Kacey Musgraves - 2013 Anticipation

that Amanda Shires sounds good on first listen, thanks for the recommendation

did you post it on the country thread?

it's gorgeous and of course it's a drug album

Velvet Elvis sounds a lot like happy pills by Norah Jones.

Re drug album, slow burn does mention “good on green” yeah.

I'm sure she did drugs but it's not really a drug album

by this measure like 85% of all records made in the 70s and 80s are drug albums

Yeah agree

It’s just a few stray references

Velvet Elvis sounds a lot like happy pills by Norah Jones.

Interesting comment, as I like both songs (though not sure I hear too strong a similarity?)

whenever I listen to this I always see Wonder Woman and realize I'd forgotten that song existed

that Amanda Shires sounds good on first listen...did you post it on the country thread?

No. Feel free to introduce it, it's a great great record.

it's great, the only talk of it was (unfortunately) on the worst music writing re: Xgau being a creep about her

WONDER WOMAN is a trademark of DC Comics. All Rights Reserved.

Re drug album, slow burn does mention “good on green” yeah.

It's also called slow burn

But if anything she's cut back on the weed refs

"Slow Burn (A Doobie of Weed, Get It?)" was the original title

Anyone else hearing traces of "Owner of a Lonely Heart" in "Lonely Weekend"?

How so

i guess 'of-a-lo' and 'it's-a-lo' are similarly placed and basically equivalent melodically

album rules

it's very existential really, kinda zen, I really hope she's got a long career ahead of her

Amazing record - occasionally I turn it up and am swept away. Still got no time for “Space Cowboy” and “Velvet Elvis” grates sometimes.

Anyone who loves this, I can recommend “Same Trailer Different Park” - some killer songs there.

I wish I loved this record. Her wan approach kills it.

stoned, immaculate

love this album i even have time for space cowboy

What does "wan approach" mean ? (sorry, tried to look it up but only got tech explanations, which I doubt are related to the matter !)

Same Trailer is certainly all time

this album was the biggest musical surprise for me this year.I had never heard of her until High Horse came up on my Release Radar so i went to the album and just fell in love with the production and vibe.

What does "wan approach" mean ? (sorry, tried to look it up but only got tech explanations, which I doubt are related to the matter !)

― AlXTC from Paris

Her singing.

Ah ok, so you don't like her voice/singing ?

Her "wan approach" is actually a perfect fit for the songs, the production and the all-around vibe. Her performance completes the album.

IMO, of course.

yeah it's hard for me to imagine the album with more powerful/commanding vocals? i do think that something like "rainbow" also really benefits from a certain narrowness of range. the whole album is just sort of meditative, even the real emotional moments

probably album of the year, every time i come back to it i get a lovebuzz

I would rank :
1/ Pageant Material : great songs, melodies, lyrics , production
2/ Golden Hour : amazing production and arrangements, fantastic melodies but the lyrics are a bit impersonal/generic love songs(and less fun)
3/ Same Trailer Different Park : very nice songs, cute/clever lyrics, great first album
And I love her voice. It's strong and emotional.

my ranking would be opposite but it's all good

You can't be everybody's cup of tea !

Pageant material is def her weakest ! Also kind of a rehash of same trailer

Yeah, it has enough keepers for an excellent EP but it felt like it needed more time in the oven

Really !? I think it has so many great songs ! More than Trailer and deeper/more interesting than Golden Hour...

GH has the best melodies and production/arrangements though

I erased Pageant Material, kept two songs.

She’s such a great melodist

Well if you don’t like her voice, I suppose it’s more difficult to enjoy her work ! How many songs did you keep from GH ?

Did you keep "Late To The Party"?

The first four sound good to me but LTTP is definitely a level above

"Dime Store Cowgirl" and the title track are good, but the three PM essentials for me are "Die Fun", "Miserable" and "Late to the Party".

I really love the debut, hated that Mind Your Own Biscuits song so much I never got Pageant Material, and her recent singles' Dolly-goes-disco steez I appreciate in theory but it's not really the kind of thing that plays to her strengths imo.

« Die Fun » is so good

i liked pageant material a lot at the time -- i listened to it again earlier this year and i still see the charm in it but it's seems clearly her third best album to me. i still appreciate it tho bcuz she was mining a very specific set of her influences. but the songs on "same trailer" are more clever and from a production/songwriting standpoint golden hour is like, in another strata

when she hits the chorus on "Golden Hour" it's the most blissful thing imo

Basically, I simply like her work a lot, mostly the 2nd and latest albums (I like the 1st one but less).
I don’t really understand how one can love the 1st one and hate the 2nd one (or vice versa) though... they’re so close !
The 3rd one is something else : less country, more mainstream pop, so I can understand how one could like it but dislike her previous output.

I like this album a lot but I also miss"Blowin' Smoke" Kacey

I think I like each album less than the first but love them all.