Album Rating: 3.5
Listening now and I'm really enjoying it so far. As a European though, I always feel like I'm quite the outsider listening to this type of country music. It just feels super 'American' to me, like I'm not fully getting the gist because the life experiences are so different or something. Can't really put my finger on it. I guess it has a slight air of 'Made in USA, for the USA'.
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Album Rating: 4.5
I think that's definitely a fair criticism. Country I feel like is one of the few truly American-originated genres. It's derivative of Blues and therefore partially appropriated from African Americans, (which makes it even more American), which makes it interesting that it's become such a "white" and American genre. It's really focused on story telling and a lot of those are focused around an American perspective.
That's part of what makes Yola so interesting. She's British and a woman of color, so kind of breaking down a lot of barriers we see around the genre.
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Album Rating: 3.5
apparently ken burns' new documentary "country music" is going to discuss the genre's black roots. should be good.
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Album Rating: 4.3
My Only Child brings the FEELS
Opening track is fantastic too
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Album Rating: 4.5
Ooh I’ll have to check that Chan. Had no idea it was happening
And yeah, the motherhood tracks are real real good. Loving “My Name Can’t Be Mama” recently
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Album Rating: 4.3
their cover of "The Chain" is so fantastic. kinda wish they included it here
all in all this is nice but doesn't quite touch Pistol Annies' effort last year (which is odd since I like the musician's here better as far as their solo material goes)
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Album Rating: 3.5
this sounds so up my alley its stupid
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Album Rating: 4.5
I’ve never Pistol Annies the time they deserve. Clearly that’s gotta change
And yeah neeka you gotta get on this, it’s crazy good
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Album Rating: 4.3
I lied actually this is prolly at least on par with Interstate Gospel. the standouts are really damn good
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Album Rating: 3.5
Ok so while I do like this, its not having a ton of replay value for me. It suffers from an issue that a lot of country does and which I think has contributed to my being less into it recently, which is that the instrumental backing and song structures/melodies are a lot of the time very bog standard, and while the lyrics are strong a lot of them don't really elevate the somewhat staid honky tonk structures. The more melancholic and (surprise surprise) the Brandi centric tracks are definitely my favorites for that reason.
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Album Rating: 4.5
Yeah, I probably agree with that on the whole. Like I touched on in the review, there is a little sense of monotony. It’s hard to break from in this style. It’s such a clear cut instrumentation that you need to use, it’s hard to break from the box. I’m still holding the 4.5 because of what this stands for and the fact that it would have been very easy to do it wrong, and I think they nailed. But musically it’s probably closer to a 4
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Album Rating: 4.0
FUCK. dis dat good shit. Just proves to me that country music in the year 2019 can in fact be good.
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Album Rating: 4.5
Yeah this was pretty fucking great, a nice surprise. I particularly like the first track as a homage
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Album Rating: 4.3
Yup the opening track is stunning
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Album Rating: 4.3
had to bump my score up. so damn good
love the noticeable Bob Dylan influence at the end of "Don't Call Me". album has so much passion and attitude
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Album Rating: 4.3
really enjoyed this article for those who haven't seen it. gives some insight and background as to who was involved in writing each track
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/the-highwomens-debut-album-track-by-track-guide-879785/
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Album Rating: 4.5
Thanks!
This is probably my fave record of this year so far actually, probably going to up this a .5 at some point
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Album Rating: 4.3
Cheers! It’s definitely one of the best albums of the year. I already bumped my rating up once but tempted to again
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the opener has become one of my favorite songs of all time and is my most listened to track of the year
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