Strangers Almanac

Strangers Almanac
Studio album by
Whiskeytown
ReleasedJuly 29, 1997
Recorded1996–1997
Studio
GenreAlternative country
Length51:40
LanguageEnglish
LabelGeffen, Outpost, Moodfood
ProducerJim Scott
Whiskeytown chronology
In Your Wildest Dreams
(1997) 		Strangers Almanac
(1997) 		Pneumonia
(2001)
Singles from Strangers Almanac
  1. "16 Days"
    Released: July 1997
  2. "Yesterday's News"
    Released: February 1998
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Austin Chronicle[2]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music[3]
Entertainment WeeklyB+[4]
The Guardian[5]
Pitchfork7.8/10[6]
Record Collector[7]
Rolling Stone[8]
Spin[9]
Uncut[10]

Strangers Almanac is the second studio album by American alternative country band Whiskeytown, released on July 29, 1997, on Outpost and Geffen Records. The album was reissued as a deluxe edition with bonus tracks and an additional disc of previously unreleased material on March 4, 2008.[11]

  1. ^ Deming, Mark. "Strangers Almanac – Whiskeytown". AllMusic. Retrieved October 31, 2016.
  2. ^ Hernandez, Raoul (May 2, 2008). "Otis Redding, Lynyrd Skynyrd, and Whiskeytown". The Austin Chronicle. Retrieved October 31, 2016.
  3. ^ Larkin, Colin (2009). "Whiskeytown". The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-199-72636-3. Retrieved October 31, 2016.
  4. ^ Willman, Chris (August 1, 1997). "Stranger's Almanac". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved October 31, 2016.
  5. ^ Cox, Tom (January 16, 1998). "Whiskeytown: Stranger's Almanac (Geffen)". The Guardian.
  6. ^ Wisdom, James P. "Whiskeytown: Stranger's Almanac". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on June 5, 2003. Retrieved October 31, 2016.
  7. ^ Staunton, Terry (June 2008). "Whiskeytown – Stranger's Almanac". Record Collector (350). Retrieved January 9, 2017.
  8. ^ Alden, Grant (August 7, 1997). "Whiskeytown: Strangers Almanac". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on December 13, 2002. Retrieved October 31, 2016.
  9. ^ Howe, Sean (May 2008). "Reissues". Spin. 24 (5): 96. Retrieved December 21, 2018.
  10. ^ "Whiskeytown: Stranger's Almanac". Uncut: 109. [The album] still sounds like alt-country's high tide.
  11. ^ "Whiskeytown's 'Almanac' Bolstered For Reissue". Billboard.com. 2008-01-30. Retrieved 2008-02-04.