Golden Hour

Twee bollocks.

If I heard a song here or there it would be fine but a whole album was too much

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

It’s still more boring country. Meh

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.

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

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.

Slightly more bearable than Swift.

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

It’s a meh for me

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

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

Demasiado empalagoso, me gusta la voz y cómo juegan con los sonidos, hay tal vez dos canciones rescatables las demás me parecieron demasiado

It was ok. Didn't really catch me.

Couldn't finish it, really not my kind of music

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.

Budget Walmart version of Gillian Welch or Emylou Harris with a Madonna pop twist. Not great

Pretty voice, in an unfortunate genre. Sorry folks, this does not alter my lack of appreciation for country music.

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.

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.

Faux country album from Ms Musgraves

bland

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

Litt fint, mest kjedelig

Musically, this was actually quite solid. At times, I thought it was teetering on being just another ethereal, dreamlike country-pop album. But, I do think there’s a genuinely impressive mix of genres here that helps it stand out and makes it at least worth hearing on that front. Where the album really falls apart is its lyrics. One prime example is the track, Happy & Sad, with the line, “Is there a word for the way that I’m feeling tonight?”. That pretty much sums up the issue plaguing this album. The lyrics are unbelievably dreadful, genuinely suggesting she has a tenuous grasp of the English language. But hey, if her career as a songwriter doesn’t work out, she could always get herself a job as an editor at The Sun.

not my type of music, but really wasn't bad. Like a better Taylor Swift country pop 2.5/5

I had.high hopes for this after track one but my god it is bland. There is just no personality on display. Maybe I’m just not getting it but I don’t hear any evidence of the disco, yacht rock or Kylie that’s mentioned in reviews. Her voice has no character, it’s all been autotuned out. Not feeling this one at all

Unremarkable

Happy little album, if you like that sort of thing, but not powerful enough for me tbh

There's good contemporary country music out there. This ain't it, chief. 🧀🧀

Pretty average album. None of the songs are that bad, but not that great. Standout songs: Lonely Weekend Space Cowboy

Objektivt inte dåligt men subjektivt verkligen inte min grej

Generic pop music. Could have been a prompt.

This is modern country with a pop twist or maybe modern pop with a country twist. It’s far better than what I expect from modern country, but it’s still not really my thing.

The instrumentation and melodies aren’t so bad, they can’t get a bit repetitive though. Her vocals are strange, sometimes she’s got that c o u n t r y d r a w l, other times she sounds like a pop star. The albums not terrible it can get a bit repetitive for the melodies and the singing, the lyrics can be cheesy and boring with cliches.

it actually isn't that bud just not my style

Quite nice, not sure i would revisit however. Enjoyed the melodies and production but the vocals are a bit too clinical for my liking.

Middle of the road country pop. Didn't really bother me, but nothing really stuck while listening to it...

#368 / 1089 Heard before? ❌ Revisit? ❌ Sounds pretty, very polished pop music, but it also sounds like every other pop vocalists music with slight variation. Doesn't do anything for me, would probably let it play in the background if it was on the radio in a car. But would not play this on purpose. She has a nice voice tho. It only occurred to me after reading up on it after writing the above, that it's considered country pop music. Strong 2/5

"Hey this isn't bad, maybe I'll like this one" I initially thought. That feeling left pretty quickly as the album dragged on, it's fine but very genre specific. The mix of bubblegum pop and country feels like music from a live action Disney thing.

Sounds like a super modern country album by a young pretty lady. After reading up on the artist it’s clear that there are things going on in the world that I know nothing about. So many monthly listeners- probably from Texas. It’s pleasant background noise but not something I have any enthusiasm about.

Favorite Song: High Horse

- awful lyrics - Butterflies and High Horse are okay in the right context - not my favorite

Meg. Not as good as I hoped.

How is this here? It’s mainstream contemporary country which doesn’t make it bad but there’s a million albums like this. I suppose as a representative example it’s ok. 1.5 rounded up.

Koja je poenta dosadnog monotonog indie popa sa najblažim vokalnim country twangom ubačenim čisto onako? Ne kontam.

This was really dull! I have no idea why this is in this list.

It's fine, but to me it doesn't seem particularly standout in either the country or folk realms.

Highlights: Velvet Elvis, High Horse I don't know what this airwave slop is doing on a list like this... It was a genuine waste of time and I believe this must be some sort of payola. The songs are extremely monotone and shallow. It just made me angry because I wasted 40 minutes of my life.

Her voice is so girlish sweet. The songs have good but predictable hooks. County music has morphed into something so different from its earlier iterations. Very pop.

It's fine, not really my thing. It's a blend of country and contemporary pop, the country part pulls me but the pop part ruins it for me. It's got this same boring tinge all other contemporary pop albums seem to have. Uninteresting production and some really boring parts. I did find myself enjoying a few songs, so it was far from bad. Just not really my thing.

If it weren’t for her voice and maybe a few lyrics, I wouldn’t classify this is country as all. This is just pop. It doesn’t even have jangly guitars!

Boring. Every song is the same. Does not get 1 because it did not actively hurt my ears.

This is a Victoria Sponge of an album. It’s light, fluffy, and a bit unimaginative.

45 minutes of boring, generic country music. Her voice is nice but every song sounds virtually the same, and some of the lyrics are just bad.

1.9 2x SLC to OAK 3/31. Good voice but not my thing

Okay, didn't resonate with me particularly. A bit too country

I'm definitely being too harsh but I just find this bland, even though it can be quite catchy and has some interesting production moments. What I've also realised is that as long as the music is interesting (even if it's not amazing) I'll find a way to like it, but I don't find this that interesting personally.

this album makes me feel like i’m trapped in the back rooms but it’s just a never ending Marshall’s. it’s not exactly a nightmare, it can even be cozy, but it’s just not that fun. But I understand that that can be a safe and sacred place for some people and that’s okay. She has such a lovely voice man and it’s perfect for the genre. I kind of want to isolate her vocals and just listen to that all day. The pacing of this album feels weird and idk why. The songs sort of blend together in the first half. I somewhat enjoyed Oh, What A World, and of course i really loved Happy & Sad. Velvet Elvis took me out though i didn’t get through the rest.

feel like this one will be divisive rlly thought i would like this more based on how much hype it got in 2018

Meh...

I never would've expected this on here. I like Musgraves's voice, but I think this is due to the fact that I worked at Claire's between 2015-2018, which makes me predisposed to enjoying this kind of music in an almost Stockholm syndrome-like way. Unfortunately, I need more pop in my country to really land, and this album was leaning more in the dentist's office waiting room direction. Not terrible, but I can only stomach these tunes within their context. 2.75.

The first song is nice... some are just soup.

She has a great voice and everything it is just very outside of my usual taste so not so enjoyable

Always wondered where the music for teen dramas came from and now I know

Correcto

Far away from my music. Although I enjoyed a few tracks: - Love is a wild thing - High horses Otherwise too fabricated and generic lyrics for me.

Nice pop album with country flavour but nothing stood out.

I don’t really get why this is so well received. It’s fine. It’s quite pretty in a uninteresting way, like watching the sunrise from a motorway service station

Boring. Also country. 👎

Handwerklich hervorragend aber nichts für mich.

Disco fraquinho, que não desperta interesse.

Pop and country. Great. The songwriting here is pretty damn cheesy. Can't say I'm a huge fan. But, it's sonically really lovely, and she has a pleasant voice. I did really like some songs here, even if I really hated others. Fave tracks: - Slow Burn - Lonely Weekend - Oh, What A World - Love Is A Wild Thing - High Horse - Golden Hour

Review - not bad for a modern country album. The more Americana-y tracks are good but the poppier tracks aren't for me. There's a cover of Slow Burn by Keller Williams which is really good, go listen to that album instead. Rating - 5/10 Need to listen? NO

Some pretty right up the middle country pop. A bit boring overall, but it had catchy moments. There’s a reason I don’t listen to the slower Taylor Swift stuff, and that’s where most of this album landed. It was telling that I kept checking to see how many songs were left because I wanted to listen to something else. Felt like a very long 45 minutes. 4/10 Acceptable

sounds like unseasoned chicken 2/5

It's just kind of boring indie country pop stuff. It's okay I guess. "In Tennessee the sun's going down, in Beijing they're heading out to work" woah. I never considered that. so true.

Worth it for the final song, "Rainbow", which is an awesome piano ballad. The rest didn't stick with me at all, it's generic alt-country with lackluster songwriting and just okay-ish vocals. Not my cup of tea ...

not the biggest fan of hers

(2.5) sounds like the soundtrack to a 2010-2015 mushy american romance film set in a european country that I would watch and then give 3.5 stars to on letterboxd and then see the reviews that say it was the shallowest worst film ever and so i change my rating to 2.5 because the reviews are right and i’m wrong, obviously but secretly i still quite liked the film on a slightly more sane note, i didn’t have any faith in it at all at first but it got better

Well that's 45 minutes of my life I'll never get back... This really reminded me of 'real women vote for trump' How has she got 16m monthly listeners. 1.5 rounded up

I've decided to give this one the benefit of the doubt with a 2 but might change my mind later on... The songs themselves were pleasantly mellow and easy-going, I just had issue with that ol' country twang that still seemed to creep into this comparatively modern album. I'm also of the opinion that some of these lyrics are somewhat brainless and nonsensical in an irritating kind of way - especially in the first song 'slow burn' which I definitely liked the least. Like what is this first verse!!!! Texas is hot, I can be cold Grandma cried when I pierced my nose Good in a glass, good on green Other than that, I enjoyed parts of it but probably not a relisten from me.

The slew of country albums lately has made me more adverse to them. This wasnt yeehaw cowboy country as much but it still had it's moments. The blend of country and pop was kinda weird. 2.5 rounded down

Not really my thing but I can see the appeal. The first few songs I was thinking it would be a lot better stripped down and less pop, but then the best song is Velvet Elvis which is pretty much pop. Butterflies is the other standout, but the rest isn't my jam, and High Horse was just awful

Je sais pas si je réécouterai ça un jour, mais c'était LOIN d'être nul.

I'm partial to a bit of Taylor Swift so I'm open to country pop. Unfortunately I found the pitch of Kacey's Texan twang super irritating so I was unable to emotionally connect with any of the songs. I quite enjoyed some of spacey/ epic production - like on Space Cowboy so a point for that. But then a point deducted for the banality of the lyrics that were laugh out loud in many places - worst offender being Oh What a World.

just really not my thing

Slow Burn - 3/5 Lonely Weekend - 3/5 Butterflies - 3/5 Oh, What a World - 2.5/5 Mother - 2/5 Love is a Wild Thing - 2.5/5 Space Cowboy - 2.5/5 Happy & Sad - 2.5/5 Velvet Elvis - 2/5 Wonder Woman - 2.5/5 High Horse - 3.5/5 Golden Hour - 3.5/5 Rainbow - 2/5 This album isn't bad per se, it's just incredibly generic. Too pop-y of a pop country album. There were very few actual country tracks, and the ones that I liked steered clear of that genre. She's a good singer, but the lyrical composition and production just aren't there for me. Not my cup of tea Overall: 2.5/5 Favorites: High Horse, Golden Hour

This is fine. I’m not sure I needed to listen to this before I died… but it’s clearly a huge record and she’s very popular. Her voice is great but the album is produced within an inch of its life and all sounds a bit bland. Musically not that interesting but a few nice songs on there. I’m reluctant to edge-lord it with a 1 star, so give it a 2 but it’s not far off.

Country, 2018 -> 2

GENERIC, IM SORRY, I DON'T GET IT.

I don’t think I needed to listen to this one before I died

Ich weiß nicht, ob ich nicht genug aufgepasst habe, aber da ist leider nicht viel durchgedrungen. Klang nach einer richtig guten Produktion.

War nicht schlecht, war schon schön aber war auch nichts was ich nochmal anmachen würde

I could have easily gone the rest of my life without hearing this generic album.

Painful - first album I didn't finish

The most milktoast thing this side of Taylor Swift.

unexciting generic guitar singer songwriter

Perfectly mediocre. loses a star for being overly generic

The opening track is actually decent “Slow Burn”, the rest I lump in with the rest of bad modern country music.

Not a fan of country

More like 'Golden Shower'! It's a massive "NO" from me... Heard before ❌️ Listened this time ❌️ in part Revisit ❌️ Pointless ★★☆☆☆ (3/10)

Meh, modern country but a bit better, def not my cup of tea

No standouts

Generic country pop from another Taylor Swift clone. This is safe, bland and forgettable. Even 24 hours later, I couldn’t hum one of the songs, but I remember not hating it. It’s was too boring to remember. She should be called Kacey Meh-sgraves!

Country rubbish

I love Slow Burn but the rest of the album is too repetitive for me and lovey dovey/sad girl.

Meh

What the pop country fuck is this doing here? Let's see, better artists that scratch the Kacey Musgraves itch (like an STD) but are significantly better and far more deserving of a spot on the list: Taylor Swift, Martina McBride, Carrie Underwood. I don't even like country and I did that off the top of my head. Influence 1. Hits 2. Quality 2. Intangibles 1. Pop country might be the worst country 1.

Feels very..average.

Not my jam

Best Track - "Space Cowboy"

it's alright for what it is but rly not my thing

Bore off mate

Sounds like Taylor Swift. Maybe a little less poppy and sung a little better. But still, it's a boring sound for me.

Listened. Mellow country pop. Pleasant voice, but I was left feeling dulled by the experience. Could be a mood mismatch.

Only prior knowledge of Kacey Musgraves is the fantastic Zach Bryan tune "I Remember Everything". I knew walking in that Kacey has a fantastic voice so my expectations were reasonably high. And a great voice she has, but that's where the praise largely finishes. The album admittedly starts out strong with Slow Burn. It's followed by Lady Antebellum/early Taylor Swift regens that didn't grab my attention as much as I was hoping. The album largely continues in this mushy country pop nature. Despite her great vocals (which I have no doubt could make great country music), this album just wasn't that interesting to me. Also confirmed for me that I very much fall on the country-folk side of the fence rather than the radio-friendly country pop. Not offensively bad by any means but just not something I'll be revisiting. 4/10 Favourite: Slow Burn, Least Favourite: Lonely Weekend

Medium pop

Contemporary country definitely isn't my thing. I actually recognized one of the songs from the album though! It wasn't absolutely terrible, but definitely won't be revisiting. Did a couple of interesting things musically here and there. Lyrics were generic and god-awful throughout -> "I'm not wonder woman, I can't lasso the truth out of you". 2/5

A bit immature and twangee. Not for me.

Kacey Musgraves seems to have a box for her music: inoffensive lyrics with the occasionally clever or occasionally clumsy twist; inoffensive backing tracks with never a surprise or an interesting musical twist; nice vocals which risk nothing, etc. It adds up to a boring album.

Pap. Absolutely nothing original or exceptional about it. Her debut album is MUCH better.

You And Your High Horse. 1001 Albums Generator 149 (10/28/2025) If I wanted to listen to an album where nothing happens, I would throw on John Cage's 4'33". Golden Hour is a boring piece of pop "country" that just completely fails to stand out in any way. High Horse is fun and the title track is okay, while the opener Slow Burn has hints of Sufjan inspiration, which is great. However, I really wanted more from this album, since I get excited to see newer albums on a list like this, hoping to find the artists of today that are making music worth hearing. When it comes to Ms. Musgraves, it feels like I'm missing something. 1.5/5, rounded up to a 2 because it wasn't necessarily unpleasant in any way. Favs: Slow Burn High Horse Golden Hour Least Fav: Love Is A Wild Thing

country album from a young woman who recently got engaged. floaty and pleasant, according to wikipedia this has influences from disco, yacht rock, electronica? i don't know, that's what it says but i can't hear it at all. i'm sorry, it's not for me. straight up. i don't like country a lot of the time. this music is uninteresting to me, there's nothing special when it comes to vocal or instrumental variety, a lot of the songs are about love... it's just nothing. i'm not hooked. i don't know how this album is significant.

2.5/5

MAGA brain rot music

Not a must hear!

Ugh, country pop is the worst. These songs are so generic and unmemorable. It's not horrible, but there are so many other albums that aren't this drab and joyless.

Nada interesante

Genuinely surprised to see an album made after the early 2000's. It's unfortunate that they didn't choose a better one.

It’s not bad but everything sounds the same.

It was fine, I guess? Melodically it was easy listening. Breezy country-pop with a few frills but nothing that seemed especially interesting. Lyrically it was drab. I didn't find much that jumped out to me on listen number 1, and more regularly I felt it was quite basic and lacking in emotional heft. I don't know, I didn't hate it. It was a decent enough album to listen to on a drive, I just don't think it will get any replay value from me.

Acceptable countryish pop music. I found it fairly bland.

Oh please. Nobody has to hear this paint by numbers country pop before they die, unless you happen to be a teenage girl with terminal cancer. Some songs are well written (probably with major input from established songwriters) but it’s just bang average pop fayre.

Did not like this one. A couple cute songs but it all felt so insincere. Mall crawler music. Denver Colorado cowboy outfit music. Not good.

I tried to like this but just couldn’t really. It just didn’t really do anything of note and by the end felt like it was just dragging to its inevitable conclusion.

Kacey Meh-graves. There’s some nice elements of indie, soft rock, disco and electronica but it is all delectably swished into a basically yucky corny girly country pop album. Not even a golden minute on this. Worst Cowboy Bebop episode ever because tracks like Space Cowboy I will not wanting to be ‘seeing again’.

What a beautiful album cover. Oh shit is this country? Yeah sorry. 2 stars.

This is alright but not really my kind of music

First third of the album I was into. I just can't do 30-40min of this type of music in one go.

Temu Taylor Swift completely over-produced vocals highlight dead plain lyrics

Perfectly pleasant and listenable, but also completely inessential for me

Can’t get past the 3rd song

Reminds me of saccharine coffee shop fare from the late 1990s. It's fine, but I'm not understanding how it won all these awards.

I found it very boring.

I’ve always enjoyed Slow Burn, but as a whole this type of country pop just isn’t very appealing to me

I like this one. Slow Burn sounds like a Sufjan Stevens song. …actually, there’s a bunch of stinkers in the middle. It's not as good as Madvillainy.

Not 4 mee

High end modern female country, just not my style

Slightly better then the garbage country today. But I still don't like it at all

She's good, but I had to turn it off part way because it was making me sad.

Pop country is definitely not in my wheelhouse. I didn't hate this album, as much as I found it kind of boring. She's arguably a great vocalist, but I just don't like the style.

Middle of the road.

OK.

Man, they really letting anything through on this list, huh…

This album is like an endurance test of all my least favorite music cliches. First off, I cannot stand country music, I know this is barely country, but that accent and style of singing just gets right under my skin. Secondly, I just find pop music that leans more towards singer-songwriter to be some of the most boring music out there. Ok so, this album isn't unlistenable, but I find it incredibly tedious and repetitive. As soon as a new song would start I would immediately forget whatever played before. There was a lot of really good music released in these past 10 years, but apparently whoever picked these albums hasn't heard them. All of the albums that were picked for the 2010's are always whatever won some award, and they are always the most boring, inoffensive, opposite of boundary pushing album ever. Low 2.

Í can hop over this one

Not my cup of tea

Another decent album that not my cup of tea. Too popish and indie. Its like the formula for making decent songs. 2 songs were really good all others are average

A few years ago I would have dismissed this album immediately. Traditional American Country Music does nothing for me at all. But Taylor Swift has educated me not to be so rash. Listened and gave this album a chance in hope, considering it was on this list at all, that it would appeal to my inner Swifty. Pleasant enough I suppose but not deep or meaningful like you get from Taylor Swift. 2/5 18/7/25

I don't ever listen to country music, so have little to compare this to. Nothing here interests me, it's poppy and bland. Not unpleasant, but feels so contrived.

Not for me, sounds like generic pop country nonsense

Bland. Kinda reminds me of early Taylor Swift.

To me it's just your everyday love/break-up album with cliché text

I saw this pop up on a list of best albums to get high to on 420 and still don’t understand why.

Inoffensive I guess. The kind of thing I'd expect to hear at Barnes & Noble. Bring on Napalm Death! 2/5 #117

This is dull as can be. 100% should not be on the list unless the list is saying "let's find an example of everything music can do". This has the depth of Starbucks. Man, this is so generic it finished and I didn't even notice it had moved to shuffle similar music and had gone through four other artists. All five of them sounded the same in every way.

These lyrics are doing nothing and the music sounds like a Sears catalog. No idea why this is something special. It is fine. Franchise coffee shop music.

this wasn’t very special, is was decent but i don’t feel it adds much to anything in the genre, i won’t be going back to it

Not for me, almost every song sounded the same. A really boring album

I get why it deviates from normal country but also feels extremely dated for 2018 and this convinced me that country music is like 20 years behind the times culturally, and also that it's very easy to get a Grammy if you're a country musician. This feels like Miley Cyrus meets Death Cab For Cutie and I mean that in the most derogatory way possible. Sounds like Radio Disney music from 2005. I truly don't get it. It's not as bad as Taylor Swift but I still don't like it.

Is this country music in disguise?

Terrible

Vapidity perfected

Yay! A modern album, I'll enjoy listening to ... Oh, hang on, it's country. Or is it pop?

I'm confused with this entry, as there's no reference in the 1001 book or even the ex-1001 list. So I'm unsure why it's on this website. 🤷 As for the album, it invokes the same feeling as when my daughter puts Taylor Swift on in the car, it's bearable, but can we change the CD yet?

Zensko country pevanje tra la la

2/5 I was uninspired by this record lyrically and thought it lacked creative exploration. The songs to their core had solid structures with well written melodies. Not a bad record, just not a very interesting one. Top 3 Songs: Slow Burn Butterflies Golden Hour

Sounds like a Natalie Merchant wanna be.

Most palatable country I've listened so far on this list. That doesn't make it great in my book, it's just average poppy stuff that is catchy and -fine- to listen to. I'd give it a 2,5 for sheer okayness, but, alas. I guess it's because I don't drive a Silverado.

Pop music steeped in country tropes. Simple lyrics and predictable progressions make this all very digestible radio friendly pop. And while it may push the envelope in that country sphere a bit, anyone who's not been living with musical blinders on has already heard this stuff elsewhere 20 years ago.

Middle of the road - life has been produced out of it. A few nice lyrics and ideas beneath the polish.

This was a tough listen. Just the exact type of country music I dislike. Sounded very generic

Not awful, but pop-country is not my thing. I just found this boring and forgettable

Not my jam. Soft poppy....could no get thru much of it.

No horrible for country .

Oh "modern" country. The faint sound of a banjo or slide guitar here or there and we've got country music. This is a bowl of vanilla ice cream. Not the good kind with real vanilla, but the fake vanilla kind that you buy at a gas station. Not terrible but nothing to go back for seconds. High Horse is a banger though.

Just kind of bland pop country.

At first I thought it was going to be cool, by the end I was bored. The songs all just merged into one.

Not without some sweetness, but beige, bland, and utterly banal. I'm sure it was wildly popular.

Inoffensive but not my jam.

It is fine, not really a sound that makes me excited

I bet this is great if you love country pop music, all the feels ⭐⭐

Firstly, I was like ‘what, this album is only 2 years old?’ before I realised actually no, 2018 was 7 years ago now. I’m still not convinced that’s enough time to merit inclusion and also I just found it rather dull. She has a pretty voice and I’ve heard she’s a cool person but to me it was all a bit generic. The song Butterflies had a cool sound though. (2.5 stars)

Influential on what, exactly? Its just another poppy plastic album with country overtones (is she channelling Dolly?) cashing in. Nothing awful, nothing special. 2

There are a couple songs on here that are alright, but most of the album sounds like commercialized country that has been stripped of its soul produced purely for the sake of making it as commercially wide-appealing as possible. Combine that with the overdone vocal post processing and auto-tuning and it was almost too much to take. I found the album hard to finish, though the latter half seemed less unbearable than the first.

Оно в целом приятно, если звучит глубоко на фоне, пока голова занята чем-то совсем другим. Но как только начинаешь вслушиваться в текст, это просто кромешный пиздец (кринж). Без обесценивания и оценок отдельной Кейси Масгрейвз и её талантов. Удача тоже требует труда и всё такое. И не каждая песня должна быть мистической, многоуровневой, с тридцатью тысячами отсылок, ага, ага. Но всё же кринж. Лучшая песня - Slow Burn.

Perfectly pleasant and inoffensive. Can listen while working. But proof 1000 albums is too many.

Hoi Kacey, du! Da fallt mer grad sehr fest uf wie unterverträtte wiiblichi künstlerinne sind da bim Album Generator. Nonie vode Kacey Musgraves ghört zum ehrlich sii. Und ich weiss au biz wieso. Fühl mich bi dere zuckersüesse Stimm wie ade erstkommunion vode cousine wenn s 16 jährige teenie meitli ihres biblische lied ide chile dörf vorsinge. Oder ide RomCom wenn min Jugend-crush grad de Altar zu ihrem zuekünftige ma lauft, obwohl mir beid wüssed das mer scho sit 15 jahr inenand verliebt sind ohni dases je öppert gseit het. Chani mit beidne situation ned viel ahfange. Gueti Stimm, aber singer-songwriter + chli country vibes git mer alles anderi wie e goldni Stund. Das ganze nach 20 bronze Minute abbroche und schnippe lässig zwei goldmünze in wunschbrunne und wünsche, das bald wider e banger-album chund. Zweit wunsch isch en filet-o-fish

Sehr popig und wieder mal überrascht wini es 2018 album e künstlerin nöd cha kenne. Aber glichzitg halt gmerkt dass isch au nöd würki nötig. Vill zu generische pop gedünsel. 2 sternli für 2 mässig entertainty ohre

also so moderne cköntri hani ezt gar nöd ufem bingo board gha und ehrlich gseit hani da au chli duregskippet... mir laufts chalt de rugge durab wenni banjos ih dene songs vernoh han da falltmer nume eis ih: cyber bullying und rassismus uf facebook ich glaub das isch eifach ih mim hirn ihbrennt und mer bechunts nüme los nöd min moonshine alkopop whiteclaw wiemer so schön seit das isch en klare Kacey vo 2 puntos

Nee, gewoon nee. Dit klinkt alsof een John Mayer fangirl een popalbum heeft gemaakt, maar er soms even een banjo (en een hintje slide gitaar?) doorheen gooit zodat je niet vergeet dat ze écht country is. Ik zou dit alleen kunnen luisteren als een vrouw zegt dat ze me dan helemaal afslobbert, en dan gaat het nog met tegenzin.

- competent but so absolutely derivative ... 2.5 -

I can understand that this list will have albums I don't like, because of their genre, importance or historical value. I do not understand why this is here. It's pleasant enough in places, but totally formulaic and auto tuned to hell. The only bits that are memorable are because the lyrics are so bad. A couple of the short single instrument songs are kind of OK, but it really doesn't stick. A low 2 - only avoiding a 1 because it's too bland to be awful.

easy listening, breathy female voice, ok, but nothing grabs me

I don't know what it was about this album that just really didn't not vibe with me, maybe because it's more recent so I just hear more music like it in my day to day life, but it had a generic sound to me.

It's just okay, nothing earth shattering or particularly interesting.

Super weak sauce. Who listens to this?

Too smooth for me. The lyrics to Space Cowboy were funny.

Country died in the 80s

2 sterne

Meh.

1. burn - 1.5 2. lonely - 1.5 3. butterfliez - 1.5 4. uuorld - 1 5. mother - 2 6. uuild - 1.5 7. zpace - 1.5 8. happy - 1 9. velvet - 0 10. uuoman - 1 11. horze - 1 12. golden - 1.5 13. rainbouu - 1.5

I didn't like this one. It was trying to be super plane/understated. But the lyrics were just not good in my opinion, so it felt really flat. There are so many better country artists. A couple of the songs had a bit of pop charm, but overall as an album it was just not worth it.

Great production with a few stand out tracks. But this kind of music isn't really my thing

Lovely voice and the album is well produced. Otherwise, this is generic country-pop that could just as well have been Taylor Swift or one of many others, as far as I'm concerned. So inoffensive and bland. I was going to go for a 3 listening to the first song, but got so bored throughout the album that it's a 2.

Too country for me

nagyon szep vokalok, nagyon nem az en vibeom.

Pretty bland

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Mostly white noise

Didn’t mind this but nothing mind-blowing. Eno-country.

This is way too recent and way too bland to be considered for a list like this.

Not my kind of thing. Wasn't bad but wouldn't go back to it

Acceptably average modern country.

A couple uptempo songs, but country doesn’t do it for me

This is well made, but I'm just not the target audience for it. I don't really want to rate it, it's good, just not my thing.

I’ve always ignored Kacey Musgraves because a sleazy guy who was forever trying to play in my park was obsessed with her. Assumed I wouldn’t like her music if she attracted dudes like that. I was mostly right. She has a little girl voice and her lyrics are immature. The album is overproduced for her stripped down sound. Didn’t hate it, didn’t love it.

Country pop moderno. No sé qué pinta aquí. No hay nada que destacar de este disco.

Every bit as nothing as I'd remembered (it did win the Grammy for best album), but "Velvet Elvis" is a jam so there's that

I think that Bo Burnham’s “Pandering” has ruined a lot of modern country music for a lot of people. Righteously and justifiably. This album basically felt like “Pandering: the Tween Girl Version! <3” It’s all butterflies and wildflowers and horsies and “rivers running to the sea” and blah and yadda and so forth. You could madlip the whole thing just using LiveJournal icons from 2004. I liked “Same Trailer Different Park” but obviously this album is more marketable. Which means it’s more bland. I dunno. It’s not for me. It feels hollow and dumbed down in a calculating sort of way. I’m just struggling to believe a thirty year old woman claim that she “didn’t know she could feel happy and sad at the same time!” Really, Honey? Cuz. Not to be mean but the main character in Inside Out was 11.

There are probably 1000 more deserving albums from 2018 to put on this list.

Fluffy pop record of which I may ask: Why exactly is it listed, here? I mean: not bad, well produced, good songwriting etc. But all in all still generic radio stuff that shouldn‘t be jamming a spot in the „b4 u die“-list…really, so far I nearly always understood the decisions apart from my liking. But with this one everything seems meaningless.

Bland. Doesn't sound any different to the hundreds of country pop singer/songwriters. 2/5

This was a fine listen but didn't blow me away. Her voice is nice and she wastes no time getting into each song. Most are quick (13 songs on a 45 minute album), but overall just average. As others have noted, there are some really cringey/weird lyrics. 4.5/10 (2.25/5)

Never heard Of Kacey Musgraves. Although I dont mind some Country and some Pop, never liked the two together. While this album had a couple of songs I thought were ok, the album as a whole dragged for me. Couldnt really see why this is a must hear.

Auto tune Claire de lune Dark side Of the moon Billy Joel She's lost control Corporate rock Rubber Soul E-Z-E The Oh Sees Napalm Death Screaming Trees Blurry Face Picked up the pace Rita Hayworth Gave good face 33 rpm God bless R.E.M. sophisticated Minutemen Psycho Killer Album filler Browser wars Fake Gorillaz Deep thoughts Parquet Courts Now who's wearing Denim shorts Ride on time Number eight Come as you are Don't be late Nonsense reviews blue suede shoes Kacey Musgraves I give her two

I've only recently become privy to how overproduced modern country is becoming. One would think that autotune and all of the other modern pop sensibilities would run contrary to what the genre represents. Still, as an enjoyer of musical junk food, unplugging my mind to this one wasn't all that bad. Whatever slot that this album occupies could have very easily gone to Emergency & I. No, I'm not being a petty asshole because one of my favourite album didn't make the list

# 357 : I could listen to it, but it's bland and boring. Bland modern country pop with terrible teenage diary lyrics. I won't listen again and I feel like sometimes this list mistakes "you must listen to this ALBUM before you die" with "Hey, this was popular during 20xx, or had a couple hits on it" with importance. High Horse is worth a mention though.

This was fine, 2.5 probably

A bit dull

Soulless, boring, country-pop.

Pretty, but unremarkable. I'll keep it on the main system for Shuffle but it won't go on a mobile device for choosing to listen to while on the go.

Not offensive, but like listening to an episode of the OC

Sockersött men inte särskilt bra.

Inoffensive, unexceptional, but goes down sweet and easy. 2.5 rounding up for the banjo frog. Oops then Spotify played some Tom Petty and I was reminded how good this kind of thing can actually sound when it is a little less slick.

Bland pop country with cheesy lyrics. Meh.

Country pop moderno. No sé qué pinta aquí. No hay nada que destacar de este disco.

Now, I’m a big fan of good pop music and keep up with what’s current and trending. When this popped up today I got excited to see what it’s all about, but got pretty disappointed pretty quickly. None of the melodies felt original, the music is all toned down and over-produced, her vocals, while pleasant, have little variation and the lyrics are oftentimes very simple and uninteresting. To not be compared to better pop artists out there, I would’ve liked to have heard more country here. Wish I had more to say, Kacey!

Pretty standard pop/C&W teen starlet affair. 2.5 stars.

It's like she recorded the same song over and over again.

So so and not my taste

2 stars - dig the folkier elements on some tracks, but not the overall style.

oh god, she has millions and millions of streams and clearly it's my fault, but I wanna die after this.

Probably a 2.5 but I’m rounding down. Slow burn is great! I just don’t like country music so the rest isn’t a hit for me. Plus some of the rhyme scenes are reallyyyyyyyy predictable

Country pop moderno. No sé qué pinta aquí. No hay nada que destacar de este disco.

It's quite pleasant but not really one of the greatest albums ever produced? Am I wrong?

Way too much of a repetitive sound and includes very cheesy lyrics. Not really my cup of tea, as it is very forgettable for me.

2.5, country taylor swift for sure, liked Slow Burn and Space Cowboy

Pretty standard pop country that I didn't know I needed to listen to before I died.

I wasn't crazy for the singles from this album cycle when they were new, but now that I've listened to the full album...I REALLY don't get it. This is like the blandest, dullest, most boring album, I swear. I get pleasant "vibe music", I listen to that a lot. So Kacey going "dream pop" should work, but it doesn't help that it has the flattest production I've ever heard in my life, uninspired arrangements, and surprisingly weak vocals across the board. I do like Kacey, the singles from Same Trailer Different Park are so good, and I'm even partial to some of the songs from Deeper Well (and Justified from Star Crossed was good too). But I cannot wrap my head around what people see in this one, it's easily the most uninteresting thing she's ever released.

Minimal production, singer/songwriter country. Feels a little like Taylor Swift - just barely disguised songs about something or someone in real life. Not my thing.

Meh, seemed like a pretty one note kinda album.

Many many years ago I tried some country albums to try to be open-minded since a bunch of my friends loved country, but it just isn't for me 99% of the time. Spotify still thinks I want country in my daily/weekly rollups. Anyway, Kacey Musgraves vocals kind of remind of Dolly, but the music itself feels more folksy/indie (like early 2000s female vocalists). She's a good vocalist, but I'm not sure this album belongs on this list. Dentist office music.

Not bad but also blah. Nice voice for one song but they were all so dumb. 2 stars for the song about mothers. Haha

Kinda catchy but mostly forgettable.

[No me considero un fan del pop ni menos del country, por lo que esta reseña realmente no tiene valor para alguien que busca introducirse en este género o esta artista] Primer acercamiento a Kacey Musgraves. Aunque siendo sincero, la primera pequeña conexión que realicé con la artista (y en especial con este trabajo) es el hecho que fue destacado cómo el Mejor Álbum del Año 2019 por los Grammy's (lo cual no dice mucho hoy en día). Entonces, ¿Qué encontramos en este trabajo? Nada que no fuese esperable. Golden Hour se trata de un álbum esencialmente popero, el cual lamentablemente no destaca especialmente en nada. Esto no quiere decir que sea necesariamente insultante al oyente como muchos tildan. Este trabajo es sencillo de digerir, sonoramente bello e ideal para personas que no buscan desafíos musicales. No obstante, personalmente las letras me generan un problema bastante notorio. Mi idioma por defecto es el español, por lo que al escuchar música en ingles nunca voy a estar realmente pendiente de qué es lo que dice un artista no hispanohablante. Sin embargo, si la artista en cuestión hace el intento por rimar "fly" con "butterfly" entonces no hay mucho que se pueda salvar. Se trata netamente de un trabajo flojo de escritura, aunque fiel a su esencia digerible. FAVTRAXS: Oh, What A World / Happy & Sad / Rainbow LEASTFAV: Lonely Weekend / Wonder Woman

Mid Album.

Much too pop-oriented to grab me. I find the lyrics and the musicality a bit too simplistic. The musicianship is studio top-notch, no feeling allowed. I couldn't listen to the whole album--I heard the first few then started skipping ahead for the next few. Just not my thing.

Twee chill out music. Clever and artful but a bit too saccharine for me.

Not as bad as I thought it’d be!

music to pick up a grand half-caf hazelnut macchiato by

Lovely voice but not my thing.

This wasn't horrible, but it was too popish for me.

Way too syrupy for me

Never heard of this before and I would have been happy if I never had to listen to it in my lifetime. Oh well.

Very well produced album, with an impressive attention to details for the genre, nice variations along the way, sometimes being country, other times being groovy pop, soft rock or even dream pop. Otherwise, this is still your average pop album that nobody will remember a few years later.

Cotton wool in music form - superficially pretty but lacking in ballast or substance. Musgraves's singing is the vocal equivalent of Switzerland - maddeningly neutral. "Texas is hot, I can be cold Grandma cried when I pierced my nose" Now there's a couplet for the fucking time capsule.

Country pop moderno. No sé qué pinta aquí. No hay nada que destacar de este disco.

sadly fenced in

Rainbow is good. The rest of the album is just too fuckin happy.

I have no idea why this album was included in the 1001, but now I can say I've listened to it. Deeply unremarkable.

Meh. 2/5

I feel like a white teenage girl listening to this. 4.5/10

Taylor swift reskin

She has a nice voice and writes pretty songs, but this fell kinda flat for me. Nothing about it was very interesting or moving, almost had a generic feel or something. Can’t quite put my finger on it, it just wasn’t really my thing.

My favorite song was High Horses.

I get why this album in on the list, but it's not my jam.

Country Pop, where there hardly is any Country, leaving mostly Pop. Which is a problem, considering what Pop has become in the last 10 - 15 years. The lyrics are especially bland (just listen to the opener Slow Burn for a prime example). 2/5

The most basic of basic pop

Nice voice, decent music, but boring

This is the first album that I know reasonably well and feel is pleasant enough - that I am absolutely going to pan. There is nothing special here. This is off-brand Taylor Swift with a country twang. I personally love pop music and have come to accept that some syrupy music is actually lovely when the mood strikes. This is not it. The lyrics are trite, the production is limp, the songwriting is pedestrian. I don't hate it for what it is, I despise it for what it tries to do and fails to be.

Lyricism criticism mysticism fanaticism

failure swift

Hmmm ... modern country music. Sounds ok. Bute leaves nothing behind. One wonders why Kacey Musgraves is so popular but you probably have to be more into this kind of music to understand that.