$10 Cowboy

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$10 Cowboy
Charley Crockett - $10 Cowboy.png
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 26, 2024 (2024-04-26)
StudioArlyn, Austin, Texas
Genre
Length39:43
Label Son of Davy
Producer
Charley Crockett chronology
The Man from Waco
(2022)
$10 Cowboy
(2024)
Visions of Dallas
(2024)

$10 Cowboy is an album by American singer Charley Crockett, released on April 26, 2024, through Son of Davy and distributed by Thirty Tigers. It was produced by Crockett and Billy Horton. The album received positive reviews from critics.

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 85/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [2]
Paste 7.8/10 [3]
Spin B+ [4]

$10 Cowboy received a score of 85 out of 100 on review aggregator Metacritic based on five critics' reviews, which the website categorized as "universal acclaim". [1] Rachel Rascoe of The Austin Chronicle called it "ruminative, less hooky, but still a recognizable play in the Austin-area singer's traditional and soul country mix" and felt that it "slots like an exploratory studio in-betweener among Crockett's comprehensive catalog". [5] Spin 's Stephen Deusner concluded that "rather than a throwback or a neo-neo-traditionalist, he just sounds like a guy singing his sad, sad songs to the huddled masses". [4]

Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic wrote that while Crockett's "approach" may be similar to its predecessor The Man from Waco (2022), the album "feels considerably different thanks to the troubadour swapping country for soul as the album's connective tissue". [2] Ben Salmon, reviewing the album for Paste , found that the album "sounds remarkably warm and alive and real; it feels like you can step on the bass lines, put the twinkling piano notes in your pocket or reach out and touch the pedal steel guitar parts". [3] Glide Magazine's Jim Hynes stated that the musicians recording live to tape "feels like a live performance" and Crockett "remains squarely in the front row of today's best writers". [6] John Amen of No Depression praised the album, writing, "Occurring as a cross between Hank Williams, a low-key carnival announcer, and the Coen brothers' Buster Scruggs, Crockett has perfected his craft: $10 Cowboy is a 2024 standout." [7]

Track listing

$10 Cowboy track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."$10 Cowboy"
3:35
2."America"
  • Crockett
  • Horton
3:23
3."Hard Luck & Circumstances"Crockett3:04
4."Good at Losing"
  • Crockett
  • Horton
3:44
5."Gettin' Tired Again"Crockett2:50
6."Spade"Crockett3:29
7."Diamond in the Rough"
  • Crockett
  • Kullen Fuchs
  • Horton
3:18
8."Ain't Done Losing Yet"
  • Crockett
  • Taylor Grace
  • Horton
  • Jay Moeller
3:18
9."Solitary Road"
  • Crockett
  • Horton
3:31
10."City of Roses"
  • Crockett
  • Fuchs
  • Andrew Trube
3:36
11."Lead the Way"
  • Crockett
  • Anthony Farrell
3:58
12."Midnight Cowboy"Willie Edwards2:57
Total length:39:43

Personnel

Musicians

Technical

Visuals

Charts

Chart performance for $10 Cowboy
Chart (2024)Peak
position
Australian Physical Albums (ARIA) [8] 78
Scottish Albums (OCC) [9] 74
UK Country Albums (OCC) [10] 3
UK Record Store (OCC) [11] 13
US Billboard 200 [12] 168
US Top Country Albums ( Billboard ) [13] 30

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