Metamodern Sounds In Country Music
by Sturgill Simpson
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Sturgill Simpson bestography
Metamodern Sounds In Country Music is ranked 2nd best out of 9 albums by Sturgill Simpson on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Sturgill Simpson is A Sailor's Guide To Earth which is ranked number 1858 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 899.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| ! | 01/19/2026 00:16 | mutant | 1,671 | 56/100 |
| ! | 12/20/2025 23:28 |  zags7000 | 20,410 | 64/100 |
| ! | 08/27/2025 17:10 |  SomethingSpecial | 1,738 | 82/100 |
| ! | 08/16/2025 20:19 | BlueNote | 959 | 69/100 |
| ! | 03/19/2025 22:53 | Herdandhokies | 349 | 55/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.3/100, a mean average of 76.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.9.
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LebowskiRams 06/19/2019 03:24 | #237824
Townes Van Zandt on acid. I dig.
buzzdainer 04/27/2019 18:07 | #235576
It took some time for Sturgill Simpson to win me over. Americana and country music create all sorts of interesting problems for me because these genres often tread the line between American values I find repugnant--the gun-toting, Confederate flag-waving, xenophobic elements within the Trump cult, for instance--and those that appeal to my deep love of the land and its people. I identify Sturgill Simpson's vocal style more closely with the former than the latter. Then again, so did Merle Haggard's, and I like Merle Haggard. So I've come around quite a bit on Sturgill Simpson, mainly on the strength of his songwriting and the genuine complexity of both his music and his lyrics. I can see this album, as well as his others, continuing their upward trajectory on my charts.
Yes you hear old school country with psychedelic twists, and yes it sounds like Waylon Jennings in 1973, but look closer. Look at the in-synch musicianship and the clever poetry here. It's a carefully planned and executed record, and after hearing Sailor's Guide many times, I just can't see myself favoring that record over this one. "Turtles" is unlike any country song you have ever heard before and the reworking of "Promise" is new and refreshing. Highly Recommended.
Track Pick: Turtles All the Way Down
junodog4 09/26/2016 02:52 | #175819
Maybe it's because I'm an old curmudgeon, but when a new country artist bucks the pop-country cliches and sounds like Waylon Jennings, I like it. This is a damn fine album.
samistake2ice 07/09/2015 20:35 | #145406
2 things surprised when when I came back to this page. 1, that I had not yet commented on this album. 2, that so few people have it on their charts. MSiCM WILL sweep the Americana Music Awards this year. Put your house on it! His vocals are out of this world as are his themes, it's masterfully produced by Dave Cobb (Isbell's Southeastern), and there simply isn't anyone doing what he is doing. A lot of people say that he sounds like Waylon, and that is fair praise, but he is the type of songwriter and singer that people, 30 years from now will be saying "That dude sounds like STURGILL SIMPSON!'
I loved this. Old type country. Just so well done! MEZ
paladisiac 12/30/2014 22:53 | #130481
This feels like old school country music. My favorite track is his take on 80s hit "the promise".
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