A mishmash of older country and country-ish songs, alternative and currently obscure mid-Western rappers. It doesn't totally gel but hangs together well enough. Download-only. Update (November 2025): I finally got tired of not easily being able to hear this every time I run across Christgau praising it and so did the extremely rare thing of buying the tracks and burning them to a disc. Given that this is his third favorite album of the last decade, I have to believe that sooner or later it will kick in for me, especially if I can easily play it whenever I get the urge. We shall see. Further update (November 2025): I did up it a notch after getting the physical and playing it many more times. Still not my third favorite of the decade though, that's for sure.
Before 11/2020, grades range from 5 to 3.5 stars. After that, grade range is: 10 (A+), 9.5 (high A), 9 (A), 8.5 (high A-), 8 (A-), 7.5 (high B+), and 7 (B+). Ungraded albums are noted as liked :-) (honorable mention), neutral :-|, and disliked :-(. At least 4 listens per graded album and 3 listens per ungraded album. Search "Grade Post" for more info. I sold/shelved ~10,000 albums after at least 3 or 4 listens, respectively, before starting this blog and will add entries for those as they arise.
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