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En algo más de una década Kacey Musgraves se ha convertido en una de las figuras más representativas del country moderno, escribiendo canciones que evocan el sonido clásico pero que están dominadas por una temática muy actual. En este disco además, consiguió atraer la atención de los fans del pop e incluso de la música indie, por no decir que ganó el premio Grammy al álbum del año. Un premio que también logró a la mejor canción con "Space Cowboy", una despedida o una concesión de espacio vital a su pareja, quién sabe. Me gusta "Butterflies", proque Musgraves desnuda su alma impulsada, como en buena parte del disco, por melodías largas y tranquilas, y nos habla de volver a sentir mariposas en el estómago en una nueva relación. Una gran canción con un toque de reivindicación feminista al contraponer ese nuevo amor con una pareja anterior que la menospreciaba. El disco acaba con otra buena canción, "Rainbow" , en la que utiliza la tormenta y el arco-iris como metáfora de superación de problemas.
3.5 - i like it, but i also don't think it's all that special.
Ok
I was expecting overproduced country pop. This was a very nice listen. I can see this on in the background of a day event. I was hoping her voice was a bit more appealing. You could argue it’s a one trick pony, generic, etc, but I enjoyed it. It’s funny I read some other reviews on other albums and people really delve into the lyrics and subject matter. Maybe it’s me but I can’t that level of detail after one listen.
This album is unremarkable, though its consistent country pop sound is decent, but what really makes this album worth it is the last track, Rainbow, which is absolutely stunning
Not that entertaining, quite pleasant at times. I’ll take this over Pink Floyd any fuckin day of the week
3/5 Wonderful Sunday morning album.
First time getting a 2010s album in this. Powerful and emotional vocals. A lot of it was quite samey and plain in terms of instrumental. Generally country isn't my thing but I do like the folk elements mixed in, and the balance between pop and country. Highlights: Butterflies Oh, What A World Velvet Elvis High Horse
Cool breeze country without the twang. Slow Burn, Lonely Weekend, High Horse.
It was okay
Pretty catchy country (kinda indie ish feel sometimes) pop with more sound authenticity and maturity than many others in the country pop realm (I.e., bro country), occasionally drawing influence from other sounds and genres. Songs, often love songs, have decent lyrics, good melodies and light and simple but well-serving music arrangements. It spans from quiet and more reflective to fun pop music. There’s more to enjoy here than I expected. It isn’t groundbreaking or anything, but it’s nice to listen to.
Pretty enjoyable country pop record. Loved the first half. Not so much the second one
A very loved up album by Kacey Musgraves, off the back of her recent marriage at the time, with the help of some LSD. Golden Hour provides a warm embrace to a soul bearing artist. Best: Slow Burn Worst: Wonder Woman
3.5/5. This was good, but not for me. A bit to poppy.
Had never listened, at least on purpose, to Kasey Musgraves before. Nothing objectionable but rather like a discount version of old Taylor Swift songs. Nothing groundbreaking but decent enough.
V easy listening.
Not bad, I like her voice and some of the songs are lovely. However, I thought a lot of the songs sounded similar and I was getting tired of the album by the end...
As far as country goes, it was alright. Nothing special, though.
I find it funny that I discovered Chappell Roan not long before hearing this album -- because I could totally hear Musgraves covering "Casual." She's got a perfect voice for it. Anyway, it's a contemporary country album by a woman -- which already makes it 50x better than any bro-country out there. She sings all lovely. The songs are fine. I can see why a lot of folks love Musgraves and this album. Just not my cup of tea.
could i write poetry to this? n
This doesn't seem very different from any number of singer-songwriters. Good, but nothing special.
Ya IDK this was fine,verging on kind of nice. She has a nice enough voice and all, but there wasn't a lot that had me wowed. Butterflies is a jam, and I've definitely heard Rainbow before. Fine album that I could see myself playing in the car with Mehie; otherwise, I would never seek this out. Soft 3. Butterflies is a jam.
Pretty average album. Kinda country kinda pop. Not my wheelhouse, but it wasn't bad.
Spacey Kacey ayoooooo. This was a pleasant surprise. Never really got into her that much because it was always classified as country, but this had some great sounds and introspectiveness to it. High 3.
Sheryl Crow ran so Kacey Musgraves could walk
This was an ok album for it being country music. The song slow burn was catchy.
I like it, maybe not something I’ll listen to all the time, but she has an amazing voice. Good song quality and nice to listen to.
Kacey Musgraves is kind of like if Taylor Swift had never left the country scene and had kept maturing primarily in that space, with a bit of dabbling in folk and pop. As a result, she has definitely had a huge part in leading the charge of country pop in the modern age. Many female artists pioneered a 90s-2000s country pop sound, but pop music has changed since then; indie music style kind of bled into pop and therefore into country pop, and Kacey has now taken on that 2010+ period of country pop. What results is an album that is heavily influenced by the songwriting and music styles of country with the easy listening, chillness of indie type music. And while this particular country-indie-pop combination has grown a lot in popularity in recent years, Kacey Musgraves was among some of the first artists really pushing this sound out to a general population. A good, inoffensive listen!
Other than recognizing the name I knew nothing about her or her music until listening to this album. I like it. She sings and writes Hippy Country Music.
I don't like country and more the most part think it's lack luster music from instrumental perspective but she does do it better than the others ... her voice is very OK ? is that a hot take? The sad songs appealed to me and the ones that stretched her voice and leaned into country specific motifs really didn't
Favorite was "Rainbow"
Country pop. Voz bonita. Ni fu ni fa.
The thing that stands out, more than the songs, is how slick this whole affair is — the production takes the front seat. The melodies are ok, the harmonies come in at the right time, every instrumental choice complements the sound. But it's empty, like she's wearing a Kacey Musgraves suit — I don't feel like I've met the real person inside. And I don't think there's an up-tempo tune until track 11. That didn't help any. I'm at an enjoyment level of a 2.2, with .8 going to professional studio production.
This is pleasant enough and the lyrics are interesting. Also, I dig how she subverts expectations. But I'm struggling to love this for reasons I can't quite articulate. Why isn't this my cup of tea? Am I a heartless monster? These questions and more...
I thought this album was mostly sweet.
My niece loves this
I wasn't really sure what to expect but I appreciate some of the clever lyrics. Faves for me. Slow Burn, Rainbow
Hmmm, tricky one to rate, this - on the one hand there a couple of slower, more introspective tracks that I _really_ like, but then most of the rest of the tracks are a little too poppy for my taste, and "High Horse" is absolutely godawful - just a couple more tracks like that in the mix and I'd give it two stars in a second. 3.5 I guess, and I'm gonna round..... down. Fave track - "Slow Burn" is my fave by a mile. "Oh, What a World" has its charm, too...
Nothing bad, nothing great about this album. If you are a person that thinks the world is bad, and longs for the days that never truly happened, this is the cheezy feel good music for you. Kacey uses the same vocal manipulation in almost every song and it becomes monotonous. I am guessing that Apple Music put it as one of their top albums because Kacey used the word chrysalis.
Pretty poppy, some interesting synth sounds
Repeatably listenable. Easy. Nice.
There’s a sheen to it that I struggle with, but some damn good songs. “Slow Burn” is tremendous. This could potentially grow one day. 3/5
I liked this more than I expected, but I don't generally find the genre all that interesting.
Never again
A good voice ruined by autotune. The instrumentation was really nice.
A quite good album, not too country-ish. Pleasant voice, production's good. Nice easy listening, nothing that stays rememberable.
Мило) 6/10
Good background music. I like her voice but there’s nothing super special about it.
So I recognize it’s like fantastically produced really good pop country music. I’m just not in love with it. Her 2024 release I liked a bit more. Adele clears
I didn’t hate it so it’s better than most country/pop albums in my book. It doesn’t feel like anything special outside of that metric though.
You've heard of Bro Country... here's Chick Country?
Although I grew up on country, I never listen to it anymore so I'm unfamiliar with a lot of new artists. I added a few songs to my favorites (Lonely Weekend and Rainbow) I'd rate a 3.5 but I don't think I'd listen to it on my own unless I was in a mood, so giving it a 3.
In spite of myself, I found this kind of charming at first - partially, I suspect, because I’d never heard it before. (I think a lot of my aversion to pop music can be attributed to overexposure to certain songs/artists.) Unfortunately, that only lasted about five songs before it started to wear out its welcome; paying closer attention to the lyrics, I realized how cheesy a lot of them are. Still, I think there’s something in this not-quite-country, not-quite-generic-pop album that gives it a bit more heart than expected.
a fun country (?) spring album - probably wont hear again tho
For some reason I was expecting a country album. Good Americana influenced pop album.
Cut #1, SLOW BURN, is A+. "Grandma cried when I pierced my nose." Reminds me of a fraternity brother of mine who, in Maine, back in '71, painted his toenails with bright red nail polish. I asked him why, and he told me that it upset his grandmother, who lived in Pennsylvania. Beautiful voice. Simple, effective instruments. Very clean production. Nice harmonies. Certainly didn't expect synthesized vocals on #4 - Cat Power did it better on her "Sun" LP. #5, MOTHER, great 1:18 love song to her mother. Uh oh...just read that 'Musgraves discussed being under the influence of LSD when composing the songs "Mother" and "Slow Burn"', my two favorite songs #6, LOVE IS A WILD THING, showcases her as a wordsmith, and all kinds of instrumentation sneaks in ... banjo, steel, and something I can't identify (electronica?). #9, VELVET ELVIS. For no good or sane reason, I'm embarrassed that someone wrote this song. Taking back that earlier "wordsmith" comment......"But, baby, I ain't Wonder Woman. I don't know how to lasso the love out of you." Much of this collection (to me) sounds like what the competitors of The Voice here.ould be singing. Don't know what that means, but that's what I hear. I think I dislike the poppier tunes (especially HIGH HORSE). ⭐⭐⭐ ________________________________ 🎧 LPs reviewed: 52 🎧 LPs left to review: 949 🎧 LPs I found great/relevant enough to be mandatory listens (5): 11 🎧 LPs I *might* include in my own list (4): 17 🎧 LPs I will certainly *not* include in mine (1-2): 14
Well written, well produced, not my style.
Modern country music…like plain oatmeal. It’s just not that good. “Slow Burn” is great with the banjo, though. “Rainbow” is good. I can leave the rest.
Unlistenable.
I was excited for this one because everything I've heard about Kacey as a person was good. She is country but also a little progressive. But I was disappointed by love song after long song that was still rooted in mysigony. There were glimpses I loved, like Happy and Sad. It was a fine album and I still really like Butterflies and I would have loved this in high school but now I just want something a little deeper. By the end I was craving anything that was not a love song, but Rainbow was just enough to save it. I don't like any song individually which is why it's getting a 3 not a 2, but I wouldn't want to listen to this album in totality again
It's a great blend of country and pop, but it just isn't all that great. Definitely some standouts, but overall just okay
This is an enjoyable listen. I really like the final three songs. Not entirely sure this is a must listen album.
I either absolutely love the song, or just kinda felt whatever. Not a Country fan, but she's got some amazing songs.
Pasable
Lovely voice and brilliant production, but I just felt it get a little sickly sweet after a while. Can understand higher ratings, 3.5 for me
Pretty good mix of indie and country, with some weird lyrics at times (slant rhyming ‘cold’ with ‘nose’ in the first song basically felt like a non-sequitur). The end.
I am normally "just Ok" with country music. It does, in all honesty, now a days at least, have to do with the political conservatism and MAGA bullshit that I find frankly offensive. But I see that Kacey Musgraves stirs the pot and is not playing that game. Good. She is also rather good at what she does and the music is never redundant or boring and I actually really enjoyed it. I will pay more attention to her from now on, country (sort of) or not.
Surprised, didn’t think I’d like this album but it was pretty good!
OK
Just a bit too polished for me, but some great tracks.
Easy-listening country. The music video for "Oh What a World" is great until it's a mutant Lisa Frank terrifying uncanny valley. The one for "Rainbow" is very nice though.
3/7/24. First time giving Kacey Musgraves a try after coming onto the scene a few years ago. This genre isn't really my cup of tea, but I enjoyed this listen! Simple pop country with intriguing and expanded lyrics from the typical country song. Kacey's voice is also great to listen to.
Despite being a bit sceptical with it being such a recent album I really enjoyed this. A nice light Saturday listen.
mellow, reminds me of Joni Mitchell only better
Thoughts before listening: I'm surprised to see this on the list, but I really like this album. I play this for my daughter quite a bit. Review: This album is full of pleasant, well crafted songs with smart lyrics and catchy melodies. I'm not sure it's truly one of the greatest albums of all time, but it's certainly an album I enjoy quite a bit. My favorites are "Slow Burn", "Space Cowboy", and "Rainbow". 3-stars.
I'm not a country music fan but her voice is sweet and pleasant to listen to. Her music is soothing and positive. Enjoyed it!
Ihan hyvät sanat ja hyvä laulaja, mut ei musiikin puolella kovinkaan kiinnostava levy, vähän varman päälle pelaa. 3/5.
Odd serendipity: yesterday threw up Emmylou Harris, today brings this up-to-date take on sweet, reflective country. Found it an enjoyable listen. Even a touch of Sufjan Stevens in the banjo style in places? Never heard of Ms Musgrave's before but this was a perfect Sunday morning kitchen listen.
Sounds like a better version of Taylor Swift. Not much better, but better. With a pinch of Norah Jones. Inoffensive elevator music. Favorite song: High Horse
3,5 *
Would not seek this one out but it was not bad
very middle of the road
A sweet album, Kacey has a wonderful voice. A little country for me. Favorite track was slow burn
nice
This album wasn't bad. But it left me with a "meh" feeling. There was nothing that really inspired me to listen to it again. I can't imagine why this got a Grammy. Scale: 5 - My absolute favorites. 4 - Albums I like. 3 - It was ok to listen to but I wouldn't seek it out. 2 - Didn't like. 1 - Absolute shit.
Solid pop album
radio music, forgettable
Oh Golden Hour. One of my favorites. Slow Burn and title track are great.
# Playlist track - High Horse # Notes - It's still amazing that albums that have tens of millions of listens to every single track go completely unnoticed by me. - It's way too sugary for my tastes. Not BAD. But a tad much. - Listening to this (and disliking it) I could only thing of that amazing moment in "The Virgin Suicides": > - Obviously, Doctor, you've never been a 13-year-old girl. - In all fairness, this is a well produced, nicely put together album, but I'm not the demographic for it at all.
Chill listen. I like it. Not my favourite but it's good for what it is
- Golden Hour - High Horse
Good voice. Mediocre songs
I recognised a couple of the songs and like her voice but this album as a whole felt a bit samey. I wouldn't be mad if it was on somewhere but I probably wouldn't put this on again
Three is a lot to like about this album. Production is satisfyingly bright. Vpice is good. Decent songs. It just needs a bit of an edge. Its all a bit nice even when singing about despair.
Not my style, she has a nice voice so I will give a 3
Slow Burn // Lonely Weekend // Butterflies // Oh, What A World // High Horse // 3.5/5
I really enjoyed this. Country isn’t usually my thing and It’s a little cheesy and predictable in parts, but some of it is spectacular.
i thought a 2018 album worthy of being on the list would be quite something, its just fine though... felt like giving it a 2 out of spite but nah its not bad, just whatever
A couple of ropey songs but not bad
This seems good it’s just not really my style. But for what it is it’s good
Enjoyable enough, great vocals and production. Lyrics are fine, bit bland probably. I don't really have too many complaints per se, but I also don't feel like there's anything that's pushing it past a 3.5 for me.
Surprisingly good mixture of country and pop with elements of soft rock, occasionally hurt by overwrought production.
An essential component of the 'My first boyfriend' starter pack, along with said gentleman's high school hoodie, strawberry Juul, and tongue piercing. Surprisingly listenable though, if blindingly white and whimsy in places.
Nice listen with a health mix of styles. They should've not used drum computers on some of the songs. It really makes some parts of the music artificial.
it was pretty decent for pop-country first song was the best
This is a solid pop album with a hint of a twang and a lot of Country attitude. I think the two albums preceding this one are much better.
52/100
Enjoyed this a lot more than I thought I would. Some pretty good jams on here! Not something I'm gonna return to but very enjoyable for the time
not a country fan. some of the songs have enough indie influence to make it palatable.
Typical pop country, more pop than country. It wasn't a bad album, I'm just not sure why it's included on the list. It's not particularly groundbreaking, nothing really stood out as great.
6/10
pretty solid sound...overall didn't seem very distinctive.
Not bad....I enjoy folky country, more than I do the nonsense that gets made these days!!
Not sure if the vocoder thing on 'Oh, What A World' was meant to be a country throwback to the Talking Box or a modern production technique, but either way, it didn't work. Overall, a decent album. No real standouts.
Nice enough but not particularly exciting or interesting
I enjoyed this and even gave it a second listen but I think I enjoyed the music it recommended after more.
Beautiful voice, strong songwriting, immaculate production. Kasey Musgraves makes very good country pop. She has an endearing personality and writes charming, straightforward songs. “Slow Burn” is a particularly good one.
Das Cover macht es einfach, wieder einmal nur das schlimmste zu befürchten. Dann der Wikipedia-Artikel - Country Pop 😨… Diesen Vorbedingungen zum Trotz bin ich überraschenderweise überhaupt nicht genervt und genieße das Pop-Gedudel. Platte ist zwei Songs zu lang.
I’m no huge fan of hers but I liked this more than I was expecting to. There are a couple light little fun time bops on the record but mostly I find her pretty underwhelming, especially her singing. The giddy up John Wayne lyrics in high horse had me eye rolling a bit. Nothing that I overtly hate about it but I do feel like she’s one of the more overrated artists of our time.
wonderful voice, songs a bit too poppy perfectly played
Yeah it was ok.Bit Boring.I liked the song about high horse and space cowboys.
Not really my thing, but the songs are good.
Not terrible. A little slow for my liking though.
Quite tasteful album, but also a little bit too simple in my opinion.
Best song- Happy and sad
I've always liked her voice whenever I've heard it, but most of this is generic Nashville country pop. A waste of talent. Best track: Rainbow
Musica de adolescente triste. Extremamente pop, pelo jeito.
Inoffensively pleasant. Doesn't sound like an album I must listen to, though.
Kacey Musgraves is part of the crew taking mainstream country music back to good country music, so maybe that's why an album from 2018 is making a list of albums you must listen to before you die. In any event, I wouldn't add this one to the list. It's a good listen, but needs time age before being relevant for a list like this. 3/5.
pretty voice, not my taste though so probably won't revist this.
Rustgevend, heerlijke country sfeer. Beetje gezapig.
Felt like early Taylor Swift.
“Country” music for people who think they’re too sophisticated for actual Country music.
all the songs are very catchy, although some were not as memorable as others, i really did like golden hour and the cowboy song. Easy to listen to.
It's pretty much what you'd expect. It's perfectly decent, with a smattering of catchy country-pop tunes. I liked it.
Better than I thought it was going to be. Not really a CW fan, but pretty good.
Country romantic
Can't say I'm the biggest fan of pop country, but this album works well for its genre. It's 100% better than the majority of country being made these days. I caught a few catchy tracks here like the opener Slow Burn. I probably won't revisit this one too often, but I get its appeal for sure.
Jackson Pollock Ideas: So it begins. Nose ring already mentioned. Some weird vocals in slow burn. Lonely weekend was alright, not harsh on the ears but nothing special. I like the start of butterflies. Oh what a world is decent enough. Happy and sad is good so far. But generally this definitely feels like a very overrated album, like its good that's it, good. Favourite Songs: Happy and Sad High Horse Golden Hour Rainbow Least Favourite Songs: Slow Burn Overall Opinion: The album is good, it is not great. It is difficult to point to a song I don't like, it is also difficult to point to a song I love ('golden hour' is the closest). Strong finish, weak start. I find her voice a little too piercing though generally the vocals were good with the exception of 'slow burn'. Instrumentation actually reminded me a lot of 'solar power' worth noting this was released first. Intimate instrumentation which feels right in your ear, clean and crisp. This is a little bland it must be said, however, lacking some punch and flavour at times. This doesn't sound like country, which is a good thing for me, very poppy, verrryyy poppy. Some interesting lyrics most are earnest, though some made me cringe. Kacey Musgraves will not earn a new listener but she does not have a hater out of me. Solid 6.9/10 from first listen which rounds to a 3/5.
I went into this one fully expecting to hate it. But I'm finding it airier and more introspective than I thought it would be. Some lyrics are a bit cringe: "Texas is hot, I can be cold. Grandma cried when I pierced my nose." But musically, this is better than I thought. Really enjoying the dreamy piano. The melodies are light and exploratory rather than plodding, formulaic pop. "Oh What a World" is transcendent. I was surprised at the effective brevity and constraint in the interlude "Mother." Didn't care for "Butterflies" but I hate songs that talk about butterflies. The pun in "Space Cowboy" works astonishing well, and it's a great breakup track. "Golden Hour" has some bossa nova chords that really surprised me. The lyrics in many of these songs do leave a lot to be desired, but there are some true standouts. Nothing much to say about "Love Is a Wild Thing" though, pretty generic. "Lonely Weekend" is nice, and "Velvet Elvis" is a novel subject for a song on this kind of record, and I enjoy it.
7/10 Not any bad songs on the album but it also lacked any great songs either. As a whole it was a good album but there were no standout songs I would listen to alone. Favourite songs: Slow burn Butterflies Oh, what a world It was a pleasant listen and I enjoyed it. However it hasn’t got me rushing to come back any time soon but maybe in the future.
nah this isn't essential sorry it's good. it's probably the last good cohesive album kacey musgraves will make bc she's now in the mainstream pop lexicon. i gave melodrama 5 stars! that's an essential modern pop record! this. is not. thanks for trying
It sounds too much like a hundred other ladies with a guitar and microphone
I don't like country ONE BIT, but this was actually enjoyable. Minimal twang, minimal banjo, and minimal stereotypical country topics. If it weren't her singing, I would have thought this was some soft pop album and not country. Kind of reminds me of Taylor Swift
Easy listening album. Pleasant enough but not outstanding. Definitely didn't hurt my ears so 3*
Enjoyed this. There were a couple of really good songs.
This Country music is easy to listen to, but it just doesn’t do it for me. Lots of Country songs tell a tale and have a bit of grit to them, however, this is just pleasant background noise.
I feel like this album, compared to some previous ones on here, was definitely more my vibe, happier, calmer. As a first listen, I liked "Love is a wild thing" and "Mother" (I had to hold back tears as I was in public at that one) the best. However, I do feel like it was a little bland in terms of vocals, just didn't see anything special.
It's fine. It's country.....It's fine......Would I go out and try to find this specifically? No.....Do I care if it's on in the background? No.....It's fine.
Started off a 2 but made its way up to strong 3/weak 4 territory. Thought Velvet Elvis was pretty funny.
I think a solid 3.5. I liked it more than I imagined I was going to from the first few songs. Ended strong for me, but not sure I can give it a 4. Not bad though.
This is a country singer doing indie pop. It's pretty good, but gets a bit generic as the album goes on. The first song, Slow Burn is legitimately good.
Not really my speed but great for what it is
I found this pleasant to listen to after a rough week. It usually isn't my kind of thing, but it had a calming coffee-shop vibe to it that kept me listening. Only after looking her up on Wikipedia did I know that this qualified as Country.
It's that kind of album...great production values and a talent with an amazing voice...but just not my thing. I can listen to it but it doesn't speak to me.
It was nice but I’ll probably never listen to it again
Too poppy, too country (not in a nice way) for me. Doesn't feel particularly special or that I needed to listen to this before I die.. Most songs sounded exactly the same. And since this is something I don't enjoy listening to it was mildly excruciating. Saved songs that were slightly better imo? Butterflies, Velvet Elvis
Ikke stor country fan akkurat, men var helt ok Høydepunkt: Oh, What a World Happy & Sad
I would say that the songs in the album as average and no songs really stand out. Not really recommend for 2nd round of listening since i could not even finish in 1st round
favorite tracks - slow burn, high horse, golden hour least favorite tracks - mother, space cowboy this one didn't really connect with me. liked some of the melodies, but some of the slower tracks seemed to drag
I am not really much of a country music fan - in fact I am not a fan at all. But I like this album. It has a singer-songwriter feel and the production seems more Americana than modern country, at least my perception of modern country. And the songs are uniformly strong and well written. I like it and I will continue to listen - another one to add to my current playlist. 3.5 stars
A solid offering of modern country pop. Listenable if not memorable.
great voice and songwriter, but not a fan of the style
I thought it was going to be Alison Krauss / Robert Plant from the first song but then it took a more commercial turn. Pleasant and accomplished but soon became background music. It's what I'd put on if I had dinner party guests from Tennessee (unlikely).
6/10
Best Song: Oh, What A World. Love the use of the vocoder. It gives the song this ethereal, progressive feeling that is missing from the rest of the album. A song for breakfast with people you really like. Worst Song: Butterflies. Completely forgettable bubblegum pop. Overall: Mostly quietly pleasant coffee shop music, with a few standouts (e.g., High Horse) that stretch genres a bit. Strangely, this feels like the type of music that is just okay to listen to on recording, but if heard live would make you want to follow her to the ends of the Earth.
Ha! No. Somewhat pleasant but forgettable low three.
I really like Lacey Musgrave's attitude when I hear her speak, the subject matter is bang on for me, but the music is always just a bit too straight and traddy for me to love it. Beautiful voice too. Do I have no soul?
petit Kacey Musgraves après Kollaps pour brouiller les pistes
Not super into country, but I like her sound
This is ok. Some catchy tunes, but dress it up any way you like, you’re still listening to a country pop artist.
Pleasant - especially the first few songs, but then it seemed to fade away a bit
Sigrid vibe. Very poppy and boring, but I like that. High Horse is great! 3 Rainbow is pretty good too
Other than a few moments here and there, I wouldn't have figured this for country music. This was a nice listen. Hints of Allison Kraus and Mindy Smith (not that I'm hugely familiar with them).
That was relaxing and very enjoyable.
Good but overall not an album I'f find myself listening to much. I know this was huge when it came out. I'm just not a country fan. The entire sits on one "zone" for me.
Solid album. Really liked some of the songs despite my dislike of country
Pretty easy listen, she has a strong voice. A twangy pop album and nothing annoyed me, probably won’t go back to it but I got nothing against it. Favourite song was probably High Horse, giddy’up! 3 Stars
I liked it. Its in a country and western tradition, and she has a wonderful voice. Listening to the whole album in one hit, it does feel same though.
Bit too sad for me.
A decent listen, I enjoy her voice, I like her and for the most part the songs are good. I'm not a fan of the Country genre, though this is more of a "hybrid-modern" country sound with electronic beats and at times a bit Shania Twain-esque. Personally, I would prefer to listen to Kacey, on her own, solo acoustic to just hear the songs without the distraction. Overall, this is above average.
Right away with Slow Burn I experienced some pleasing and interesting melodies with nice chord choices. Singer's voice is alright, quite nice really, a very slight bit more of a country twang/trendy pop singer than I normally like, but some moments of pure clear voice are quite moving. Oh What A World, love the accompanying video. Any song about magic and magical things is for me! Rainbow is beautiful in it's simplicity, the lyrics are sweet and the melody takes unexpected turns. On first listen the rest of the album did not stand out in any particular way for me but a few songs were impressive and distinct from current musical trends. 3/5
Meh
Taylor Swift-style pop-country. Not bad, except for some of the most banal lyrics ever.
Oye, yo pensé que esto era country, pero es pop, puro y duro. Como tal está bastante bien. No sé si pertenece a la lista, pero me agradó escucharlo.
ps a ver ta bien no?
Fun enough pop record, but ultimately not really my jam.
It's a weird country pop fusion. It was enjoyable. She's no TayTay but she's at least not beck
6/10. Fine, I guess, the songwriting was sometimes rather charming, but idk why I had to listen to this before I died
👩🔬🧬🔬Kacey Musgraves constructing the most mid album. 6/10
Good singing voice. Good bop.
Ok
Some nice music but not being a big fan of commercial sounding country it is hard for me to judge.
Yeah, good. But I'm not sure it's outstanding. Maybe I'm biased against country music...
Golden Hour is sonically perfect, and the instrumentation pays plenty of homage to historical country music without falling into cliche. It's a forward-looking record, successful in that I think. It's a straightforward project, not at the top of the modern country pack to me but certainly worthy of note.
I hate pop country but for some odd reason and I have no idea but I really like Kacey Musgraves, few other other female country artists too. Anyway some of this get's way too sugary like butterflies which is just awful but most of this is good.
A friend turned me into this album last winter. I find it to be a nice bridge of country and pop, but not of the cookie cutter, saccharine, variety centered around ‘merica, pickups, and ex’s. It blends traditional instrumentation with contemporary beats and sound, song structure, and decent (although sometimes a bit twee) lyrics. It feels like it should be a guilty pleasure, but I don’t feel guilty.
This album surprised me. I thought I was going to hate it. I didn’t. Not bad
Buena voz. Sensación de haber escuchado varios discos del mismo estilo. En ocasiones pop y bailable. Desconocida. Parece prometedora.
Well that was very pretty. Nothing outstanding but made me feel warm inside
Solid pop country. Some of the songs got really overplayed on the radio
Not my type of music, but is OK
I like her voice more than her songs, not real into pop country but her voice is so pleasant.
Not bad but just not my taste. But still better than Lorde
Meh. Very shiny, over-produced, bland lyrics. Pretty good voice though, and not unpleasant to listen to. 3 🌟
A little too sappy and saccharine for my taste but I can understand the appeal. If I don’t think too hard about the corny lyrics I could see myself tapping my foot and nodding serenely along.
Not as terrible as some country albums.
Not a big fan of popular country music, but this was pleasant enough. 3 stars.
Un album pop qui est hien produit et quinsomne bien, . De petites nuances d ecountry au travers. 3.80
Didn’t listen to all but I think I could connect.
Perfectly lovely album and lovely person. But songs are all very similar, so it felt like it dragged on a bit.
I've never felt so indifferent about an album. I didn't think or feel anything about it. Its just a boring 'ok'.
Nice songs, nice singing & nice production. ‘Rainbow’ is a 5⭐️ banger
Like most things in life, the Law of Diminishing Returns tends to show itself eventually, but on some quicker than others. There is no exception here, a very strong first track garners interest, but all subsequent ones seem to play it safe in some kind of holding pattern. Granted, this is not to presume that anything written here would solve such an experience but a solid start quickly devolves into boredom to where maybe thirteen tracks would have done better with nine or ten. The album is a good album, but it starts out with indications of being great. At the time of this review, Kacey Musgraves is a bona fide star in both pop and country, so along comes expectation that this 2018 album would explain her rise. It does, and perhaps since this 1001 project is more a curation of how things age, the inclusion of this album is not heavily contested but it is not without some questioning. However, what this speaks for the future is up for guesses because what Kacey Musgraves did here has been preceded by only a few others and for that she certainly deserves the praise. Overall, Kacey Musgraves is talented and she sounds great. Her music is easy to listen to and she deserves every accolade she has received for her contributions to music. The question is whether or not this was an album to hear before disembarking this life.
Really nice slow country music, lyrics are a little dull tho and it's just missing a bit of oomph
It's a nice listen but mostly nothing too interesting. I was going to give this a 2, but the last three songs were all great so have bumped this up
Good but not great. The songs sounded pretty similar to one another I think.
So pure and easy on the ear after some harsher recent albums on this selecter. Slowed down tempo, but not down-tempo, and better for it. Very enjoyable and reminded me how much I like good quality pop songs / Americana without too much country-fication. Not essential, but very pleasant.
Stealth country. Does what it does pretty well. I probably won't seek it out again, but there's some great songs here.
Some catchy tunes but I just didn’t find it that memorable overall. Maybe biased against my idea of contemporary country tho
This was pretty good
I liked this pretty well, strong Lucinda Williams vibe. In the first half in particular I felt like it really walked a nice line between a solid country foundation with more pop-oriented production. Some of the flip side tipped more into a bland pop sound. Good overall.
Yet another balladist. Nothing new for me.
Hi- Velvet Elvis, High Horse Lo- Space Cowboy I'll admit I was turned off by this being classified as "Country" when it's mostly contemporary with a little light pop/dance thrown in. The album starts off with the decidedly not-country Slow Burn and Lonely Weekend...appropriate titles and fine enough tracks, they both just drag on a bit too long. Butterflies feels a little more succinct, and Mother is just brief... Space Cowboy is the closest thing to "country" here and well...they can keep it; it's filled with cliché country puns, it almost sounds like a parody, but...it isn't and it's not any better for it. Velvet Elvis is fun and a very enjoyable pop anthem...High Horse has a nice beat and showcases Kacey's silky smooth vocal range. The album concludes with Rainbow, a nice singer-piano send off for a pretty good album overall.
Pleasant yet nothing that hasn’t been done before many times over - some good songs though
Beautiful music, album is full of somber tracks, not bad. High Horse is a good song
Like her music…. Velvet Elvis, Wonder Woman
Nice enough, but unoffensive Taylor Swift type country doesn't do it for me
Having never heard of this artist before I can say that I throughly enjoyed this album. Lovely melodies and a great addition to the Western genre. Favourite Track - Lonely Weekend
It's okay
De e cheeeelin
Cutesy country-tinged pop :)
I didn't hate it 🤷🏻♀️
Doesn't do much
last track has such OASIS MELODIES
Some nice ditties… lost me with all the cowboy and ranch shit. Not an unpleasant listen!
Wel heel zoetsappig, maar goed voor de ochtend
I've only heard a few tracks from Musgraves prior to this, but I know I like her voice and I would be open to hearing more of her music. There are times when Musgraves reminds me a little of the Weepies, which is a group I also like. Golden Hour is a good album. My favorite tracks were "Slow Burn" and "Mother". The section of the album from "Space Cowboy" to "High Horse" was too pop, and too pop-country for me. The music was okay but the lyrics had a collection of pop-country tropes. The titles of the songs hint at the content I'm describing. I think Musgraves is talented and worth checking out, but not every track is for me. I'll play "Slow Burn" again.
The country vibe makes this a little less accessible to me. I pushed through to the more pop ending which was nice.
Tuneful, bright, twangy, light
Vriendelijke countrypop. Vakkundig maar verder niks aan de hand.
Not my jam, but she is clearly talented.
I did go through a bit of a phase of loving this kind of more poppy country (kick started by a One Tree Hill obsession) and throughout that phase I heavily favoured women's voices. I find a lot of men singing country too bro-ish. So although I've never listened to Kacey Musgraves before, I was brought straight back to that phase and it was a nice feeling. I didn't find her story-telling anywhere near as good as T Swift (I think it's fair to compare those two) and I was disappointed by the Space Cowboy song because it wasn't about space, boo! So I'll go in the middle with a 3.
It was very pleasant and there were some nice songs
This was perfectly pleasant I'd say. Nice country twang music. Didn't massively appeal to me to listen again though
Kind of disappointed, was expecting more..oomph..two decent songs …forgettable album
Taylor Swift clone.
Not bad, but it just didn't work for me dog.
Nice voice. To country
Il s'agit là de quarante-cinq minutes de niaiseries que j'ai pourtant su apprécier. Si l'aspect musical m'a fait passer un très bon moment, les textes principalement orientés en faveur du port d'armes m'ont quant à eux laissé un peu dubitatif.
Cet album est la représentation de l'Amerique débile et grasse. Une femme à la voix tout a fait banale, chantant des paroles niaises sur une guitare elle aussi des plus banales. Tous les clichés lyricaux y passent, l'auditeur américain décérébré est servi. Un 3/5 pour la Zaz américaine.
lite smågött men inget som sticker ut
Se jokin tästä puuttui ja vastaavasti jotain oli liikaa sitä puutetta kompensoimaan. Laulajan ääni oli "ihan kiva", mutta ei kuitenkaan sitten lopulta saanut wau-elämyksiä aikaan. Instrumentteja oli taas puolestaan liikaa tai ne olivat miksattu minun makuun liian kovalle. Tuntui jotenkin täyteenahdetulta. Vertailukohtana tietysti mielen päällä edellisenä arvosteltu hyvinkin riisuttu Cohenin You Want It Darker.
While I listened to a healthy amount of Taylor Swift around a decade ago, I didn't really took her seriously until she stepped into the domain of pop. And recently- wait a second, this isn't a Taylor Swift album? So, okay, this is Kacey Musgraves, a country pop singer and this particular album won the Grammy Awards. This album sounds very Taylor-ish. I could make my Swiftie friends listen to some songs from this and make them believe that this is Taylor covering some unpopular song. But while it does sound generic at some places, it's didn't felt outdated, it actually felt modern, at least for me. But perhaps it's only due to the fact that Musgraves explores a lot of sounds throughout this album. Because of that, most of the songs felt, as they put it, overproduced. But I actually liked it more than Taylor's old country stuff. I especially enjoyed the softer and folksier songs. I don't know much yet about the rest of Musgraves stuff, but I think it'll be good if she explored more of the softer side of her sounds.
Þetta var alveg næs og batnar án efa þegar platan verður kunnuglegri.
Not my style, but was surprised by the first few songs. I caught myself singing to some of them. Voice is crystal clear, maybe a bit too generic for me though. Lyrics are quite simplistic. 2.7/5
the album starts off pretty mellow and kind of boring and i couldn't really vibe to it. the lyrics were very dry in the beginning. the album picks up during the middle and the end is definitely better. Not a bad album, but not a great one.
Modern day poetry & makes me think of my sister ❤
Country. Twang. Sweet. Good guitars.
Meh. Very shiny, over-produced, bland lyrics. Pretty good voice though, and not unpleasant to listen to.
Kind of bland and too poppy. Surprise that this is on this list
Ehhh, she's got a great voice, some tracks were good some just washed over me
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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
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.
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.
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. ⭐️⭐️
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.
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
4/09/2026 Just found it really boring Mayyybe worth a retry someday
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.
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.
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
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.
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
Very Taylor Swift adjacent, pop-country. I didn't find it relatable but I suspect many young women would.
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.
2.4/5
What? Why? No!
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?
Music didn't match mood. Might try another time
the exact kind of lyrical writing that i dislike
Almost liked it, but it was just not for me
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
Well… I was actually positively surprised by track no. 1. But overall the tracks on here are just too sugar sweet for my taste
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.
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
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.
boring
2/5 or 3/5