own and the songs did kind of blend together, but I'm drawn to her voice and the softness of her songs.
Such a voice!
This is the best 2018 had to offer? I gave up around song 5.
Kacey Musgraves has a very simple voice as a writer. When she finds some depth of meaning with it, the results are fabulous. That said, there are some real stinkers on this album. Giving it a 3 because of this
I was cautiously optimistic after the opening track Slow Burn which I liked. However, the album just never got interesting and remained mostly background music.
I imagine being a brunette in country music is akin to being a Jew in 1930s Germany so this album is a beautiful act of resistance. Very obvious that more than half the songs started with a title and worked backwards into a song. Production is lush to the point of being lightly soulless. She also drops her birth year early on following in the footsteps of Taylor Swift and Adele who think they're interesting from the moment of their birth. That said a lot of good songs and some lyrics got through to me even with the cowboy trappings.
boring
Boiled chicken has more flavor than this album
duhhhh
2/5 or 3/5
Twee bollocks.
Ooooh baby! This gave me goosebumps immediately! Kacey's voice is always so clear and crisp - in fact, the whole production is exactly what I want from modern country music. The definition of lush. I think this came to me at the right time, after my country music stereotypes have softened and I've even become more amenable to pop music. Fills the exact lane that Taylor Swift left wide open for someone far more talented. Favorite tracks: Slow Burn, High Horse
Sweet and mellow. Good lyrics. Really liked this.
𝘎𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘯 𝘏𝘰𝘶𝘳 is a pleasant album, but not quite the country record I was expecting. While there are occasional country touches, the music leans much more heavily towards polished pop, leaving me wishing those roots had played a bigger role. What kept me listening was Kacey Musgraves herself. Her warm, expressive voice is the album’s greatest strength, bringing charm and sincerity even to songs that I found fairly average. As a pop album, 𝘎𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘯 𝘏𝘰𝘶𝘳 works well enough. As a country album, though, it left me wanting more. In the end, I enjoyed it, but I never felt it rose much above being a solid, if unremarkable, listen.
Spacey Kacey you make my heart racey… Everybody needs a little Kacey in their lives. My ex put me on to this album way back in 2019 and I’m happy to see it made this project. Some good music, great writing and a good range of songs. This is a four of I’ve ever heard one.
Liked, didn’t love. Nice vocal tone.
I actually found this pretty boring. It’s not bad, it’s just…well…so forgettable I’m having trouble remembering much of it to even write about. She’s got a good voice, but dropping in an occasional banjo plinking or brief slide guitar does not a country sound make. Also, injecting modern pop beats into essentially every song in the end dilutes it all. A pop album more than a country album. Not bad…just…kinda missing something.
She’s pretty and sings good. Not much not to like about this but for some reason I find Kacey kind of boring. Not really sure why. Her music is just missing that thing for me. 2.75
Easy breezy listening experience. Also that time she played SNL fully nude behind her guitar was pretty neat. 3.75/5
Did not like this album
She's got a lovely voice and there is some lush production to bring out the best in it. But I don't think this is remotely something everyone needs to hear, it's total fluff and having started in earnest, it just falls into mediocre department shop radio territory.
Man, this is great. Good writing, production, the whole 9.
If I heard a song here or there it would be fine but a whole album was too much
Whole album is amazing, stuck between a 4 and 5. Great music, solid pop album with a lot of influenaces
Great voice. Boring and predictable lyrics. Boring music.
What a trivial pop album—so generic and forgettable. I've heard similar, uninteresting songs a thousand times. Now I could associate it with a name. But I'd rather just forget that one right away, too. 2/5
easy listening with a country vibe. Many follow this path
além de ser um country mais pop e não me ofender como um puro country, country com vocal feminino é bem mais agradável.
Not this album making me cry at work on a Tuesday morning
Chatooooo
Kacey Musgraves' brand of country pop with indie tendencies is exactly what I needed today. Great songwriting, fantastic vocals, and a general joy to listen to
It’s still more boring country. Meh
She has a lovely voice, but the music and lyrics feel basic. One note pop just doesn’t do it for me.
They're not "bad" songs, just very tepid. Every song feels formulaic, and while it may resonate with some, it does nothing for me. Now back to something more exciting, like watching my oatmeal cool...
#1 choice for background music in a professional office setting or mall restaurant.
This was the record that began my slow transformation into an out and proud country fan, so I will always have that appreciation for it. Upon revisiting, it's a little too pop-heavy for my taste and I had a bit of trouble getting through it. Feels like a boardroom of music executives trying to write Emmylou Harris' "Wrecking Ball." The standout for me is the blend of country and disco on "High Horse," which has been on my playlists since the record came out. There are some other solid hooks throughout as well. Nothing bad here, just too safe and predictable for my liking.
I'm not a country fan but Kacey Musgraves makes me wish I was. She has a stunning voice, heart-wrenching songs, and is an exceptional lyricist. If all country singers were this good, I would not have any trouble getting into the genre.
The trouble with all these new country albums, for me at least, is that there is nothing to mark one apart from the other. They melt into one another, as indistinguishable as a teaspoon of lukewarm water in an ocean of blandness. I listened to a few tracks to make sure I was right... I was.
i bought this the day it came out
Pleasant middle of the road stuff. Nothing to write home about.
Absolute banger. One of my personal favorites. Some incredible song writing.
I hate country music, so if I have to listen to country, I'm glad it's Kacey Musgraves because I don't hate her. Her voice is different than other country singers, and I actually like a few of her songs. I knew and liked the song Rainbow. I also liked Golden Hour and Lonely Weekend. I liked this a lot more than I thought I would. It was pretty poppy.
I think it's an alright album if not for me Will I listen to again: 20%
Starting to think there’s only 200 albums I must here and 800 filler
Listened to this on a camping trip out in the Olympics. It made it a bit more interesting, but on second listen driving home there are a lot of boring duds on this album. Slow Burn and Rainbow are good bookends. 2.3/5 -> 2/5
The tracks sound very similar, but the vibe of the record is very pleasant and comforting. I will probably listen to it again while working or reading. Favorite tracks : Slow Burn, Butterflies
I was on vacation so I have a giant backlog of albums to get through. This is my second country album in 3 days, and if this keeps up I'm going to be caught up a lot quicker than expected.
Not a fan of country but nothing to hate here. She has a good voice and the music is not offensive or super twangy. A lot of the songs do sound the same though.
Not quite as country as I was fearing. Just the most inoffensive, blandest, marketable American pop music targeted for teenage girls one could possibly imagine. But, you know what, the songs really weren't all THAT bad. And for a 2018 album, this somehow made me feel very nostalgic about all the early-00s pop music of this kind that I had to listen to because my family didn't have a computer nor internet yet back then and I had to watch every possible music programme on the telly in hopes of seeing and hearing something decent. So it a surprisingly nice experience in the end. Odd, but nice. I'd want to give it three stars, but let's be honest, all that nonsense above aside, this album is pretty shite and has no reason to be on this list. I can't possibly give it more than two actual stars, but I'll give it a spiritual third star for that lovely little experience I described.
Beautiful country, folksy, bliss.
good pop, enjoyed, just cannot really relate to this
Mixture of country and songwriter pop. Nice singing voice.
This is a pleasant surprise. I lived through the Bro Country era and wondered if we'd see good modern country. Somehow this album completely passed me by, probably cuz I was jaded. But this is excellent. A few songs are unconventionally country but it's got some great music ideas and beautiful lyrics and singing. Give it a listen.
Wonderful album. Creative, funny, touching writing and catchy hooks throughout.
Top quality pop music. Good and often clever songwriting that isn't too larded with Nashville cliches. There's really only a few occasional touches that signal that this is a Nashville Country Music approved-for-country-radio album: an occasional and barely noticeable pedal steel and, more often, banjo, which typically has a very modern wash of reverb over it that makes it seem distant in both space and time (like a nostalgic simulation of silent film). So, I'd much much rather hear this than anything else I can think of on country radio (except Chris Stapleton and...?), but it still feels like a product that is unlikely to be interesting in 30 years. I could almost go four stars on this, because --really-- top notch production and performance, but it's just hitting all the marks and not doing anything really "you gotta hear this" level, so: 3/5.
Lekker rustig op werk
Pop Country is still Country Music at the end of the day(and as my history suggests, I'm definitely no fan of 2010s music either). This was long, drawn-out Corporate Country that was a complete drag to get through. At least Kacey Musgraves loathes the orange tyrant, and I won't pull a reverse "separate the art from the artist", so the album was a big miss for me. Favorite Track: "High Horse".
Very pop, very sweet. Not bad, not interesting either.
It's a pretty good album overall. It's definitely more of a modern country album. It has some good songs on there, but it's not my favorite. Pretty good.
Never listened much to Kacey Musgraves. I’m glad I fixed that now. It’s a really beautiful album. It’s all so well composed and wonderfully performed. My only complaint is that the subject matter is too focused on romantic things. It does occasionally go into other topics and when it does it’s excellent. Not that the romance songs are bad by any stretch. Rainbows is gorgeous.
Not for me.
Slightly more bearable than Swift.
I like the voice despite it being twangy. The pop country feel felt different and it was pretty entertaining album. Velvet Elvis has me laughing
Great country pop record
It's an easy listen. But easy doesn't always mean good, right? Musgraves' voice is smooth and sweet, but the songs themselves are about as memorable as a dream you can't quite grasp in the morning. There's a slight country twang here, a pop sheen there, but it all blends into this beige musical mural that just kinda... exists? Spins: 1 Playlist Additions - Butterflies - Rainbow
Super
A very cute listen. I enjoyed this the entire way through.
I hated pretty much everything about this. 1/10
I really like this album I think that it was pretty nice. Pretty listen to emotional songs. The only song that I didn't like is mother I think it's very slow and over emotional in my opinion, but from that it's a great album I actually like her a lot.
It’s a meh for me
A young lady with an exceptionally good voice which pulled on all the emotions. The tracks felt as though she meant what she was singing and so all the meaning was there for me to feel those real emotions even the tracks that were about mundane things. I do hope she wrote the lyrics herself- it felt like she had! Not something I would rush to listen to again but enjoyable in the moment. Best track- ‘wonder woman’ or maybe ‘rainbow’ Worst track- ‘golden hour’ 7.5/10
Kacey Musgraves An artist I knew of, but never heard much by. The heartfelt opening Slow Burn promised much but we were soon into a sanitised version of C&W where it felt tracks had been pulled from supermarket aisle like one selects a weeks ready meals. A pop one, then a rock one, then one with a dance beat, one with a cool synth sound, one with a 'clever' pun in the lyric and so on. I'm sure Kacey was here somewhere but I couldn't hear her. Each song feeling like the safe, low calorie 'lite' option. An album full of omelettes made with only the whites. There's more genuine emotion and authentic country in a Hannah Montana album Best Track - Slow Burn Worst Track - Space Boy 4/10
Favorite Track: Rainbow Least Favorite Track: Velvet Elvis
Great album. Obviously, high horse and slow burn are highlights, but the whole album is full of consistently good tracks.
Way too new to be on this list. Even if it was fantastic (which it’s not, it’s fine).
Not really my thing, undecided on what genre of music this classifies as - but not much here-
The ultimate shopping-at-Winn-Dixie-ten-minutes-before-closing-on-a-muggy-Tuesday-night-and-this-is-playing-full-blast album 1.5/5.0: Bad
i think i would like this more if she leaned into the country aspects a little more
Not something I would listen to in rotation, but I’m glad it’s on the list. I like the diversity of having some more modern albums rather than constant 80s British pop.
☀️
Some beautiful lyrics on this one
Note to revisit next time I’m driving down a highway alone at dusk. ✅✅ Space Cowboy ✅✅ Wonder Woman ✅✅ High Horse
A golden record. I loved this album since the first listen what feels like wayyyy back when on a roadtrip from northern California to Temecula. Quiet, contemplative, and a little fun. Singing and songwriting at its best with a perfect combination of contemplate rebellion, country twang, and cowboys you can barely wrangle.
Angelic, sweet, poppy. I love her and Slow Burn is an all-timer.
🌬️🍃
Álbum bem legal de ouvir. Pop country bem feito e divertido. QoA Cloudscape.
Ben ik in de H&M beland? Dit is een prima album hoor, Kacey heeft een goede stem en de productie is zo veilig als het maar kan, maar is dit echt een album dat je moet horen voor je doodgaat? Is dit niet meer iets voor 1001 albums die je in de gemiddelde H&M hoort? Of Abercrombie ofzo. Tsja, het is gewoon een prima album, je hoort wel meteen dat het recenter is uitgekomen dan een hoop op deze lijst. De productie is gewoon een stuk cleaner, zeker op nummers als High Horse wat bijna een dance beatje lijkt te hebben. Het is wel heel heel heel veel van het zelfde, kan ook aan het genre Country liggen, en dan specifiek het pop country wat dit is. Kacey zingt prima, lyrics zijn mwah, nogal zoetsappig als je het mij vraagt maar dat is soms ook goed te pruimen. In totaal? Ach, ik heb me niet zitten irriteren, Kacey kan prima zingen. Maar ik vind het gewoon nogal enthousiast om dit als een essentieel album te zien, het komt op mij nogal over als een 13 in een dozijn country pop album. Maar goed, misschien ben ik wel een beetje een zeikerd in deze. FAVO: High Horse
No. 210 Although this isn't the type of music I usually listen to, I really liked this artist's sound.
Demasiado empalagoso, me gusta la voz y cómo juegan con los sonidos, hay tal vez dos canciones rescatables las demás me parecieron demasiado
I approached this one with fairly modest expectations. Grammy-winning country-pop about falling in love? Fine. We'll give it forty-five minutes, nod politely and move on. The cover art, the title, the general cultural reputation of the album all seemed to point in the same direction: tasteful, well-crafted songs about romance, delivered with enough charm to keep everyone happy and enough polish to win awards. Pleasant. Competent. Possibly even very good. Just not necessarily something that would linger in the mind once the final track faded out. Except that's not quite what's going on here. Underneath the immaculate production, the vocoders, the sunsets and the butterflies, Kacey Musgraves has made a surprisingly thoughtful album about timing, impermanence and the awkward fact that happiness doesn't actually solve anything. It just gives you something worth worrying about. The record begins with a brief disclaimer that she is, in fact, a bit of a handful, before settling into a state of wonder. Not old-school psychedelic "I have seen the secrets of the universe" wonder, but something much more modern. Call it Instagram psychedelia. Trees are amazing. The sky is amazing. Love is amazing. Existing at all is faintly ridiculous. Somewhere along the way, somebody appears to have dropped acid and come back with the conclusion that they should probably phone their mother. The remarkable thing is how lightly it's all worn. *Mother* lasts barely more than a minute and contains more emotional truth than many artists manage in an entire album. "I miss my mum who misses her mum." That's the song. That's enough. The point has been made. Elsewhere, Musgraves keeps taking familiar country images and quietly retooling them. *Space Cowboy* isn't Steve Miller. It's "space, cowboy." *Love Is a Wild Thing* argues that love can't be owned. *Happy & Sad* observes that the moment you realise you're happy, you start worrying about losing it. Even the title track ultimately lands on the wonderfully unromantic observation that somebody "caught me at the right time." That idea runs through the whole record. The time has to be right. Darryl Pandy knew the score. So did Jarvis Cocker. So, apparently, does Kacey Musgraves. What surprised me most was discovering an arc. The album starts looking up at the stars and ends worrying about ordinary human limitations. The concerns become steadily more grounded. Wonder gives way to attachment. Attachment gives way to impermanence. The light slowly moves across the room. And then, just when things threaten to become too thoughtful, she throws in *High Horse*, which turns out to be country disco. Or, if you prefer, *I Will Survive, Yee-Haw*. There are not many records that can move from generational grief to a mirror-ball-assisted instruction for somebody to stop being a pain in the arse. I can't pretend this will become a foundational album for me. It's not *Parklife* or *Revolver or **The Lexicon of Love*. But I enjoyed spending time in its company far more than I expected. Musgraves turns out to be funny, observant and quietly subversive. The songs are full of country clichés, artfully deployed and slyly repurposed. The production glows. The ideas; well, they sneak up on you. Most impressively, the album survives close inspection. You can happily let it soundtrack a coffee shop. Equally, you can spend a morning poring over it like a Graham Greene novel and discover that it's been thinking about time all along. Maybe more contemporary country artists should drop a tab now and again.
It was ok. Didn't really catch me.
It was a cute pop / country album of the current days. Really liked the opening song.
Generic girly-voice guitar/piano teenage lovesongs
Couldn't finish it, really not my kind of music
A little on the poppy side for me but the simplicity and saccharine sweetness with a touch of clever works
Album sounded really nice. Never really listened to Kacey before.
I knew rainbow, which is a great song, so I had high hopes for the rest of the album but it felt pretty unmemorable overall. Rainbow is still great though.
When you make music in a genre widely known for its recent reputation of sounding like same-y dogshit… you should PROBABLY try to address that and experiment to break out of that sound. This album played it too safe and not enough was done to remedy that issue. A few good moments but ultimately not a fun listen.
Kacey Musgraves – Golden Hour (2018) This one has its highs and lows. The songwriting didn't quite hit the mark for me because the lyrics felt a bit too cheesy at times, lines like "Grandma cried when I pierced my nose" are just a little too corny. BUT it definitely has some elements I genuinely enjoyed. "Lonely Weekend," "Butterflies," and "Love Is a Wild Thing" were real standouts that worked well. It balances out to a 3/5.
Not really sure why this record is on the list. It’s pretty forgettable. 6/10
Canta muy bien esta chica y el disco me entró gostoso
Country-pop muy bien grabado, pero inofensivo
Two things struck me about this. First, Kacey is clever. Space Cowboy is a case in point. She can sing and she uses it to good effect, the tone painting she does with “high horse” is another case in point. So, she’s not a dumb girl. But… her persona is so very, very girly. She’s the kind of artist that my Taylor Swift obsessed teenage nephew would favor. She’s the kind of artist that makes me start to fantasize about things like: what if Slim Shady were her “Space Cowboy”? Since I recently rated the Marshall Mathers LP, I couldn’t help but imagine the response to Slim being told he could have his “space, cowboy.” I am sorry, but I think I would find his response more interesting than I found this album. 3 Boolean: yes, I suppose it was good to hear once.
A little cringey at times but moments that are more pure pop are stronger
I was expecting to really dislike this but it isn't bad. It's definitely just country tinged pop music and isn't really remarkable, I think, but it's pleasant listening. Decidedly average.
Budget Walmart version of Gillian Welch or Emylou Harris with a Madonna pop twist. Not great
Not a country guy but I am a Kacey Musgraves guy
Liked it.
This is country? I usually can't stand the country albums, but this was actually pretty easy to listen to. I think it leans more into pop than country for a lot of it.
Komt voor mij over als totaal shallow en performatief ‘kijk mij coole cowgirl chick zijn’
Beautiful soundscape. I like Same Trailer Different Park better but there's no bad time to listen to KM's voice.
Delightful!
Wait until you see how poorly I viewed Taylor Swift, let alone the Walmart version of her... just no.
a nice little album here. enjoyed most of this. the only acceptable type of “stomp clap hey” country pop from this era in retrospect
Pretty voice, in an unfortunate genre. Sorry folks, this does not alter my lack of appreciation for country music.
4/5
This is the definition of basic. Force anyone to make an entire album at gunpoint and most people could manage at least this. The lyrics are hilariously bad, I would have preferred some moon/spoon/june lines over this cringe-fest. It's over-produced to within an inch of its life, and auto-tuned the rest of the way. Soulless, emotionless, inspirationless, and how the fuck did it get on this list?
I'm sure I know someone who would love this but its definitely not me. While the first couple of songs could have a had a soul/folk atmosphere that I could enjoy, the rest of it was just low cost Taylor Swift. Not unpleasant to the hears though.
Pretty awful lyrics and listening felt cloying. I could listen again but really don't want to. 1.5.
Liked it a lot more than I thought I would. Kind of light and the vocals were really good!
Strong album even if it’s not my taste in music
It’s ok. I really don’t like the whole Nashville Country Pop schtick, but I like her voice and there was some kinda fun production things that popped up here or there. Didn’t hate listening to it, but have no need to ever listen to it again.
Honestly liked this one a lot more than I thought I would. It’s a pretty decent country album with a nice voice and a small hint of modern production. Not awesome, but pretty good for country.
Easy listening. Good album. Well produced. But I don't find this particularly interesting or original (I guess that was not the aim either). Overall, between 2 and 3 stars. "Space Cowboy", "Oh, what a world" or "Velvet Elvis" caught my attention. I think this is actually more pop than country. At times, it reminded me of Taylor Swift (but in the less interesting songs by Swift, which are still ok by the way).
It's stuff like this that makes people think that they don't like country music.
The tone of her voice and the laid back vibe just hits my sweet spot
Not a huge fan of this
Boring, saccharin sweet, middle of the road pop with a hint of country.
It's like a lesser known Tailor Swift album but without the poppy songs
Oh this was lovely - nothing groundbreaking, but some cute songs, nice voice... will probably come back to it.
Faux country album from Ms Musgraves
bland
어우 진짜 듣기 좋네 2018년도 앨범이 오른 이유가 있다
This was fantastic for the mood.
It's an okay album. It doesn't really change tonally throughout and her voice is very soft on most songs. This is like a lo-fi country pop album. Nothing on here would really make me want to re-listen. 2.5/5 Probably won't listen again
Sufjan Stevens men i stedet for nice Sufjan-vokal så er det den mest 2000-pop vokalen tenkelig... Nei takk! Rent musikalsk er det ofte ganske alright. Til tider langt innenfor sonen som markerer bra. På sitt beste høres det nesten ut som Phoebe Bridgers. Men alle de gode kvalitetene imploderer under vekten av banale pop-arrangementer og en vokalprestasjon som bringer tilbake alt som var galt med lydbildet på 2000-tallet.
Litt fint, mest kjedelig
This is just straight up good music. If this came on the radio you certainly wouldn't be hearing any complaints from me.
Very nice and cohesive. Good songwriting and great vocals. Admittedly I didn't find super compelling, but I'm not always the biggest fan of country music. Although, as a big Taylor Swift fan, this isn't much of a leap from early Taylor Swift (at times they can sound really similar), so maybe with a few more listens I would be more into Golden Hour. I can hear there is substance in this album. Favourite songs on first listen: "Slow Burn", "Happy & Sad", "Velvet Elvis" 3/5
Pleasant enough. The first song is the most memorable by far- cosmic, evocative. Like something Dave Fridmann might have produced.
Nice easy listening country
Almost aggressively pleasant, nice voice and some good country/pop songs
Aight
I really liked the final song, but the rest of the album was kind of generic sounding to me.