Golden Hour (album)

Golden Hour
Studio album by Kacey Musgraves
Released March 30, 2018 (2018-03-30)
Recorded 2017
Genre Country pop[1]
Length 45:44
Label MCA Nashville
Producer
Kacey Musgraves chronology
A Very Kacey Christmas
(2016)A Very Kacey Christmas2016		 Golden Hour
(2018)
Singles from Golden Hour
  1. "Butterflies"
    Released: February 23, 2018
  2. "Space Cowboy"
    Released: February 23, 2018
  3. "High Horse"
    Released: June 25, 2018[2]

Golden Hour is the fourth major label album by American country music artist Kacey Musgraves, released on March 30, 2018, through MCA Nashville.[3] Musgraves co-wrote all 13 tracks and co-produced the album with Daniel Tashian and Ian Fitchuk. The album debuted at number four on the US Billboard 200[4] and has since been widely acclaimed by music critics.[5]

Recording

Musgraves wrote and recorded most of the songs from the album throughout 2017; about the writing process she said: "I have a lot more love songs this time around, and I've never been one to write a love song and really feel it." She continued: "That probably sounds like the most depressing thing ever. [But] I'm coming off getting married and being in this golden hour of my personal life, where all these things are finally coming to fruition. I found myself inspired to write about this person and all these things he brought out in me that weren’t there before." Some of the album was recorded in a studio above a horse stable owned by musician Sheryl Crow.[6]

Promotion and packaging

On March 10, 2018, Musgraves announced the Oh, What a World Tour in support of the album while performing at the Country to Country music festival in London. The first twelve dates of the tour were announced on March 12, with Musgraves stating on social media that tour dates in other countries would eventually be added. The tour will begin on October 13 in Oslo, Norway.[7][8]

Musgraves' sister Kelly Christine Sutton took the cover photo for Golden Hour over a two-day photo shoot in and around their hometown of Golden, Texas. Sutton, who also is credited with designing the album's packaging, has previously worked with Musgraves for all of her albums' artwork. Of the cover photo, Sutton recalls Kacey "wanted to use this paper fan, and we are usually on the same page with ideas, but I couldn’t picture it. We went out into this wide open field. We needed one with no trees, so there was sky only. Almost immediately after we reviewed the photos, we just knew we had it."[9]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic89/100[10]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[11]
Chicago Tribune[12]
Consequence of SoundA−[13]
The Guardian[14]
The Independent[1]
Pitchfork8.7/10[15]
Record Collector[16]
Rolling Stone[17]
The Times[18]
Uncut7/10[19]

Golden Hour received widespread acclaim from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has an average score of 89, based on 17 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".[10] Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic rated the album four and a half out of five stars and called it "warm and enveloping, pitched halfway between heartbreak and healing-but (it) lingers in the mind because the songs are so sharp, buttressed by long, loping melodies and Musgraves' affectless soul baring."[11] Writing for The Independent and rating the album a perfect 5 out of 5, Roisin O'Connor states the album is "a reminder that sometimes – often, if you're looking in the right places – life is beautiful."[1] Additionally, it was a Spin "Essential" and of the genre-bending songs on the album, reviewer Katherine St. Asaph calls it "not classicist, but perhaps it might be classic."[20]

Accolades

Year Association Category Result
2018 CMA Awards[21] Album of the Year Pending
Publication Rank List
Billboard N/A The 50 Best Albums of 2018 So Far[22]
The Boot 4 Top 10 Country and Americana Albums of 2018 So Far[23]
Complex 17 The 25 Best Albums of 2018 So Far[24]
Consequence of Sound 5 The 25 Best Albums of 2018 So Far[25]
Entertainment Weekly N/A The 15 Best Albums of 2018 So Far[26]
Exclaim! 7 The 31 Best Albums of 2018 So Far[27]
The Guardian N/A The Best Albums of 2018 So Far[28]
Paste 13 The 20 Best Albums of 2018 So Far[29]
PopMatters N/A The 50 Best Albums of 2018 So Far[30]
Rolling Stone N/A The 50 Best Albums of 2018 So Far[31]
Stereogum 2 The 50 Best Albums of 2018 So Far[32]
Time N/A The Best Albums of 2018 So Far[33]
Uproxx 2 The 50 Best Albums of 2018 So Far[34]
Vulture N/A The Best Albums of 2018 So Far[35]

Commercial performance

Golden Hour debuted at number four on the US Billboard 200 and at number one on the Top Country Albums chart with 49,000 album-equivalent units—39,000 of that figure being pure album sales.[4] It marks Musgraves’ third number one on the Top Country Albums chart. It also debuted at number one on the Americana/Folk Albums chart.[36] As of September 2018 the album has sold 102,100 copies in the US.[37]

In the United Kingdom, Golden Hour debuted at number six on the official UK Albums chart and at number one on the UK Country Albums chart. It marks Musgraves' first top ten album in the UK.[38]

Track listing

Credits adapted from BMI.[39]

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Slow Burn"
4:06
2."Lonely Weekend"
  • Musgraves
  • Fitchuk
  • Tashian
3:46
3."Butterflies"
3:39
4."Oh, What a World"
  • Musgraves
  • Fitchuk
  • Tashian
4:01
5."Mother"
  • Musgraves
  • Fitchuk
  • Tashian
1:18
6."Love Is a Wild Thing"
  • Musgraves
  • Fitchuk
  • Tashian
4:16
7."Space Cowboy"
3:36
8."Happy & Sad"
  • Musgraves
  • Fitchuk
  • Tashian
4:03
9."Velvet Elvis"
  • Musgraves
  • Hemby
  • Luke Dick
2:34
10."Wonder Woman"
4:00
11."High Horse"
3:33
12."Golden Hour"
  • Musgraves
  • Fitchuk
  • Tashian
3:18
13."Rainbow"
  • Musgraves
  • Hemby
  • McAnally
3:34
Total length:45:44

Personnel

Credits adapted from AllMusic.[40]

Charts

Chart (2018) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[41] 25
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[42] 111
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[43] 11
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[44] 105
Irish Albums (IRMA)[45] 27
New Zealand Heatseeker Albums (RMNZ)[46] 2
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[47] 15
Scottish Albums (OCC)[48] 3
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[49] 43
UK Albums (OCC)[50] 6
UK Country Albums (OCC)[51] 1
US Billboard 200[4] 4
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[52] 1

Release history

Region Date Format(s) Label Ref.
United States March 30, 2018
MCA Nashville [53]

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