Golden Hour

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

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

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Rather liked this. Folk/country, and great lyrics.

Country crossover underscored by some sharp, observational lyrics. This is an enjoyable collection of acoustic tunes infused by soft rock and electronic loops.

It took a couple of listens but I like the country, folk, pop mix supported by a very good voice.

I'm normally a sucker for female singer-songwriters. But this just really started to wash over me. Not helped by the fairly basic lyrical content. I think Kasey's done better. 2*

Well it was nice to listen to. Maybe a bit safe, but a lot better than some other country (or other genre for that matter) albums

For a country album, I was surprised not to hate this. I don't mind the sound here, kind of reminds me a bit of Cowboy Junkies. It's not my kind of music but I respect the vibe she created here. 3/5

Day1040 - i think one of the best artists in the last ten years. her lyrics are kinda corny but also fun. i consider this pop more than country kinda like john mayer vibes

Boring AF

Velvet Elvis was cool! Other than that, not outstanding.

#499 This starts with a lot of promise, it’s pleasant to listen to but soon becomes a little samey and a little dull. It’s inoffensive modern country pop but even though I’m not a country fan, there’s just some edge missing that the best in the genre tends to have. Heard before? ❌ Would I revisit? ❌ Listen before you die? ❌ Fave track(s): Slow Burn Rating: 4/10 ⭐️⭐️

booooooring, 2/5

Even though I have a bit of a soft spot for country, this was quite boring… the opening track was ok but nothing else grabbed me

Wasn't expecting to like this at all but I thought this was great, for what it is. Nicely produced, good voice, maybe slightly formulaic but it was a nice accompaniment to a bit of Saturday afternoon baking.

New to me and actively unlistenable I’m afraid. One star. Tom.

I knew a couple tracks off this prior to listening and I liked what I knew. I like this blending of country to make it more modern and fresh. I think it really works for the genre. This is a good pop album. I just think the single standout a lot more, and it doesn't connect with me as a whole body of work. I think that towards the midpoint, it feels like it starts to drag. I feel like it almost starts to become repetitive at some point. Fav Track: High Horse

Fine, if a bit bland

Inoffensive

I guess enjoyable if you like modern country?

This honestly sounds like if Taylor Swift hadn't went straight pop and kept the country in her music. Complete with the same weird turns of phrases ("I was hiding in doubt 'til you brought me out of my chrysalis") and same tortured metaphors. All that said though, this is pretty solid pop country. Some good compositions going on in this one (Oh, What A World with its somewhat OK Computer era Radiohead stuff going on, Lonely Weekend). I'm mostly just whelmed by this, but I am enjoying my time with it.

Meh.

Absolutely nobody needs to hear this unoriginal country pop.

Ok, that's about it

Modern country pop, but there are elements, lyrically and musically, that come from folk and Americana. "Slow Burn" and "Mother" were the songs I found enjoyable. The rest of the album I didn't really care for at all. She's not a bad singer, it's just not my cup of tea.

Favorite Track: Golden Hour

What can I say? This album really Yees my Hah.

This was a nice mix of country and pop. I think I listened to another of hers that I liked better but this was decent.

The songs and music are pretty good. The production on the *instruments* is pretty good. It sounds like her actual voice might be pretty good. But dear lord, why do they have to run it through all those effects and compression and whatever else and make her sound like a computer is singing? I could almost deal with it for like two songs, then it's like nails on a chalkboard. Fuck.

I'm going to be honest... I don't love this. This is an album that should be quite highly ranked and she a cool person but this just is kinda bland. I actually have this on the lower end of her sound personally cause she went too pop with it. Obviously it's far and away her biggest album so I can't say she made the qrong choice but some of her earlier works or more up my alley. 6/10 still not a bad album

Country music girlies feel feelings a bit harder than everyone else, she's really crushing hard on some boys here. It's very Swift-esque, it has some very modern pop electronic sounds and arrangements that don't necessarily match the Nashville production line she's from. I'm glad I've heard it because I like being up to date with the young people, but it's really not for me and I don't really like the style. Good to see she seems to be a nice person though, she thinks that society should look after the children of immigrants, which is a controversial position for some reason in her community.

Opening track was pretty good, but all downhill from there. Just some real generic pop music.

Golly, Dwight and now Kacey...what have I done now? Again, not a fan of this genre. But you could do worse, I guess. Slow burn is a great song for sure. And then?

Seriously I haven't got the slightest clue why the fuck this made the list. It sounds like quasi-inspirational, psuedo-"deep" royalty free AI generated YouTube background music. Like something that would soundtrack a weight loss journey slideshow. It offers absolutely nothing remotely compelling or different to other country albums already in the book.

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

Wtf this shit fucks. I have heard good things from her for awhile but I'd describe my opinions on a lot of her and her generation of country artists as cautiously optimistic. I knew I'd probably like it but I still have some strong anti country biases.. or I guess I really don't want to hear the shit I don't want to hear. This was fuckin great though

Surprised by how much I really liked this,

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

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

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

AI

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Very good. My kind of thing and I'll be listening to Kacey Musgraves a lot more in the future

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

Beautiful voice, nice music. A very neat discovery!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Uninteresting and boring.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

7.5/10

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

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

Good, catchy, easy to listen too

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

A 2018 country-pop album with an inescapable single is essential listening before you die? Well, the answer is actually yes. This album is fucking GOOD! So many great songs, some crackling on production in places but other than that, it sounds great. Just toeing the line between country and pop, a sound Sabrina Carpenter would later take to the pop side of the extremity. Can you believe this is an 8 year old album now? I remember it like yesterday when this was the hottest thing

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

pretty good

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

Not for me 1/5

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

Great voice med music

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

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

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

Thank the wife for that score

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

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

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

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

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

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

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