Same Trailer Different Park

Kacey Musgraves - Same Trailer Different Park
Critic Score
Based on 10 reviews
2013 Ratings: #24 / 1115
Year End Rank: #43
User Score
Based on 525 ratings
2013 Rank: #84
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CRITIC REVIEWS

91
Entertainment Weekly

On her confident, melodic major-label debut, Musgraves’ vocals are pleasingly agile, but what Same Trailer Different Park continually showcases is her writing prowess.

90
SPIN
She’s got a superb knack for melodies, even if it means swiping them from Radiohead (“I Miss You” is a blatant “Creep” rip, probably another country first) and maybe Jimmy Eat World (“Silver Lining”). “Dandelion” is so gorgeous that anything other than teenage notebook poetry would wreck its mood.
90
American Songwriter
Her major label debut, which moves from country waltz to roadhouse blues, from rootsy singer-songwriter narratives to irresistible country pop, follows its own relentless arrow throughout, and the result is one of the most fully-formed, arresting debuts Nashville’s seen in years.
83
Paste
A gritty girl dug in, she embraces her Bob Dylan overtones (the harmonica on “My House”), Roy Orbison steel cry and mariachi Eagles-tinge (“I Miss You”) and a tumble of revival slap ’n’ stomp (“Stupid”). This is no conventional pop-country supernova.
80
PopMatters
Musgrave just paints a picture of their shared solitude, and she lets us see our absurd selves in the lives of others.
80
AllMusic

Musgraves has a sense of humor, too, and all of these traits add up to make Same Trailer Different Park more than a collection of songs just aiming for the country charts.

80
Rolling Stone
The album showcases a songwriting voice you won’t hear anywhere else in pop: young, female, downwardly mobile, fiercely witty.
80
The Guardian
She sings with an affectless detachment reminiscent of, say, Aimee Mann, and uses it to cut sharply through the lies people tell themselves.
80
Uncut
A breezy record full of sharply observed details and smart turns of phrase.
80
Q Magazine
Songwriting thus warm and wise can't be as easy as Musgraves makes it sound.
ItsBraitho
75

Recommendation #2 from one of my besties @Missing_Lyriks!

This is some of the cutest country music I’ve ever heard 🤠

Kacey Musgraves is a star in the country music world, and it seems completely deserved if ‘Same Trailer Different Park’ is anything to go by. After only hearing her ‘I Remember Everything’ feature off of Zach Bryan’s huge 2023 release, I was pretty interested to hear what a full Kacey album brings to the table. I can definitely say ... read more

vivi
89

Recommendation from the incredible @Missing_Lyriks!

I wasn't thrilled looking at this album really, I wouldn't consider myself a country fan at all, it's a genre I normally avoid, but with Beyoncé's new country singles and opening up to more music, I realize that not all country is the stereotyped version of it that a lot of people complain about.

Kacey Musgraves is an artist I know about but one I also don't know much about at the same time, I listened to "Golden Hour" ... read more

MAN
67

I mean, it's nice, not a masterpiece though.

Seb_Harris
70

Not quite my music taste but it's still very enjoyable, I love Kacey's personality and showing of hopefulness throughout the album. I much preferred the deeper cuts, but songs like Merry Go 'Round are pretty funny and pull this together as a body of work. I see this growing on me very much shortly.

allergicrates
80

she is generational.

FunkyBlood9696
65

Pretty much the most fine Country Pop album to ever exist - the tunes are passable, the singing is on point but not super standout, and the writing is pretty middle of the road too, although she does come through with a few sharp messages about unity and taking care of yourself on songs like "Follow Your Arrow"
There is something kinda charming and lovely about the whole thing for sure, in some ways coming across as a more grounded version of Taylor Swift, plus having a bit more to ... read more

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Track List

1Silver Lining
3:49
86
2My House
2:42
80
3Merry Go 'Round
3:28
89
4Dandelion
3:04
83
5Blowin' Smoke
3:08
85
6I Miss You
3:50
81
7Step Off
3:03
80
8Back On the Map
4:06
82
9Keep It to Yourself
3:17
80
10Stupid
2:38
81
11Follow Your Arrow
3:21
86
12It Is What It Is
3:44
80
Total Length: 40 minutes
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Added on: May 25, 2013