Golden Hour (Kacey Musgraves album)

Golden Hour
Studio album by
Kacey Musgraves
ReleasedMarch 30, 2018 (2018-03-30)
RecordedJanuary–April 2017
Studio
  • Big Green Barn
  • Sound Emporium (Nashville, Tennessee)
  • House of Blues
  • Great Gazoo Reading Room
  • Royal Plum
  • (Nashville)
Genre
Length45:44
LabelMCA Nashville
Producer
Kacey Musgraves chronology
A Very Kacey Christmas
(2016) 		Golden Hour
(2018) 		The Kacey Musgraves Christmas Show
(2019)
Singles from Golden Hour
  1. "Space Cowboy"
    Released: February 23, 2018
  2. "Butterflies"
    Released: February 23, 2018
  3. "High Horse"
    Released: June 25, 2018
  4. "Slow Burn"
    Released: October 16, 2018
  5. "Rainbow"
    Released: February 11, 2019[2]

Golden Hour is the fourth studio album by American country music singer and songwriter Kacey Musgraves, released on March 30, 2018, through MCA Nashville.[3] Musgraves co-wrote all 13 tracks and co-produced the album with Daniel Tashian and Ian Fitchuk. A country pop record, Golden Hour also contains elements of disco, electropop, electronica, and yacht rock.[4][5][6]

Golden Hour debuted at number four on the US Billboard 200.[7] Receiving widespread critical acclaim, the album and its songs won in all four of their nominated categories at the 61st Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year and Best Country Album. The album's first two singles also won awards: "Butterflies" for Best Country Solo Performance and "Space Cowboy" for Best Country Song.[8] Golden Hour also won Album of the Year at the 52nd Annual Country Music Association Awards.[9] In 2020, Golden Hour was ranked at 270 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time list.[10]

Background and recording

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Musgraves wrote and recorded most of the songs from the album throughout 2017. When asked about the writing process, she said, "I have a lot more love songs this time around, and I've never been one to write a love song and really feel it." She continued: "That probably sounds like the most depressing thing ever. [But] I'm coming off getting married and being in this golden hour of my personal life, where all these things are finally coming to fruition. I found myself inspired to write about this person and all these things he brought out in me that weren't there before." Pieces of the album were recorded in a studio above a horse stable owned by musician Sheryl Crow.[11]

In a 2019 interview with Rolling Stone, Musgraves discussed being under the influence of LSD when composing the songs "Mother" and "Slow Burn" and how it helped her creative process; "I'm not going to tell anybody to run out and do anything that wouldn't be suitable for their mind or their lifestyle, but it did have positive effects for me."[12]

Promotion and packaging

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On March 10, 2018, Musgraves announced the Oh, What a World: Tour in support of the album while performing at the Country to Country music festival in London. The first twelve dates of the tour were announced on March 12, through Musgraves stating on social media that tour dates in other countries would eventually be added. The tour began on October 13 in Oslo, Norway.[13][14] Musgraves announced a second leg of the tour, titled the "Oh, What a World: Tour II", in February 2019.[15]

Musgraves' sister Kelly Christine Sutton took the cover photo for Golden Hour over a two-day photo shoot in and around their hometown of Golden, Texas. Sutton, who also is credited with designing the album's packaging, has previously worked with Musgraves for all of her albums' artwork. When considering the cover photo, Sutton recalls Kacey "wanted to use this paper fan, and we are usually on the same page with ideas, but I couldn't picture it. We went out into this wide open field. We needed one with no trees, so there was sky only. Almost immediately after we reviewed the photos, we just knew we had it."[16]

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?8.1/10[17]
Metacritic89/100[18]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[5]
Chicago Tribune[19]
Consequence of SoundA−[20]
The Guardian[21]
The Independent[22]
Pitchfork8.7/10[23]
Rolling Stone[24]
The Times[25]
Uncut7/10[26]
Vice (Expert Witness)B+[27]

Golden Hour received rave reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has an average score of 89, based on 18 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".[18] Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic rated the album four and a half out of five stars and called it "warm and enveloping, pitched halfway between heartbreak and healing—but (it) lingers in the mind because the songs are so sharp, buttressed by long, loping melodies and Musgraves' affectless soul baring."[5] Writing for The Independent and rating the album a perfect 5 out of 5, Roisin O'Connor states the album is "a reminder that sometimes – often, if you're looking in the right places – life is beautiful."[22] Additionally, it was a Spin "Essential" and of the genre-bending songs on the album, reviewer Katherine St. Asaph calls it "not classicist, but perhaps it might be classic."[28] The album was rated number one by the BBC poll of polls, a compilation of best-of-the-year lists across 35 music reviewers, on a list of the best albums of 2018.[29] The album also placed number one in The Village Voice's Pazz & Jop critics' poll for 2018.[30]

Commercial performance

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Golden Hour debuted at number four on the US Billboard 200 and at number one on the Top Country Albums chart with 49,000 album-equivalent units, with 39,000 of that figure being pure album sales in its first week.[7] It marks Musgraves’ third number one on the US Top Country Albums chart. It also debuted at number one on the Americana/Folk Albums chart.[31] In the chart week following the 61st Grammy Awards, where Golden Hour won Album of the Year, the album returned to the top ten, climbing to number nine on the chart, selling 35,000 copies.[32] In February 2019, the album has reached 310,000 in album-equivalent units sold.[33] On June 28, 2019, the album was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for combined sales and album-equivalent units of over 500,000 units.[34] As of February 2020, the album has sold 735,000 units in the United States and was certified Platinum on May 7, 2021.[35]

In the United Kingdom, Golden Hour debuted at number six on the official UK Albums Chart and at number one on the UK Country Albums chart. It marks Musgraves' first top ten album in the UK.[36]

Track listing

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Credits adapted from liner notes.[37]

All tracks are produced by Daniel Tashian, Ian Fitchuk, and Kacey Musgraves.

Golden Hour track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Slow Burn"
4:06
2."Lonely Weekend"
  • Musgraves
  • Tashian
  • Fitchuk
3:46
3."Butterflies"
3:39
4."Oh, What a World"
  • Musgraves
  • Tashian
  • Fitchuk
4:01
5."Mother"
  • Musgraves
  • Tashian
  • Fitchuk
1:18
6."Love Is a Wild Thing"
  • Musgraves
  • Tashian
  • Fitchuk
4:16
7."Space Cowboy"
3:36
8."Happy & Sad"
  • Musgraves
  • Tashian
  • Fitchuk
4:03
9."Velvet Elvis"
  • Musgraves
  • Hemby
  • Luke Dick
2:34
10."Wonder Woman"
4:00
11."High Horse"
3:33
12."Golden Hour"
  • Musgraves
  • Tashian
  • Fitchuk
3:18
13."Rainbow"
  • Musgraves
  • Hemby
  • McAnally
3:34
Total length:45:44
Golden Hour – Japan Exclusive Edition[38]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
14."Merry Go 'Round"
3:28
15."Follow Your Arrow"
3:21
16."High Horse" (Violents Remix)
  • Musgraves
  • Schleiter
  • Dabbs
3:43
Total length:56:11

Personnel

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Credits adapted from liner notes.[37]

Charts

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Accolades

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At the 61st Annual Grammy Awards in 2019, Golden Hour won Album of the Year and Best Country Album. It became the sixth country album to win Album of the Year and the first country album since 2010 to win Album of the Year. Its songs, "Space Cowboy" and "Butterflies", won Best Country Song and Best Country Solo Performance, respectively.[64]

Awards
Association Year Category Result
CMA Awards[65] 2018 Album of the Year Won
Apple Music[66] 2018 Album of the Year Won
Grammy Awards[64] 2019 Album of the Year Won
Best Country Album Won
ACM Awards[67] 2019 Album of the Year Won
CMT Music Awards[68] 2019 Video of the Year (for "Rainbow") Nominated
Female Video of the Year (for "Space Cowboy") Nominated
CMA Awards[69] 2019 Song of the Year (for "Rainbow") Nominated
Music Video of the Year (for "Rainbow") Won
ACM Awards[70] 2019 Single of the Year (for "Rainbow") Nominated
Year-end lists
Publication Rank List
AllMusic N/A The Best Albums of 2018[71]
American Songwriter 1 Top 25 Albums of 2018[72]
Associated Press 2 Top 10 Albums of 2018[73]
Apple 1 The Best Album of 2018[74]
Billboard 3 The 50 Best Albums of 2018: Critics' Picks[75]
Complex 36 The 50 Best Albums of 2018[76]
Consequence of Sound 9 The 50 Best Albums of 2018[77]
Entertainment Weekly 1 The 20 Best Albums of 2018[78]
The Independent 4 The 40 Best Albums of 2018[79]
Noisey 2 The 100 Best Albums of 2018[80]
NPR Music 3 The 50 Best Albums of 2018[81]
Paste 44 The 50 Best Albums of 2018[82]
People 1 Top 10 Albums of 2018[83]
Pitchfork 2 The 50 Best Albums of 2018[84]
PopMatters 2 The 70 Best Albums of 2018[85]
Rolling Stone 2 The 50 Best Albums of 2018[86]
Sputnikmusic 1 Top 50 Albums of 2018[87]
Stereogum 1 The 50 Best Albums of 2018[88]
Taste of Country 1 The 10 Best Country Albums of 2018[89]
Idolator 3 The 25 Best Albums Of 2018[90]
Time 8 The 10 Best Albums of 2018[91]
Uncut 73 The 75 Best Albums of 2018[92]
Uproxx 2 The 50 Best Albums of 2018[93]
1 Uproxx Music Critics Poll: Albums[94]
The Village Voice 1 Pazz & Jop: The Top 100 Albums of 2018[30]
Vulture 4 The Best Albums of 2018 [95]
Decade-end and All-time lists
Publication Rank List
The A.V. Club
27
 The 50 Best Albums of the 2010s[96]
Billboard
6
 The 100 Greatest Albums of the 2010s[97]
Billboard
3
 The 25 Best Country Albums of the 2010s[98]
Cleveland.com
12
 100 Greatest Albums of the 2010s[99]
Consequence of Sound
85
 The 100 Top Albums of the 2010s[100]
Paste
9
 The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s[101]
Pitchfork 23 The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s[102]
Rolling Stone 11 The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s[103]
270 The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time[10]
Apple Music 85 100 Best Albums[104]
Uproxx 11 The Best Albums of the 2010s[105]

Certifications

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[106] Platinum 80,000‡
United Kingdom (BPI)[107] Gold 100,000‡
United States (RIAA)[34] Platinum 1,000,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

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Region Date Format(s) Label Ref.
United States March 30, 2018
MCA Nashville [108]
Japan July 4, 2018 CD Universal Music Japan [38]

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