Strays
by Margo Price
Metascore
84

Universal acclaim - based on 19 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 18 out of 19
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 19
  3. Negative: 0 out of 19
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  1. Slant Magazine
    Jan 9, 2023
    60
    Strays continues in the classic rock-inspired direction of 2020’s That’s How Rumors Get Started, breaking from the neo-traditional country music that put Price on the map. The arrangements employ slide guitar and keyboards—even xylophone on “Time Machine”—with a punchy yet spacious mix, but the album flaunts its influences a bit too transparently.

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85
#85 Best Album of 2023

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7.9

Generally favorable reviews- based on 8 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 8
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  1. Bleet
    Mar 14, 2023
    8
    This is my favorite margo album so far. And a great year to start off the country music year. I like the songs "radio" and "change of heart."This is my favorite margo album so far. And a great year to start off the country music year. I like the songs "radio" and "change of heart." They are my "C" grade level songs. "Time machine" is B level to me, but can certainly rise cause i still listen to it. Radio is just a shock, and change of heart sound remind me of "4 years of chances" from her frist album and it too can still rise. These 3 songs are good but they aren't anything Margo haven't done before or better. Even from her first album I felt she had a chance to be specail but I never thought her writing would reach the level is it on the "big four" I call them, all A level and rising to all time classics in my book: "Hell in the heartland," "county road," "lydia" and landfill." i'm not sure what make of "Been to the Mountain" yet. I hope she keep improving and I'm willing to bet this is going to be a top 5 album of the year by the end of it, which me i'm hoping for a grammy nomination but i don't know how the billboard sale count is going to effect that but this is close to a classic for me, at the very least it has classic songs on it.… Full Review »
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