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| Boner’s C(o)untry Cumpilation
Only albums 1990-present. Somewhat random mix of stuff I dig, not in any way comprehensive or even fully representative of my favorites. Don’t love everything here but it’s all at least good and worth a listen. | 1 | | Uncle Tupelo No Depression
Alt-country ground zero, cowpunk-influenced
*Essential* | 2 | | Iris DeMent Infamous Angel
Americana, pretty, sad | 3 | | Lucinda Williams Sweet Old World
Alt-country, slightly poppy | 4 | | Uncle Tupelo March 16 to 20, 1992
Americana, mix of trad folk covers and originals | 5 | | The Jayhawks Hollywood Town Hall
Alt-country, country rock | 6 | | Dwight Yoakam This Time
Contemporary country | 7 | | Robert Earl Keen A Bigger Piece of Sky | 8 | | Grant Lee Buffalo Mighty Joe Moon
Alt-country, alt-rock | 9 | | The Jayhawks Tomorrow the Green Grass
Alt-country, country rock | 10 | | Guy Clark Dublin Blues
Americana, folky | 11 | | James McMurtry Where'd You Hide the Body
Country rock, Americana | 12 | | Son Volt Trace
Alt-country | 13 | | Freakwater Old Paint
Americana, old-fashioned | 14 | | Gillian Welch Revival
Americana, old-fashioned
*Essential* | 15 | | Wilco Being There
Alt-country, country rock, roots rock, double album
*Essential* | 16 | | Old 97s Too Far to Care
Alt-country, cowpunk, raucous | 17 | | Whiskeytown Stranger's Almanac
Alt-country, Americana
*Essential* | 18 | | Steve Earle El Corazón
Country rock, alt-country
*Essential* | 19 | | Midnight Choir Amsterdam Stranded
Norwegian Americana, slowcore and chamber pop influences, hidden classic | 20 | | Calexico The Black Light
Mostly instrumental, Tex-Mex influence, soundtrack vibes | 21 | | Lucinda Williams Car Wheels on a Gravel Road
Alt-country, Americana, perfect songwriting
*Essential* | 22 | | Golden Smog Weird Tales
Alt-country, country rock, supergroup | 23 | | Bonnie 'Prince' Billy I See a Darkness
Alt-country, folk, slowcore, sad
*Essential* | 24 | | Neko Case Furnace Room Lullaby
Twangy alt-country, incredible vocals | 25 | | Ryan Adams Heartbreaker
Alt-country, Americana, “separate the art from the artist”-core | 26 | | Gillian Welch Time (The Revelator)
Americana, acoustic
*Essential* | 27 | | Silver Jews Bright Flight
Alt-country, indie rock | 28 | | Kathleen Edwards Failer
Alt-country, Americana | 29 | | Jesse Sykes and The Sweet Hereafter Reckless Burning
Alt-country, slowcore influences | 30 | | Neko Case Blacklisted
Alt-country, a bit Gothic
*Essential* | 31 | | James McMurtry Saint Mary of the Woods
Country rock | 32 | | Magnolia Electric Co Magnolia Electric Co
Alt-country, country rock, sad as fuck
*Essential* | 33 | | Drive-By Truckers Decoration Day
Country rock, Southern rock, stories
*Essential* | 34 | | Richmond Fontaine Post To Wire
Alt-country | 35 | | Ryan Adams Cold Roses
Country rock, alt-country | 36 | | Calexico and Iron and Wine In the Reins
Americana | 37 | | Deer Tick War Elephant
Alt-country, Americana | 38 | | Phosphorescent Pride
Americana, indie folk, campfire-core | 39 | | The Felice Brothers The Felice Brothers
Americana, roots, raucous | 40 | | Hayes Carll Trouble in Mind
Contemporary country, country rock | 41 | | The Avett Brothers I and Love and You
Americana | 42 | | Turnpike Troubadours Diamonds and Gasoline
Capital C Country, great songwriting, pleb filter vocals | 43 | | The Decemberists The King Is Dead
Americana, folk rock | 44 | | Bill Callahan Apocalypse
Americana | 45 | | Phosphorescent Muchacho
Americana, chamber pop, a bit psych
*Essential* | 46 | | Kacey Musgraves Same Trailer Different Park
Contemporary country, legs, small-town-life-core | 47 | | Hiss Golden Messenger Haw
Americana, folk rock | 48 | | Futurebirds Baba Yaga
Psychedelic country rock | 49 | | Patty Griffin American Kid
Americana | 50 | | John Moreland In The Throes
Alt-country, Americana, sad
*Essential* | 51 | | Jason Isbell Southeastern
Americana, folk, sobriety-core
*Essential* | 52 | | Sarah Jarosz Build Me Up from Bones
Americana, progressive bluegrass | 53 | | Israel Nash Israel Nash's Rain Plans
Country rock, a bit psych, Neil Young worship | 54 | | Brandy Clark 12 Stories
Contemporary country, stories | 55 | | Hurray For The Riff Raff Small Town Heroes
Americana, folk, small-town-life-core | 56 | | The Delines Colfax
Alt-country, country soul | 57 | | Nikki Lane All or Nothin'
Country pop, twangy | 58 | | Sturgill Simpson Metamodern Sounds In Country Music
Outlaw country, a bit psych | 59 | | John Fullbright Songs
Americana, folk rock | 60 | | Lucinda Williams Down Where the Spirit Meets the Bone
Americana, country rock, blues rock, double album | 61 | | Angaleena Presley American Middle Class
Contemporary country, small-town-life-core | 62 | | Ryan Bingham Fear and Saturday Night
Americana | 63 | | Steve Gunn and The Black Twig Pickers Seasonal Hire
Americana, old-time, folk | 64 | | James McMurtry Complicated Game
Americana, folky, best lyrics
*Essential* | 65 | | Chris Stapleton Traveller
Contemporary country, Americana, massive vocals | 66 | | The Deslondes The Deslondes
Americana, old-fashioned | 67 | | Phil Cook and His Feat Southland Mission
Country rock, Southern rock, feel-good | 68 | | Jason Isbell Something More Than Free
Americana, stories, sobriety-core | 69 | | Dave Rawlings Machine Nashville Obsolete
Americana | 70 | | The Cactus Blossoms You're Dreaming
Americana, close harmony | 71 | | Richmond Fontaine You Can't Go Back if There's Nothing to Go Back To
Alt-country, Americana, stories | 72 | | Parker Millsap The Very Last Day
Americana, folk rock, bluesy | 73 | | Various Artists (Country) Southern Family
Americana, contemporary country, concept | 74 | | Sturgill Simpson A Sailor's Guide To Earth
Country soul
*Essential* | 75 | | Lori McKenna The Bird & The Rifle
Sugary-sweet Americana | 76 | | Brent Cobb Shine On Rainy Day
Contemporary country | 77 | | Son Volt Notes of Blue
Alt-country, bluesy | 78 | | Willie Nelson God's Problem Child
Progressive country, weed | 79 | | John Moreland Big Bad Luv
Americana, roots rock | 80 | | Colter Wall Colter Wall
Americana, contemporary folk, old-fashioned | 81 | | Justin Townes Earle Kids In The Street
Americana, roots | 82 | | Get Your Gun Doubt Is My Rope Back To You
Gothic country | 83 | | Turnpike Troubadours A Long Way From Your Heart
Americana | 84 | | Hans Chew Open Sea
Country rock, Neil Young worship | 85 | | Brandi Carlile By the Way, I Forgive You
Americana, folk rock, amazing vocals | 86 | | Dogwood Tales Too Hard to Tell
Americana, alt-country | 87 | | Courtney Marie Andrews May Your Kindness Remain
Americana | 88 | | Kacey Musgraves Golden Hour
Country pop | 89 | | Ashley Monroe Sparrow
Country pop, strings, Nashville Sound | 90 | | Shannen Moser I'll Sing
Americana, folk | 91 | | Amanda Shires To the Sunset
Alt-country, indie pop | 92 | | Dean Wareham and Cheval Sombre Dean Wareham Vs. Cheval Sombre
Alt-country, dream pop, slowcore | 93 | | Emily Scott Robinson Traveling Mercies
Americana | 94 | | Faye Webster Atlanta Millionaires Club
Country pop, indie pop, R&B/soul influences | 95 | | Ian Noe Between The Country
Americana, John Prine-core | 96 | | Honey Harper Starmaker
Alt-country, gorgeous | 97 | | Waxahatchee Saint Cloud
Alt-country, Americana | 98 | | Jerry Joseph The Beautiful Madness
Country rock, roots rock | 99 | | Ruston Kelly Shape and Destroy
Contemporary country | 100 | | Waylon Payne Blue Eyes, the Harlot, the Queer, the Pusher & Me
Progressive country, Americana | |
theBoneyKing
04.13.21 | Come for me Ghandhi | parksungjoon
04.13.21 | >Come for me Ghandhi
this isnt craigslist | GhandhiLion
04.13.21 | this is nice. I need to check 26 | parksungjoon
04.13.21 | where is The Spectral Light & Moonshine Firefly Snakeoil Jamboree
| GhandhiLion
04.13.21 | damn it parks that's for my list | parksungjoon
04.13.21 | lol rip | GhandhiLion
04.13.21 | it's probably the hippest 90s I know | theBoneyKing
04.13.21 | Added some more, will finish tonight. | Ryus
04.13.21 | what should i listen to if i only really like country from the 70s and earlier | GhandhiLion
04.13.21 | Do you think there's anything in particular here that I would like? The lesser known ones | theBoneyKing
04.14.21 | Finito, may still add some descriptions later. | bigweinerdon
04.14.21 | boner jams '03 | Atari
04.14.21 | couldn't help yourself with that list name edit eh, lol.
awesome list. pleased to see Shannen Moser. 61 is an underrated gem, I fell in love instantly when I heard the song Better off Red
| GhandhiLion
04.14.21 | nice | mynameischan
04.14.21 | Why won’t John Fullbright make another album | theBoneyKing
04.14.21 | Lol, I softened it a bit Atari.
Yeah chan, we need more from him. | protokute
04.14.21 | nice, good stuff here. Will use this as a point of reference | theBoneyKing
04.14.21 | Nice nice. Not everything here is amazing, certainly it’s far from comprehensive and a lot is pretty far from pure country, but all have something to recommend about them. | mynameischan
04.14.21 | Crazy how little known Patty Griffin is here. Or maybe it’s not | GhandhiLion
04.14.21 | She has 10 ratings for that album. That's really good | Pheromone
04.14.21 | boney this is amazing also that title is more raucous than your character arc
hmmm | theBoneyKing
04.14.21 | I’m approaching my true form. | theBoneyKing
04.14.21 | Added descriptions. | Atari
04.15.21 | good call. gonna check all the ones marked as essential that I haven't heard | LeddSledd
04.15.21 | sputnik country revival? | rabidfish
04.15.21 | noice dude, cool list fam, stay lit. | mynameischan
04.15.21 | Wow how dare you not label Complicated Game as essential | theBoneyKing
04.15.21 | Oh shit I didn’t, that’s a mistake | NorthernSkylark
04.15.21 | Someone should really feature this .. | Icebloom
04.15.21 | Oh interesting list! Listened to and loved Bonnie Prince Billy and Magnolia Electric Co, guess I'll check out the other albums with the label 'sad'. The slowcore-influenced albums seem interesting as well. | mynameischan
04.15.21 | I can’t feature lists anymore otherwise I would | Atari
04.15.21 | done. gotta make myself useful around here somehow, haha | parksungjoon
04.15.21 | should have featured ghandhi's instead | GhandhiLion
04.15.21 | but it's incomplete and any country list being featured is good | parksungjoon
04.15.21 | except this one
https://www.sputnikmusic.com/list.php?listid=195955&memberid=1072392 | RadioSuicide
04.15.21 | good list. needs some handsome family and jim white | DoofDoof
04.15.21 | he got 'em all :D | Cygnatti
04.15.21 | rec me sum bones | DoofDoof
04.15.21 | a boner cumpilation, I geddit | Cygnatti
04.15.21 | @ghandi and ryus, check 63 | GhandhiLion
04.15.21 | sure | theBoneyKing
04.15.21 | Thanks for the feature!
Be sure to feature Ghandhi's when it's done too because his is superb and I made this almost as a meme out of spite for someone else here claiming to make a country compendium. ;-P (And because I'm on break right now and had the time to pull together a country list when there was some significant country discussion happening). | theBoneyKing
04.15.21 | Not sure what else to rec you from here Ghandhi since I feel my country taste runs smoother/more modern and less trad than yours. I dig that simple lyric-driven stuff with solid songwriting even if it doesn't do anything innovative. | Sowing
04.18.21 | I never thought of Wilco as country, but I suppose they fit the bill. Being There is incredible.
Big props for 41, 43, 51, 74, 88, 96, 97, and 99.
Check Ruston Kelly's debut Halloween if you haven't yet, it's better than his latest by a good bit. | theBoneyKing
04.18.21 | That’s kind of a funny Wilco take because a lot of people consider all their stuff country when a lot of it isn’t really, Being There however absolutely is an alt-country essential. And Jeff Tweedy is one of the founders of the style for his work with Uncle Tupelo.
Halloween is great, I just enjoy the latest one more. | Clumseee
10.15.21 | Bumping this for my own digging. Surprised to not see Childers here, Purgatory def deserves a spot. | rabidfish
10.15.21 | check the new HTRK, boneh plz | parksungjoon
10.15.21 | where is The Spectral Light & Moonshine Firefly Snakeoil Jamboree
| Storm In A Teacup
10.15.21 | Boner Country | theBoneyKing
10.16.21 | I do dig Childers a bit but ironically I’m not terribly familiar with Purgatory outside a couple songs - I need to give it a proper go.
I peeped that HTRK album on RYM and it looks neat, will give it a go. | Storm In A Teacup
10.16.21 | I made a country rock song about porcupine theater (the user) and modest mouse (the band) one time. | parksungjoon
10.16.21 | where is The Spectral Light & Moonshine Firefly Snakeoil Jamboree
| Atari
10.16.21 | you should edit in Patterson Hood's underrated classic ;) | theBoneyKing
10.16.21 | As I mentioned Atari, I do know that album (perhaps oddly, I commonly fall asleep to it) but never dig too deep into it. Seeing your 5, I’ll have to give it another (fully awake) go, just for you.
@park, that’s quite a mouthful of a name… | parksungjoon
10.16.21 | u should check | Atari
10.18.21 | cheers Boney, haha. you're the one that got me into Drive-By-Truckers in the first place! | GhandhiLion
10.18.21 | Parks thats on my list | theBoneyKing
10.21.21 | Update: That HTRK album is great! Nothing terribly country about it though, imo. | theBoneyKing
09.15.24 | Part 2 when? |
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