Year-End Lists

Foxes in the Snow

7. The Best Albums of 2025: Chris Willman: Variety
9. The Best Country Music Albums of 2025: Holler
20. 80 Best Albums of 2025: Uncut
25. The 50 Best Albums of 2025: Slant
29. The 50 Best Albums of 2025: Treble
33. The 75 Best Albums of 2025: Mojo

• Albums of the Year 2025: Rough Trade

Something More Than Free

3. Top 50 Albums of 2015: American Songwriter
7. 50 Best Albums of 2015: Rolling Stone
10. 50 Best Albums of 2015: Diffuser
10. 25 Best Albums of 2015: Billboard
11. Top 100 Albums of 2015: Village Voice: Pazz & Jop
15. 75 Best Albums of 2015: Uncut
18. 50 Best Albums of 2015: Paste
24. Top 25 Albums of 2015: Magnet
31. 50 Best Albums of 2015: Stereogum
34. 50 Best Albums of 2015: Mojo
36. 40 Best Albums of 2015: Entertainment Weekly
45. 50 Best Albums of 2015: Pretty Much Amazing

• 50 Favorite Albums of 2015: NPR: NPR Music

Southeastern

1. Top 50 Albums Of 2013: American Songwriter
11. 50 Best Albums of 2013: Paste
17. Top 100 Albums of 2013: Village Voice: Pazz & Jop
26. 80 Best Albums of 2013: Uncut
28. 100 Best Albums of the 2010s: Rolling Stone
31. The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s: Paste

• 2013 Year in Review: Aquarium Drunkard
• The Best Albums of the 2010s: Chris Willman: Variety

Weathervanes

1. No Depression: Favorite Roots Music Albums of 2023
4. Sound Opinions: Jim DeRogatis: The Best Albums of 2023
5. Atlantic: Spencer Kornhaber: The 10 Best Albums of 2023
6. Daily Mail: Adrian Thrills: Best Albums of 2023
6. Consequence: 50 Best Albums of 2023
6. Uproxx: Steven Hyden: Favorite Albums Of 2023
6. Magnet: Top 25 Albums of 2023
6. Variety: Chris Willman: The Best Albums of 2023
7. Holler: Albums of the Year 2023
8. PopMatters: The 80 Best Albums of 2023
11. Bitter Southerner: Best Southern Albums of 2023
11. Uncut: 75 Best Albums of 2023
12. Spectrum Culture: Top 20 Albums of 2023
14. Stephen Thomas Erlewine: Best Albums of 2023
16. Uproxx Music Critics Poll: Best Albums of 2023
17. Brooklyn Vegan: Top 55 Albums of 2023
18. Albumism: The 50 Best Albums of 2023
20. God Is In The TV: Albums of the Year for 2023
25. Slant: The 50 Best Albums of 2023
25. Rolling Stone: The 100 Best Albums of 2023
33. Yardbarker: The 50 Best Albums of 2023
34. Treble: The 50 Best Albums of 2023
39. Paste: The 50 Best Albums of 2023
57. Mojo: 75 Best Albums of 2023
59. Robert Christgau: Dean's List 2024

• Atwood Magazine: The Best Albums of 2023
• Boston Globe: Our 50 Favorite Albums of 2023
• The Philadelphia Inquirer: Dan DeLuca: Best Pop Music Albums of 2023
• Josh Terry: The 60 Best Albums of 2023

Georgia Blue

22. Top 40 Rock Albums of 2021: Ultimate Classic Rock
65. Dean's List 2021: Robert Christgau

Reunions

3. Favorite Albums of 2020: Steven Hyden: Uproxx
4. The 10 Best Country Albums Of 2020: Marissa R. Moss: Stereogum
4. The Best Albums of 2020: Jim DeRogatis: Sound Opinions
4. Favorite Roots Music Albums of 2020: No Depression
5. The Best Albums of 2020: Chris Willman: Variety
6. Albums of the Year 2020: Holler
8. The Best Albums of 2020: Andrew Barker: Variety
10. 25 Best Rock Albums of 2020: Ultimate Classic Rock
11. 75 Best Albums of 2020: Uncut
11. Top 50 Albums of 2020: Consequence
12. The 50 Best Albums of 2020: Paste
13. Top 55 Albums of 2020: Brooklyn Vegan
16. The Best Albums of 2020: Greg Kot: Sound Opinions
25. The 60 Best Albums of 2020: PopMatters
28. Best Albums of 2020: Rolling Stone
28. Best Albums of 2020: Uproxx: Uproxx Music Critics Poll
30. The 50 Best Albums of 2020: Billboard
37. The 50 Best Albums Of 2020: Stereogum
49. Top 50 Albums of 2020: Treble
73. 75 Best Albums of 2020: Mojo
78. The 100 Best Albums of 2020: Albumism

• The Best Albums of 2020: Craig Jenkins: New York: Vulture
• Albums of the Year 2020: Rough Trade
• Best Albums of 2020: AllMusic

The Nashville Sound

2. Top 25 Albums of 2017: American Songwriter
5. 10 Best Albums of 2017: Rob Harvilla: The Ringer
5. Top 100 Albums of 2017: Village Voice: Pazz & Jop
6. Top 21 Albums of 2017: Nate Chinen: NPR: NPR Music
7. Best 50 Albums of 2017: NPR: NPR Music
8. 20 Favorite Albums of 2017: Listening Through The Lens
8. Top 10 Albums of 2017: Stephen Thompson: NPR: NPR Music
11. 50 Best Albums of 2017: Uproxx
12. Top 25 Albums of 2017: Diffuser
12. Dean's List 2017: Robert Christgau
12. 50 Best Albums of 2017: Paste
18. 60 Best Albums of 2017: PopMatters
21. Top 25 Albums of 2017: Magnet
21. 51 Best Albums of 2017: Rolling Stone
23. Top 50 Albums of 2017: Brooklyn Vegan
25. Best Albums of 2017: Stephen Thomas Erlewine
27. 50 Best Albums of 2017: Mojo
49. 50 Best Albums of 2017: Stereogum
72. 75 Best Albums of 2017: Uncut
89. The 101 Best Albums Of The 2010s: Spin

• Best Albums of 2017: Jim Harrington: Mercury News
• Best Albums of 2017: No Depression

Live From Alabama

14. Top 50 Albums of 2012: American Songwriter

Here We Rest

12. Top 50 Albums of 2011: American Songwriter