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Willie Nelson - Red Headed Stranger
May 1, 1975
Critic Score
97
5
reviews
2
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Neil Young - After the Gold Rush
September 19, 1970
Critic Score
92
5
reviews
3
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Anaïs Mitchell - Hadestown
March 9, 2010
Critic Score
92
5
reviews
4
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Lucinda Williams - Car Wheels on a Gravel Road
June 30, 1998
Critic Score
91
5
reviews
5
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Jamey Johnson - The Guitar Song
September 14, 2010
Critic Score
91
6
reviews
6
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The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs
September 7, 1999
Critic Score
91
10
reviews
7
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Rose City Band - Summerlong
May 15, 2020
Critic Score
89
6
reviews
8
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Taylor Swift - Red (Taylor's Version)
November 12, 2021
Critic Score
88
17
reviews
9
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Johnny Cash - American V: A Hundred Highways
July 4, 2006
Critic Score
86
18
reviews
10
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Brad Paisley - American Saturday Night
June 30, 2009
Critic Score
86
8
reviews
11
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Lee Ann Womack - The Way I'm Livin'
September 23, 2014
Critic Score
86
5
reviews
12
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Wilco - Being There
October 29, 1996
Critic Score
86
7
reviews
13
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Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings the Flood
March 7, 2006
Critic Score
86
16
reviews
14
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Purple Mountains - Purple Mountains
July 12, 2019
Critic Score
85
21
reviews
15
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Loretta Lynn - Van Lear Rose
April 27, 2004
Critic Score
85
16
reviews
16
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Sarah Shook & The Disarmers - Years
April 6, 2018
Critic Score
85
7
reviews
17
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Drive-By Truckers - American Band
September 30, 2016
Critic Score
85
16
reviews
18
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Sturgill Simpson - A Sailor's Guide to Earth
April 15, 2016
Critic Score
85
23
reviews
19
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Big Thief - Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You
February 11, 2022
Critic Score
85
32
reviews
20
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Sturgill Simpson - Metamodern Sounds in Country Music
May 13, 2014
Critic Score
85
11
reviews
21
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Songs: Ohia - The Magnolia Electric Co.
March 4, 2003
Critic Score
85
7
reviews
22
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Ashley McBryde - Girl Going Nowhere
March 30, 2018
Critic Score
85
5
reviews
23
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The Jayhawks - Tomorrow the Green Grass
February 14, 1995
Critic Score
85
7
reviews
24
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Drive-By Truckers - Decoration Day
June 17, 2003
Critic Score
85
7
reviews
25
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Angel Olsen - Big Time
June 3, 2022
Critic Score
84
27
reviews
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