Year-End Lists

Hard Headed Woman

• 7 The Best Country Music Albums of 2025: Holler
• 13 Dean's List 2025: Robert Christgau
• 17 The Best Albums of 2025: Jim DeRogatis: Sound Opinions
• 24 45 Favorite Albums of My 2025: Brad Luen
• 24 The Best Albums of 2025: Greg Kot: Sound Opinions
• 30 Best Albums of 2025: Stephen Thomas Erlewine
• 32 The 50 Best Albums of 2025: Treble
• 34 The 50 Best Albums of 2025: Albumism
• 35 The Best 50 Albums of 2025: Billboard
• 43 80 Best Albums of 2025: Uncut
• 49 Top 55 Albums of 2025: Brooklyn Vegan
• 50 The 75 Best Albums of 2025: Mojo

• Best Albums of 2025: AllMusic

Strays II

• 32 Best Albums of 2023: Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Strays

• 3 Favorite Roots Music Albums of 2023: No Depression
• 8 The Best Albums of 2023: Jim DeRogatis: Sound Opinions
• 12 The 30 Best Albums of 2023: Independent
• 14 Best Southern Albums of 2023: Bitter Southerner
• 18 The 80 Best Albums of 2023: PopMatters
• 26 The 50 Best Albums of 2023: Slant
• 27 The 50 Best Albums of 2023: Albumism
• 29 The 50 Best Albums of 2023: Yardbarker
• 32 Best Albums of 2023: Stephen Thomas Erlewine
• 49 75 Best Albums of 2023: Uncut

• The Best Albums of 2023: Chris Willman: Variety Honorable mention
• Our 50 Favorite Albums of 2023: Boston Globe
• Top 100 Albums of 2023: Under the Radar Honorable mention

That's How Rumors Get Started

• 8 The Best Albums of 2020: Jim DeRogatis: Sound Opinions
• 19 The Best Albums of 2020: Greg Kot: Sound Opinions
• 20 The Best Albums of 2020: Flood
• 28 The 30 Best Albums of 2020: Spin
• 35 Top 50 Albums of 2020: Consequence
• 50 75 Best Albums of 2020: Uncut

• The Best Albums of 2020: Chris Willman: Variety And a few more just as honorable
• Best Albums of 2020: AllMusic
• Albums of the Year 2020: Rough Trade Rounding out the top 100

All American Made

• 1 Top 25 Albums of 2017: American Songwriter
• 5 20 Favorite Albums of 2017: Listening Through The Lens
• 5 26 Best Albums of 2017: Entertainment Weekly
• 5 10 Best Albums of 2017: Spencer Kornhaber: Atlantic
• 7 The Best Albums of the 2010s: Esquire
• 8 10 Best Albums of 2017: Rob Harvilla: The Ringer
• 8 Best Albums of 2017: Stephen Thomas Erlewine
• 16 51 Best Albums of 2017: Rolling Stone
• 23 60 Best Albums of 2017: PopMatters
• 24 75 Best Albums of 2017: Uncut
• 35 Top 100 Albums of 2017: Village Voice: Pazz & Jop
• 177 The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s: Pitchfork

• Best Albums of 2017: No Depression
• The Best Albums of 2017: Carl Wilson: Slate
• 10 Favorite Albums of 2017: Greg Kot: Chicago Tribune: Sound Opinions The next 10
• Best Albums of 2017: Jim Harrington: Mercury News Honorable mention

Midwest Farmer’s Daughter

• 3 Top 50 Albums of 2016: American Songwriter
• 12 50 Best Albums of 2016: Paste
• 15 50 Best Albums of 2016: Entertainment Weekly
• 17 25 Best Albums of 2016: Slant
• 20 Best 50 Albums of 2016: NPR: NPR Music
• 21 50 Best Albums of 2016: Rolling Stone
• 23 Top Albums of 2016: Brooklyn Vegan
• 23 75 Best Albums of 2016: Uncut
• 25 The Best Records of 2016: Flood
• 26 Top 100 Albums of 2016: Village Voice: Pazz & Jop
• 33 50 Best Albums of 2016: NME

• Top 10 Albums of 2016: Kitty Empire: Observer
• The Best Albums of 2016: Carl Wilson: Slate Another 15, in alphabetical order
• 48 Best Albums of 2016: AllMusic