Kacey Musgraves Star-Crossed
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bloc
September 16th 2021


70286 Comments


"um i might like this better than golden hour so far"

I haven't heard GH in a while but yeah same probably

AmericanFlagAsh
September 16th 2021


13340 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

My least favorite Kacey album for sure, but def not bad

Scoot
September 16th 2021


22225 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5

shape and destroy is defs not his best work but there are quality tunes



halloween is easily his best, shame he didn't stick with that style more

ChoccyPhilly
September 16th 2021


13632 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

yeah i enjoyed this more than Golden Hour tbh

fogza
Contributing Reviewer
September 17th 2021


9864 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5

"halloween is easily his best, shame he didn't stick with that style more"



yeah it's actually not bad, shape and destroy is as mediocre as kacey's stuff.

alamo
September 18th 2021


5581 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

GOD HELP ME BE A GOOD WIFE

Snake.
September 18th 2021


25273 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

i enjoyed this more than Golden Hour [2]

mvdu
September 18th 2021


992 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

There are some really great ideas on here. Despite the synth based sound, she hasn’t abandoned the beauty that her country and folk songs have. Liking it as much as her other albums now but I am pretty sure Golden Hour will still reign supreme.

porcupinetheater
September 18th 2021


11032 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5

The beauty of this record is like the beauty of a business park retention pond

Pikazilla
September 18th 2021


29872 Comments


Good comparison

luci
September 18th 2021


12844 Comments


Watched the film as a first listen, found it to be a mediocre project. Mostly flimsy downtempo songs with sterile lyricism. Poor mixing/mastering overall. Seems like a case where an artist grabs me with a classic album then I have to endure disappointment with the rest of their discog.

theBoneyKing
September 18th 2021


24465 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

I think she’ll bounce back. Honestly just feel she went too hard for the breakup concept without actually putting too much emotion into it. It doesn’t evoke like it should. Still mostly good though.

luci
September 18th 2021


12844 Comments


I imagine it's uncomfortable to breakthrough into the mainstream, have a large audience awaiting your next move, then essentially be forced into this album concept due to life circumstances. She'll likely feel more liberated with the next one.

theBoneyKing
September 18th 2021


24465 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

I agree. I also feel she’s a better character writer than an autobiographer. It worked on Golden Hour because the emotions and ideas she was expressing were still pretty universal. Here again it’s just a bit hard to relate to.

Sowing
Moderator
September 18th 2021


43976 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Basically agreed with all the points made lately, I think this is a bit hamfisted although not as cheesy as it could have been, and I do think she'll bounce back just fine. This was an album that had to happen after her divorce, I'm just glad it wasn't a total cringe fest.

neekafat
Staff Reviewer
September 18th 2021


26247 Comments

Album Rating: 3.4

How is heartbreak hard to relate to lmao

porcupinetheater
September 18th 2021


11032 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5

Yeah, this feels like there’s some assumption of the universality of the experience/defensiveness about the message she’s sending that it winds up with just a bunch of vagueness and none of the charm, sly playfulness; the personality of her past stuff



Compare:

“Between the lunch and dinner rush

Kelly caught that outbound bus for Vegas

And we're all out here talking trash, making bets

Lips wrapped 'round our cigarettes

She always thought she was too good to be a waitress.”



“Waking him up nice and slow, bring him coffee in bed

Listen to his problems, tell him that I understand

Touch him so he knows in his heart, he's the only one

Try to loosen up and be more fun

Yeah, I could be more fun”



Like that second one feels so clichéd, and like she’s got this marketing image she’s trying to push out to the world, rather than exploring a story with genuine character, even if it’s the earlier lyric that’s ostensibly fictional

rabidfish
September 18th 2021


8711 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

That was kinda the point tho. It's a song about expectations. The ones women (particularly) are put under and place on themselves, too.

porcupinetheater
September 18th 2021


11032 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5

Yeah but it’s like that the whole record

porcupinetheater
September 18th 2021


11032 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5

Good idea ≠ good execution



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