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<blockquote data-quote="pruman91" data-source="post: 1664597" data-attributes="member: 3916"><p>[ATTACH=full]12464[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>pick of the day...............................</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]12465[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p><strong><em>Star-Crossed..............................Justified............................Good Wife........................</em></strong></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]12466[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]12467[/ATTACH] <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kacey_Musgraves" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kacey_Musgraves</a></p><p></p><p><strong>Kacey Lee Musgraves</strong> (born August 21, 1988) is an American singer and songwriter. She has won six <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammy_Awards" target="_blank">Grammy Awards</a> (including <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Album_of_the_Year" target="_blank">Album of the Year</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/61st_Annual_Grammy_Awards" target="_blank">2018</a>), seven <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_Music_Association_Awards" target="_blank">Country Music Association Awards</a>, and three <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_of_Country_Music_Awards" target="_blank">Academy of Country Music Awards</a>. Musgraves self-released three solo albums and one as Texas Two Bits, before appearing on the fifth season of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USA_Network" target="_blank">USA Network</a>'s singing competition <em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nashville_Star" target="_blank">Nashville Star</a></em> in 2007, where she placed seventh.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kacey_Musgraves#cite_note-ALL-1" target="_blank">[1]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kacey_Musgraves#cite_note-BILL-2" target="_blank">[2]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kacey_Musgraves#cite_note-PMMC-3" target="_blank">[3]</a> Musgraves also released a Christmas-themed album, <em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Very_Kacey_Christmas" target="_blank">A Very Kacey Christmas</a>,</em> in 2016.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kacey_Musgraves#cite_note-Paste9-7-2016-4" target="_blank">[4]</a></p><p></p><p>Her fourth studio album <em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Hour_(Kacey_Musgraves_album)" target="_blank">Golden Hour</a></em> (2018) was released to widespread critical acclaim and won all four of its nominated Grammy Award categories, including Album of the Year and Best Country Album.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kacey_Musgraves#cite_note-golden_hour-5" target="_blank">[5]</a> The album's first two singles, "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Cowboy_(Kacey_Musgraves_song)" target="_blank">Space Cowboy</a>" and "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butterflies_(Kacey_Musgraves_song)" target="_blank">Butterflies</a>", won the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Country_Song" target="_blank">Grammy Award for Best Country Song</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Country_Solo_Performance" target="_blank">Best Country Solo Performance</a> respectively. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kacey_Musgraves#cite_note-triple_crown-6" target="_blank">[6]</a> Musgraves’ fifth studio album, <em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star-Crossed_(album)" target="_blank">Star-Crossed</a></em>, was released in September 2021.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]12468[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p><em><strong>Star-Crossed</strong></em> is the fifth studio album by American singer <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kacey_Musgraves" target="_blank">Kacey Musgraves</a>. It was released on September 10, 2021, by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MCA_Nashville" target="_blank">MCA Nashville</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interscope_Records" target="_blank">Interscope Records</a>. Musgraves co-wrote and co-produced the album with American musicians <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Fitchuk" target="_blank">Ian Fitchuk</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Tashian" target="_blank">Daniel Tashian</a>, with whom she collaborated on her fourth studio album, <em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Hour_(Kacey_Musgraves_album)" target="_blank">Golden Hour</a></em> (2018), as well.</p><p></p><p>The album's subject matter was inspired by Musgraves' personal journey of heartache and healing following her divorce from American singer-songwriter <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruston_Kelly" target="_blank">Ruston Kelly</a>. She described <em>Star-Crossed</em> as chronicling a "modern <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tragedy" target="_blank">tragedy</a>", taking influences from <em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romeo_and_Juliet" target="_blank">Romeo and Juliet</a></em>, the famous <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Play_(theatre)" target="_blank">play</a> by English playwright <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shakespeare" target="_blank">William Shakespeare</a>, and cited <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Withers" target="_blank">Bill Withers</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daft_Punk" target="_blank">Daft Punk</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sade_(singer)" target="_blank">Sade</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eagles_(band)" target="_blank">Eagles</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weezer" target="_blank">Weezer</a> as her musical references for the album. Sonically, <em>Star-Crossed</em> is a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pop_music" target="_blank">pop</a> record incorporating <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folk_music" target="_blank">folk</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dance_music" target="_blank">dance</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_music" target="_blank">rock</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychedelic_music" target="_blank">psychedelic</a> elements, while retaining the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_music" target="_blank">country</a> sensibility of its predecessor. It consists of mellow <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sentimental_ballad" target="_blank">ballads</a>, propelled by steady <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tempo" target="_blank">tempos</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analog_synthesizer" target="_blank">analog synthesizers</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loop_(music)" target="_blank">looped</a> drums, and layered harmonies.</p><p></p><p>The album was preceded by three <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_(music)" target="_blank">singles</a>: the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead_single" target="_blank">lead single</a> and title track "Star-Crossed" on August 23, 2021, followed by "Justified" four days later, and "Simple Times" on September 9, 2021. An accompanying film titled after the album and featuring its music, directed by Bardia Zeinali, was exclusively released to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paramount%2B" target="_blank">Paramount+</a> alongside the album's release. <em>Star-Crossed</em> received generally favorable reviews from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_critics" target="_blank">music critics</a>, who regarded it the "divorce album" of Musgraves' discography, in contrast to the celebration of marriage in <em>Golden Hour</em>. Most of the reviews of <em>Star-Crossed</em> complimented its genre-blending production and Musgraves' intimate storytelling, while the rest felt it is an inferior work to <em>Golden Hour</em>. Commercially, <em>Star-Crossed</em> arrived inside the top 10 in Australia, Canada, Scotland, the United Kingdom, and the United States; furthermore, it topped the country genre charts in Australia, the U.K. and the U.S.</p><p></p><table style='width: 100%'><tr><th>1.</th><td>"Star-Crossed"</td><td>3:19</td></tr><tr><th>2.</th><td>"Good Wife"</td><td>3:51</td></tr><tr><th>3.</th><td>"Cherry Blossom"</td><td>3:04</td></tr><tr><th>4.</th><td>"Simple Times"</td><td>2:47</td></tr><tr><th>5.</th><td>"If This Was a Movie..."</td><td>3:15</td></tr><tr><th>6.</th><td>"Justified" (Musgraves, Fitchuk, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilsey_Juber" target="_blank">Ilsey Juber</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BJ_Burton" target="_blank">BJ Burton</a>)</td><td>3:01</td></tr><tr><th>7.</th><td>"Angel"</td><td>2:20</td></tr><tr><th>8.</th><td>"Breadwinner" (Musgraves, Fitchuk, Juber, Burton)</td><td>3:21</td></tr><tr><th>9.</th><td>"Camera Roll"</td><td>2:39</td></tr><tr><th>10.</th><td>"Easier Said"</td><td>3:07</td></tr><tr><th>11.</th><td>"Hookup Scene"</td><td>3:21</td></tr><tr><th>12.</th><td>"Keep Lookin' Up"</td><td>2:46</td></tr><tr><th>13.</th><td>"What Doesn't Kill Me" (Musgraves, Andrew Neely, Dante Jone, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dewain_Whitmore_Jr." target="_blank">Dewain Whitmore Jr.</a>)</td><td>2:17</td></tr><tr><th>14.</th><td>"There Is a Light"</td><td>3:52</td></tr><tr><th>15.</th><td>"<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gracias_a_la_Vida" target="_blank">Gracias a la Vida</a>" (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violeta_Parra" target="_blank">Violeta Parra</a>)</td><th>4:32</th></tr></table><p></p><p><strong><em>I found this album after hearing her perform on SNL last Saturday........She did one song only in cowboy boots and her guitar.....Bold , to say the least...I had listened to some of her work prior to the SNL episode and was impressed......Hard , for me at least , to define her work into a specific genre....She is listed as a country singer , but I'm thinking she is more of an Indie type than pure country.....Now I've been a country music fan at all , so if this singer is classified as a pure country singer then I might have to expand my listening habits.......After reading the info involved about her prior works I am going to listen to Golden Hour as soon as I finish this post.....That might be where I first came aquainted with her work.....This album is a really great work , with lyrics that are pertinent to the theme of the work....Enjoy and feedback is welcomed.......................</em></strong></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]12469[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p><strong><em><strong><em><strong><em>""When I'm down and out , I listen to Kacey Musgraves on Spotify and all my cares float away...She rock's my world, she really really does and still does....still does..still does..still does.............................</em></strong></em></strong></em></strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pruman91, post: 1664597, member: 3916"] [ATTACH type="full" alt="musicanon.gif"]12464[/ATTACH] pick of the day............................... [ATTACH type="full" alt="psyc16.gif"]12465[/ATTACH] [B][I]Star-Crossed..............................Justified............................Good Wife........................[/I][/B] [ATTACH type="full" alt="1633600265376.png"]12466[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full" alt="1633600294037.png"]12467[/ATTACH] [URL]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kacey_Musgraves[/URL] [B]Kacey Lee Musgraves[/B] (born August 21, 1988) is an American singer and songwriter. She has won six [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammy_Awards']Grammy Awards[/URL] (including [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Album_of_the_Year']Album of the Year[/URL] in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/61st_Annual_Grammy_Awards']2018[/URL]), seven [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_Music_Association_Awards']Country Music Association Awards[/URL], and three [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_of_Country_Music_Awards']Academy of Country Music Awards[/URL]. Musgraves self-released three solo albums and one as Texas Two Bits, before appearing on the fifth season of the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USA_Network']USA Network[/URL]'s singing competition [I][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nashville_Star']Nashville Star[/URL][/I] in 2007, where she placed seventh.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kacey_Musgraves#cite_note-ALL-1'][1][/URL][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kacey_Musgraves#cite_note-BILL-2'][2][/URL][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kacey_Musgraves#cite_note-PMMC-3'][3][/URL] Musgraves also released a Christmas-themed album, [I][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Very_Kacey_Christmas']A Very Kacey Christmas[/URL],[/I] in 2016.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kacey_Musgraves#cite_note-Paste9-7-2016-4'][4][/URL] Her fourth studio album [I][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Hour_(Kacey_Musgraves_album)']Golden Hour[/URL][/I] (2018) was released to widespread critical acclaim and won all four of its nominated Grammy Award categories, including Album of the Year and Best Country Album.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kacey_Musgraves#cite_note-golden_hour-5'][5][/URL] The album's first two singles, "[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Cowboy_(Kacey_Musgraves_song)']Space Cowboy[/URL]" and "[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butterflies_(Kacey_Musgraves_song)']Butterflies[/URL]", won the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Country_Song']Grammy Award for Best Country Song[/URL] and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Country_Solo_Performance']Best Country Solo Performance[/URL] respectively. [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kacey_Musgraves#cite_note-triple_crown-6'][6][/URL] Musgraves’ fifth studio album, [I][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star-Crossed_(album)']Star-Crossed[/URL][/I], was released in September 2021. [ATTACH type="full" alt="1633600418218.png"]12468[/ATTACH] [I][B]Star-Crossed[/B][/I] is the fifth studio album by American singer [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kacey_Musgraves']Kacey Musgraves[/URL]. It was released on September 10, 2021, by [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MCA_Nashville']MCA Nashville[/URL] and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interscope_Records']Interscope Records[/URL]. Musgraves co-wrote and co-produced the album with American musicians [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Fitchuk']Ian Fitchuk[/URL] and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Tashian']Daniel Tashian[/URL], with whom she collaborated on her fourth studio album, [I][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Hour_(Kacey_Musgraves_album)']Golden Hour[/URL][/I] (2018), as well. The album's subject matter was inspired by Musgraves' personal journey of heartache and healing following her divorce from American singer-songwriter [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruston_Kelly']Ruston Kelly[/URL]. She described [I]Star-Crossed[/I] as chronicling a "modern [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tragedy']tragedy[/URL]", taking influences from [I][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romeo_and_Juliet']Romeo and Juliet[/URL][/I], the famous [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Play_(theatre)']play[/URL] by English playwright [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shakespeare']William Shakespeare[/URL], and cited [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Withers']Bill Withers[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daft_Punk']Daft Punk[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sade_(singer)']Sade[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eagles_(band)']Eagles[/URL], and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weezer']Weezer[/URL] as her musical references for the album. Sonically, [I]Star-Crossed[/I] is a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pop_music']pop[/URL] record incorporating [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folk_music']folk[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dance_music']dance[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_music']rock[/URL], and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychedelic_music']psychedelic[/URL] elements, while retaining the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_music']country[/URL] sensibility of its predecessor. It consists of mellow [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sentimental_ballad']ballads[/URL], propelled by steady [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tempo']tempos[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analog_synthesizer']analog synthesizers[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loop_(music)']looped[/URL] drums, and layered harmonies. The album was preceded by three [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_(music)']singles[/URL]: the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead_single']lead single[/URL] and title track "Star-Crossed" on August 23, 2021, followed by "Justified" four days later, and "Simple Times" on September 9, 2021. An accompanying film titled after the album and featuring its music, directed by Bardia Zeinali, was exclusively released to [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paramount%2B']Paramount+[/URL] alongside the album's release. [I]Star-Crossed[/I] received generally favorable reviews from [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_critics']music critics[/URL], who regarded it the "divorce album" of Musgraves' discography, in contrast to the celebration of marriage in [I]Golden Hour[/I]. Most of the reviews of [I]Star-Crossed[/I] complimented its genre-blending production and Musgraves' intimate storytelling, while the rest felt it is an inferior work to [I]Golden Hour[/I]. Commercially, [I]Star-Crossed[/I] arrived inside the top 10 in Australia, Canada, Scotland, the United Kingdom, and the United States; furthermore, it topped the country genre charts in Australia, the U.K. and the U.S. [TABLE] [TR] [TH]1.[/TH] [TD]"Star-Crossed"[/TD] [TD]3:19[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TH]2.[/TH] [TD]"Good Wife"[/TD] [TD]3:51[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TH]3.[/TH] [TD]"Cherry Blossom"[/TD] [TD]3:04[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TH]4.[/TH] [TD]"Simple Times"[/TD] [TD]2:47[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TH]5.[/TH] [TD]"If This Was a Movie..."[/TD] [TD]3:15[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TH]6.[/TH] [TD]"Justified" (Musgraves, Fitchuk, [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilsey_Juber']Ilsey Juber[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BJ_Burton']BJ Burton[/URL])[/TD] [TD]3:01[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TH]7.[/TH] [TD]"Angel"[/TD] [TD]2:20[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TH]8.[/TH] [TD]"Breadwinner" (Musgraves, Fitchuk, Juber, Burton)[/TD] [TD]3:21[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TH]9.[/TH] [TD]"Camera Roll"[/TD] [TD]2:39[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TH]10.[/TH] [TD]"Easier Said"[/TD] [TD]3:07[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TH]11.[/TH] [TD]"Hookup Scene"[/TD] [TD]3:21[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TH]12.[/TH] [TD]"Keep Lookin' Up"[/TD] [TD]2:46[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TH]13.[/TH] [TD]"What Doesn't Kill Me" (Musgraves, Andrew Neely, Dante Jone, [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dewain_Whitmore_Jr.']Dewain Whitmore Jr.[/URL])[/TD] [TD]2:17[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TH]14.[/TH] [TD]"There Is a Light"[/TD] [TD]3:52[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TH]15.[/TH] [TD]"[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gracias_a_la_Vida']Gracias a la Vida[/URL]" ([URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violeta_Parra']Violeta Parra[/URL])[/TD] [TH]4:32[/TH] [/TR] [/TABLE] [B][I]I found this album after hearing her perform on SNL last Saturday........She did one song only in cowboy boots and her guitar.....Bold , to say the least...I had listened to some of her work prior to the SNL episode and was impressed......Hard , for me at least , to define her work into a specific genre....She is listed as a country singer , but I'm thinking she is more of an Indie type than pure country.....Now I've been a country music fan at all , so if this singer is classified as a pure country singer then I might have to expand my listening habits.......After reading the info involved about her prior works I am going to listen to Golden Hour as soon as I finish this post.....That might be where I first came aquainted with her work.....This album is a really great work , with lyrics that are pertinent to the theme of the work....Enjoy and feedback is welcomed.......................[/I][/B] [ATTACH type="full" alt="psyc36.gif"]12469[/ATTACH] [B][I][B][I][B][I]""When I'm down and out , I listen to Kacey Musgraves on Spotify and all my cares float away...She rock's my world, she really really does and still does....still does..still does..still does.............................[/I][/B][/I][/B][/I][/B] [/QUOTE]
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