Golden Hour (Kacey Musgraves album)

Golden Hour
Studio album by
Kacey Musgraves
ReleasedMarch 30, 2018 (2018-03-30)
RecordedJanuary–April 2017
Studio
  • Big Green Barn
  • Sound Emporium (Nashville, Tennessee)
  • House of Blues
  • Great Gazoo Reading Room
  • Royal Plum
  • (Nashville)
Genre
Length45:44
LabelMCA Nashville
Producer
Kacey Musgraves chronology
A Very Kacey Christmas
(2016) 		Golden Hour
(2018) 		The Kacey Musgraves Christmas Show
(2019)
Singles from Golden Hour
  1. "Space Cowboy"
    Released: February 23, 2018
  2. "Butterflies"
    Released: February 23, 2018
  3. "High Horse"
    Released: June 25, 2018
  4. "Slow Burn"
    Released: October 16, 2018
  5. "Rainbow"
    Released: February 11, 2019[2]

Golden Hour is the fourth studio album by American country music singer and songwriter Kacey Musgraves, released on March 30, 2018, through MCA Nashville.[3] Musgraves co-wrote all 13 tracks and co-produced the album with Daniel Tashian and Ian Fitchuk. A country pop record, Golden Hour also contains elements of disco, electropop, electronica, and yacht rock.[4][5][6]

Golden Hour debuted at number four on the US Billboard 200.[7] Receiving widespread critical acclaim, the album and its songs won in all four of their nominated categories at the 61st Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year and Best Country Album. The album's first two singles also won awards: "Butterflies" for Best Country Solo Performance and "Space Cowboy" for Best Country Song.[8] Golden Hour also won Album of the Year at the 52nd Annual Country Music Association Awards.[9] In 2020, Golden Hour was ranked at 270 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time list.[10]

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  7. ^ Caulfield, Keith (April 8, 2018). "The Weeknd Scores Third Consecutive No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With 'My Dear Melancholy'". Billboard. Archived from the original on April 9, 2018. Retrieved April 8, 2018.
  8. ^ "Grammys 2019: Full list of winners". 9Honey Celebrity. 11 February 2019. Archived from the original on 12 February 2019. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
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  10. ^ "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time". Rolling Stone. September 22, 2020. Archived from the original on April 30, 2021. Retrieved September 22, 2020.