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Anaïs Mitchell - Hadestown
March 9, 2010
Americana
,
Chamber Folk
,
Chamber Jazz
,
Contemporary Folk
,
Alt-Country
Critic Score
94
6
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
2
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Jamey Johnson - The Guitar Song
September 14, 2010
Progressive Country
Critic Score
91
6
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
3
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Drive-By Truckers - American Band
September 30, 2016
Alt-Country
,
Southern Rock
Critic Score
86
17
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
4
.
Purple Mountains - Purple Mountains
July 12, 2019
Singer-Songwriter
,
Alt-Country
,
Folk Rock
Critic Score
85
21
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
5
.
Sturgill Simpson - A Sailor's Guide to Earth
April 15, 2016
Alt-Country
,
Country Soul
,
Progressive Country
Critic Score
85
23
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
6
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Ashley McBryde - Girl Going Nowhere
March 30, 2018
Contemporary Country
Critic Score
85
5
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
7
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Sturgill Simpson - Metamodern Sounds in Country Music
May 13, 2014
Country
Critic Score
85
12
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
8
.
Dwight Yoakam - 3 Pears
September 18, 2012
Contemporary Country
Critic Score
84
5
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
9
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Kacey Musgraves - Same Trailer Different Park
March 19, 2013
Contemporary Country
Critic Score
84
10
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
10
.
Billy Bragg & Wilco - Mermaid Avenue: The Complete Sessions
April 21, 2012
Alt-Country
Critic Score
84
13
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
11
.
Chris Stapleton - Traveller
May 5, 2015
Americana
,
Contemporary Country
Critic Score
84
6
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
12
.
Dwight Yoakam - Second Hand Heart
April 14, 2015
Contemporary Country
,
Country Rock
Critic Score
83
8
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
13
.
Miranda Lambert - The Weight of These Wings
November 18, 2016
Contemporary Country
Critic Score
83
11
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
14
.
Wilco - What's Your 20
November 17, 2014
Alt-Country
Critic Score
83
7
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
15
.
Brandy Clark - 12 Stories
October 22, 2013
Contemporary Country
Critic Score
83
5
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
16
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Sarah Shook & The Disarmers - Years
April 6, 2018
Alt-Country
Critic Score
83
6
reviews
Amazon
Music
17
.
Angaleena Presley - American Middle Class
October 14, 2014
Contemporary Country
Critic Score
83
9
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
18
.
Margo Price - Midwest Farmer's Daughter
March 25, 2016
Contemporary Country
Critic Score
83
13
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
19
.
Rodney Crowell - Close Ties
March 31, 2017
Country
Critic Score
83
8
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
20
.
The Delines - The Imperial
January 11, 2019
Americana
,
Alt-Country
Critic Score
82
5
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
21
.
Ashley Monroe - The Blade
July 24, 2015
Contemporary Country
Critic Score
82
10
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
22
.
Pistol Annies - Interstate Gospel
November 2, 2018
Contemporary Country
Critic Score
82
6
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
23
.
Ashley Monroe - Sparrow
April 20, 2018
Contemporary Country
Critic Score
82
7
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
24
.
Allison Moorer - Down To Believing
March 17, 2015
Contemporary Country
Critic Score
82
7
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
25
.
Brandy Clark - Big Day in a Small Town
June 10, 2016
Contemporary Country
,
Country Pop
Critic Score
82
7
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
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