It did to me too, when I first heard it! And yet somehow, here I am...
― absorbed carol channing's powers & psyche (morrisp), Monday, 16 April 2018 21:57 (six years ago) link
yah im with number none.
― they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Monday, 16 April 2018 22:01 (six years ago) link
my least favorite from first listen, too
― alpine static, Monday, 16 April 2018 22:16 (six years ago) link
Loving this record but I must say "Space Cowboy" is a skip, it was a clever pun the first time I heard it, but repeating the pun 63 times wears out the welcome.
― startled macropod (MatthewK), Monday, 16 April 2018 22:31 (six years ago) link
otm
"Velvet Elvis" works though
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 16 April 2018 22:36 (six years ago) link
Listening to Pageant Material now, and particularly digging "Good Ol' Boys Club" -- got some funk to it, reminds me of Bobbi Gentry.
― absorbed carol channing's powers & psyche (morrisp), Monday, 16 April 2018 22:56 (six years ago) link
I guess the lesson is I most enjoy her songs that have some groove to them.
― absorbed carol channing's powers & psyche (morrisp), Monday, 16 April 2018 23:00 (six years ago) link
I really like the latest album. Most of the melodies are great and the production is very nice but it's a bit too "clean" and the lyrics are pretty bland overall.I think I prefer the previous one : the melodies may not be as good but it's more country and charming (and sounds less like Starbucks music) + the lyrics are much better and funnier.
― AlXTC from Paris, Tuesday, 17 April 2018 08:12 (six years ago) link
I've been skipping "Velvet Elvis", yes, the dopiest song on here.
― droit au butt (Euler), Tuesday, 17 April 2018 10:30 (six years ago) link
There’s no accounting for taste, you guys! ;)
― absorbed carol channing's powers & psyche (morrisp), Tuesday, 17 April 2018 13:13 (six years ago) link
"Velvet Elvis" probably stands out so much because it's a different team of songwriters, Natalie Hemby and this guy Kacey Musgraves - 2013 Anticipation
― aloha darkness my old friend (katherine), Tuesday, 17 April 2018 13:52 (six years ago) link
er this guy https://www.rollingstone.com/country/features/eric-church-miranda-lambert-songwriter-on-hits-strippers-w459324
― aloha darkness my old friend (katherine), Tuesday, 17 April 2018 13:59 (six years ago) link
I'm not sure I get what you guys talk about : the 3rd chord of the 4 chords sequence is the one you enjoy particularly ?
It might not be that specific change, there is one particularly gorgeous moment in there though.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 17 April 2018 14:41 (six years ago) link
“Luke Dick”?
― absorbed carol channing's powers & psyche (morrisp), Tuesday, 17 April 2018 14:54 (six years ago) link
ah I suppose it's the middle 8 followed by the instrumental/orchestrated part with vocal harmonies (which is the same chord sequence as the rest of the song but with variations on the bass).If that's what you have in mind, I agree !
― AlXTC from Paris, Tuesday, 17 April 2018 15:03 (six years ago) link
Oh what a world. Damn
― Dyslexicon (Ross), Tuesday, 8 May 2018 06:30 (five years ago) link
Songs like high horse, Wonder Woman and velvet Elvis take this to the top for me
― Roswell (Ross), Wednesday, 9 May 2018 10:35 (five years ago) link
I love this record
― synonym toast crunch (Ross), Sunday, 3 June 2018 13:53 (five years ago) link
chatter died down quickly, but i still play it every day or two
― alpine static, Monday, 4 June 2018 07:07 (five years ago) link
Perfect crossover between my daughters and I, so it's had a lot of play here, and holds up very well.
― startled macropod (MatthewK), Monday, 4 June 2018 07:28 (five years ago) link
i played it again last night! "slow burn" is probably my favorite song she's ever done now.
― dyl, Monday, 4 June 2018 16:35 (five years ago) link
first 5 songs are perfect
― alpine static, Monday, 4 June 2018 17:42 (five years ago) link
I've been trying to figure out which specific folk album this reminds me of for like a week now and have yet to really do it; Suzanne Vega is the closest I've come but musically that's not right, it's only her voice
― aloha darkness my old friend (katherine)
Does anyone get Josh Rouse vibes from Golden Hour - like the smooth, MOR sound from 1972 and Nashville?
― aphoristical, Monday, 4 June 2018 22:00 (five years ago) link
i can hear that, now that you mention it
i think Nashville is a super duper underrated record
― alpine static, Monday, 4 June 2018 22:47 (five years ago) link
Golden Hour is also perfect. Whole album is a real gem.
― Van Horn Street, Monday, 4 June 2018 23:29 (five years ago) link
my one qualm with "golden hour" is that "you're my golden hour" comes 3 songs after "you're my velvet elvis" but it's really a very beautiful song
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 5 June 2018 02:24 (five years ago) link
Finally got this from the library and, uh, this is the best album I've ever heard. A whole album that bottles up the wistful freshness I've only ever gotten from "Fastlove" and "Sweet Lovin' Man."
― geoffreyess, Monday, 2 July 2018 04:30 (five years ago) link
I'm feeling all the songs about living far from the people you love most. "And if my sister lived in town, I know that we'd be doin' something fun" -- feeling fine, and suddenly a moment that hits as hard as Lucinda Williams' "Crescent City."
― geoffreyess, Monday, 2 July 2018 04:36 (five years ago) link
Yeah definitely my discover of the year since I didn't know her previously.I may like the previous album a bit more but the latest record is clearly fantastic with some of the best songwriting and melodies I have heard in a loooong while !
― AlXTC from Paris, Monday, 2 July 2018 07:48 (five years ago) link
the production on this is incredible, one of the best-sounding albums i've heard in awhile. i've been listening to this more than anything else lately, along w/Ashley Monroe's Sparrow. my favorite remains Love Is A Wild Thing, but the title track is up there maybe bc it was also one of the songs she performed when I saw her live opening for Willie Nelson last year and it caught my attention more than anything else in her already-impressive set. It sounds like waking up with the sun.
― omar little, Friday, 17 August 2018 16:05 (five years ago) link
otm, Love is a wild thing def a standout
― niels, Friday, 17 August 2018 16:18 (five years ago) link
the production is really insane ... the press copy of the album is wav files, i cherish them with all my heart
― J0rdan S., Friday, 17 August 2018 16:21 (five years ago) link
the pre-chorus drum fills on "lonely weekend" i think are my fav moment on any album this year
― J0rdan S., Friday, 17 August 2018 16:24 (five years ago) link
i've heard that the v1nyl version is crazy good (which was the case at least for STDP, i can confirm that) and i might have to pick it up.
i'm interested in anything that sounds like this, if anyone has recommendations. no Paula Cole jokes please.
― omar little, Friday, 17 August 2018 16:25 (five years ago) link
Love is a Wild Thing def. needs to be a single.
― Van Horn Street, Friday, 17 August 2018 16:26 (five years ago) link
Just an amazing album.
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Friday, 17 August 2018 16:50 (five years ago) link
not many things sound like Kacey Musgraves but the mellow stray gators stuff on Harvest perhaps, also a bit of a harvest moon vibe... did you check the case/lang/veirs album?
― niels, Friday, 17 August 2018 17:14 (five years ago) link
this is one of the best sounding albums ive ever heard
― ufo, Friday, 17 August 2018 17:43 (five years ago) link
i am in love with this record - cool timing on the revive, just started working on a comic in the sun and this album sounds perfect.
first track reminds me of neil young
― Ross, Friday, 17 August 2018 17:49 (five years ago) link
This album is the musical equivalent of an instagram post of someone doing yoga in a field of sunflowers.
― kornrulez6969, Friday, 17 August 2018 18:42 (five years ago) link
did you check the case/lang/veirs album?
― niels, Friday, August 17, 2018 12:14 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
such an underrated album
― The Desus & Mero Chain (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 17 August 2018 18:53 (five years ago) link
Golden Hour is an object lesson in the use of reverb, the trails are almost lysergic. The whole thing is a dream.
― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Friday, 17 August 2018 21:37 (five years ago) link
aoty
― ||||||||, Friday, 17 August 2018 21:40 (five years ago) link
^ so far, yeah
Mother may be my fave ... but I love them all to some degree.
Oh What a World, too. "These are real things ..."
― alpine static, Friday, 17 August 2018 21:59 (five years ago) link
she was tripping on LSD during mother, weird eh
― Ross, Friday, 17 August 2018 22:10 (five years ago) link
Are you guys saying this is a... drug album?
― stan in the place where you work (morrisp), Friday, 17 August 2018 22:22 (five years ago) link
Acapulco Golden Hour
― Ubering With The King (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 17 August 2018 22:23 (five years ago) link
Listening to her Kansas City Star and it is way inferior to Roger Miller versionn
― President Keyes, Sunday, 19 August 2018 02:10 (five years ago) link
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
― josh az (2011nostalgia), Sunday, 19 August 2018 03:53 (five years ago) link
yeehaw