Agnostic Hymns & Stoner Fables

Agnostic Hymns and Stoner Fables is the eleventh studio album by American singer-songwriter Todd Snider, released on March 6, 2012 by Aimless Records.

Agnostic Hymns & Stoner Fables
Studio album by
Todd Snider
ReleasedMarch 6, 2012 (2012-03-06)
GenreFolk rock
Length42:25
LabelAimless/Thirty Tigers
ProducerTodd Snider
Todd Snider chronology
Time as We Know It: The Songs of Jerry Jeff Walker
(2011)		 Agnostic Hymns & Stoner Fables
(2012)		 Eastside Bulldog
(2016)

Critical reception

Agnostic Hymns and Stoner Fables received mostly favorable reviews from critics, its themes of economic inequality resonating with critics.[1] Daryl Sanders described the record in The East Nashvillian as a “one-man Occupy Wall Street movement.”[2] In his review for Rolling Stone, Jody Rosen called it “Occupy Nashville.”[3] Writing in Relix, Jewly Hight said Snider “plays the part of a winking, pot-stirring anarchist” on the album.[4] In a piece for NPR, Ken Tucker said, “If one line could sum up the album, it's ‘It ain't the despair that gets you / It's the hope.’"[5] Both Rolling Stone[6] and Paste [7] named it one of the fifty best albums of 2012.

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic(79/100)[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[8]
American Songwriter[9]
The A.V. ClubB+[10]
PopMatters[11]
Robert ChristgauA[12]
Rolling Stone[13]
Slant[14]
Spin8/10[15]

Track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."In the Beginning"Todd Snider4:25
2."New York Banker"Todd Snider4:24
3."West Nashville Grand Ballroom Gown"Jimmy Buffett4:27
4."Precious Little Miracles"Todd Snider3:04
5."The Very Last Time"Todd Snider, Will Kimbrough2:52
6."In Between Jobs"Todd Snider, Elvis HIxx3:01
7."Brenda"Todd Snider4:55
8."Too Soon To Tell"Todd Snider5:13
9."Digger Dave's Crazy Woman Blues"Todd Snider, Eric McConnell, Digger Dave4:20
10."Big Finish"Todd Snider5:53

Personnel

Musicians
  • Todd Snider – lead vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, harmonica
  • Paul Griffith – drums and percussion
  • Eric McConnell – bass guitar
  • Amanda Shires – violin and background vocals
  • Chad Staehly - B3 organ
  • Mick Utley – background vocals on “Too Soon To Tell”
  • Jason Isbell – background vocals and slide guitar on “Digger Dave’s Crazy Woman Blues”

Production
  • Todd Snider, Eric McConnell – producers
  • Eric McConnell - engineer
  • Brandon Henegar - mixing engineer
  • Alex McCullough - mastering engineer [16]

References
  1. Agnostic Hymns & Stoner Fables
  2. Sanders, Daryl (March-April, 2012). ”Watch Out Wall Street”. The East Nashvillian.
  3. Rosen, Jody (March 6, 2012). "Agnostic Hymns and Stoner Fables". Rolling Stone. Retrieved February 6, 2020.
  4. Hight, Jewly (March 22, 2012). "Agnostic Hymns and Stoner Fables". Relix. Retrieved February 6, 2020.
  5. Tucker, Ken (April 23, 2012). "Todd Snider: 'Stoner Fables' With A Layered Worldview". NPR. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
  6. "50 Best Albums of 2012". Rolling Stone. December 5, 2012. Retrieved February 6, 2020.
  7. Jackson, Josh (November 26, 2012). "The 50 Best Albums of 2012". Paste. Retrieved February 6, 2020.
  8. Allmusic Review
  9. American Songwriter Review
  10. AV Club Review
  11. PopMatters Review
  12. CG: Todd Snider
  13. Rolling Stone Review
  14. Slant Review
  15. Spin Review
  16. Todd Snider, Agnostic Hymns & Stoner Fables, liner notes, 2012.
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