New Kacey Musgraves album "Star-Crossed" (09/10/2021) *

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  1. bug2362

    bug2362 Forum Resident

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    Love the Rumours comparison with GH- I had thought the same thing...that makes Star-Crossed her Tusk- I think I’ll play this a lot more than I have Tusk...
     
  2. Gary the Aggie

    Gary the Aggie Forum Resident

    Got the record today. Thankfully, the pressing was fine. A very nice sounding album.
     
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  3. Daryl M

    Daryl M Senior Member

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    I played the CD for the first time Sunday morning prior to football. I
    loved it. What cracks me up is that Kacey is ostensibly a `country' artist.
    This isn't even remotely country. What it is is gorgeous pop ear-candy.
    Only track I wasn't crazy about is the closing Spanish-language song.....
     
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  4. john beacham

    john beacham Forum Resident

    Did you pick up the orange vinyl at Target ?
     
  5. toddfan

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    I loved Golden Hour on the first spin. I also really enjoyed her previous efforts...but GH...simply WOW.

    Based upon GH I really wanted to see her in concert...which I did...and that left me pretty underwhelmed.

    I've played this one four times now, and it is doing absolutely nothing for me. IMHO nothing stands out. I will agree that the "sound" is very nice...nothing really objectionable...but also nothing much more than elevator music.

    My hope is that in the future she drops some of the diva attitude and plasticy glamour and goes back to ruminating from the front porch and coming up with something worthwhile both lyrically and musically.
     
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  6. Gary the Aggie

    Gary the Aggie Forum Resident

    Blue through Amazon.
     
  7. FJFP

    FJFP Host for the 'Mixology' Mix Differences Podcast

    I’ve flip flopped on this one. I can’t decide if I really enjoy it, or I’m left completely uninvigorated by it, outside of a few moments.
     
  8. bug2362

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    Kacey is on SNL tonite- I’m curious what her live sound will be like...
     
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  9. RickenBackerSurfer

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  10. Matthew Tate

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  11. toddfan

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    Looks like it was a "stripped-down" performance.
     
  12. BradOlson

    BradOlson Country/Christian Music Maven

    in fact, it was nude
     
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  13. Jack

    Jack Senior Member

    Watched her on SNL. Meh.
     
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  14. spacedyed

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    She has evolved away from country, but most of the new album definitely has country roots, much more so than Golden Hour. Stripped down to the bones it could've been a shift back to country. Still enjoying it.
     
  15. RickenBackerSurfer

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    Now if the camera would have shown a 36o view of Kacey during that Justified performance, that would have been something interesting and bold. Seemed like she really did it half arsed (no pun intended).
    ♥ your avatar, is that from the Black and Blue era?
     
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    BradOlson Country/Christian Music Maven

  17. pghmusiclover

    pghmusiclover Senior Member Thread Starter

  18. bug2362

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  19. aussievinyl

    aussievinyl Appreciator Of Creative Expression

    I bought the CD yesterday - my wife and I then went for a drive listening to it. I’m very happy with my investment, though it is different to Golden Hour, which may end up being one of my favourite albums ever, due to the lyrics and overall ‘sound-world’.

    It is entertainment for me - I’m happy with the songwriting and production. She is trying new things and I’m glad about that - an artist should draw on whatever tools they need to as part of their expression.
     
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  20. FJFP

    FJFP Host for the 'Mixology' Mix Differences Podcast

    I have to say this album has grown on me a lot. My HMV Red vinyl pressing sounds great, and I spin it quite often when I want a more laidback listen. Golden Hour is still my favourite, but I glad I gave this more of a chance.
     
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  21. The Revealer

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    I'm ready for her to do something new. I like Star-Crossed. It's not a great album. It's honest, though, and very well produced. The nice production stretches it's listenability. This is a rainy day album. It's been storming on and off all day here. The songs are perfect soundtrack material.
     
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  22. The Revealer

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    Our first (and so far only) time seeing Kacey (my spouse is KC) was in St. Paul! It was after she cancelled Chicago during the Polar Vortex back in 2019. We had tix to that show and even went out to dinner that night as planned. Vortex be damned! It was while at dinner that I said we should go see her that weekend in St. Paul as our son was at UofMinn. So, double duty! We got tix on the spot. She was amazing. This was right before the grammy nomination and she was the most personable performer I'd ever seen. It was clear that seeing her in St. Paul was very different than a show in Chicago would have been. The audience was so involved and way more country than city.

    That article totally took me back. (I probably already told this story in another thread so sorry for the repeat!)
     
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  23. Fannymac

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    I enjoyed Star-Crossed, but I don’t think it came anywhere near the brilliance of Golden Hour.
    I had never really been a fan, but bought Golden Hour solely on the strength of her two SNL performances....Something I NEVER do!
    As stated above, her SC performances were just....meh.
     
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  24. Nostalgist

    Nostalgist The Great Stone Face

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    A bit of hyperbole there. Do music listeners of classic country really think she is the equivalent or better than the likes of, say, Bobbie Gentry? I have seen so many references to her being considered the savior of female country and I find most of that has to do with the group of people in the studio that appear to do most of the heavy lifting. Aside from that, lyrically, what I've read comes off as fairly generic recycled material indistinguishable from early Shania Twain or, say, the Civil Wars. Which is to say fine and enjoyable, but a revelation? I mean no disrespect, but I genuinely feel people nowadays (in these times of unabashed hyperbole with lavished praise in excess) may just have low standards for what makes a genre-defining generational talent. Surely we have fallen from such great heights to label newer artists as already being towering figures on the level of the giants of storytelling of yesteryear. I listened to Star-Crossed and my ears were left bleeding from the terrible compressed production. While I know it wasn't a fair representation of her capabilities, perhaps I just don't hear the revelatory once-in-a-generation talent all these magazine labels have dubbed her but rather just a moderately talented singer-songwriter who seems to be as often praised for her photogenic looks as her actual songwriting. The creativity you hear on Bobbie Gentry's albums is so diverse and spellbinding and I just don't hear that on modern country pop albums that are almost all limited to three-minute tunes following a basic verse-chorus-verse song structure. Enjoyable, yes. Mind-blowing, no.
     
  25. Seabass

    Seabass Old Git

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    Interesting that this thread fizzled out after 8 pages.

    Reflects my enthusiasm for the album compared to her other work
     
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