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Strays

Margo Price

Strays

Fourth studio album from the Nashville-based singer-songwriter produced by Jonathan Wilson (Dawes, Angel Olsen, Father John Misty)

ADM rating[?]

7.7

Label
Loma Vista
UK Release date
13/01/2023
US Release date
13/01/2023
  1. 9.0 |   Exclaim

    From the empathetic lyrics to the innovative eclecticism, Margo Price has stitched a musical coat of many colours with Strays. And it's a perfect fit for this troubled age
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  2. 9.0 |   PopMatters

    Strays shows Margo Price’s willingness to try new things and seek new ways of experiencing the world, and her strong talents as a musician and a human being
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  3. 8.0 |   Uncut

    With this devastatingly personal song cycle, Price completes her transformation from retro-country preservationist to anything-goes auteur. Print edition only

  4. 8.0 |   Mojo

    Even amid the ashes of her past, it seems, Margo Price keeps burning ever more brightly. Print edition only

  5. 8.0 |   All Music

    Everything changes with "Lydia" and "Landfill," a pair of searching, nocturnal, neo-folk songs that serves as a kind of epilogue at the end of the album, concluding Strays on a somewhat uneasy note that is ultimately a sign of Price's confidence: Sometimes a melancholy finale suits a good time
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  6. 8.0 |   The Guardian

    The Nashville star brilliantly rattles through country, psych and Patti Smith-style poetic rock’n’roll on a fourth album that creates a feeling of wild landscapes
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  7. 8.0 |   American Songwriter

    Price breaks down any barriers left around her on this record to great appeal. In just 10 songs, she manages to tell a lifetime of stories that are captivating from start to finish
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  8. 8.0 |   Clash

    A remarkable talent, this is an album to cherish
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  9. 8.0 |   NME

    With psychedelic rock sensibilities and wholehearted lyricism, Price’s fourth album hits on the human experience where it hurts
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  10. 8.0 |   Under The Radar

    Like fellow establishment country stray Jason Isbell, Price makes a move here from a more traditional country sound to instead draw on the tradition of rock greats who could tap into the most earnest feelings of humanity and turn them into roaring musical exhilaration
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  11. 8.0 |   Rolling Stone

    Price finds ways to effectively and subtly tease out different shades from her longtime versatile band, the Price Tags.
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  12. 8.0 |   The Observer

    Adding sobriety and southern rock to her repertoire, this true American survivor is the real deal
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  13. 8.0 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    Margo Price moves from self-mythologizing origin stories to reflections on troubled relationships to compelling character studies
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  14. 7.8 |   Paste Magazine

    A surge of rock ’n’ roll guides the country singer’s soul quest on third studio album
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  15. 7.7 |   Spectrum Culture

    Coloring outside the lines of country, not caring what anyone else thinks, Price engages by telling the truth and making her best album yet
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  16. 7.4 |   Pitchfork

    Embracing cosmic empathy and some welcome collaborations, the Nashville songwriter’s fourth album bursts with easy confidence and kind, stoic wisdom
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  17. 7.0 |   Beats Per Minute

    It’s a reminder that though Price may still be fleeting between different sounds and styles with varying levels of success, when she finds one that suits her, the results are unparalleled in their power
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  18. 6.0 |   Slant Magazine

    Just as 2017’s All-American Made ended with its sobering title track, the final two songs on Strays close out the album on a slow, downbeat note
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  19. 6.0 |   The FT

    The singer collaborates with Jeremy Ivey on an album of porous influences and guest stars
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