| Agnostic Hymns & Stoner Fables | ||||
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| Released | March 6, 2012 | |||
| Genre | Folk rock | |||
| Length | 42:25 | |||
| Label | Aimless/Thirty Tigers | |||
| Producer | Todd Snider | |||
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Agnostic Hymns and Stoner Fables is the eleventh studio album by American singer-songwriter Todd Snider, released on March 6, 2012 by Aimless Records.
Agnostic Hymns and Stoner Fables received mostly favorable reviews from critics, its themes of economic inequality resonating with critics. [1] Daryl Sanders described the record in The East Nashvillian as a “one-man Occupy Wall Street movement.” [2] In his review for Rolling Stone , Jody Rosen called it “Occupy Nashville.” [3] Writing in Relix , Jewly Hight said Snider “plays the part of a winking, pot-stirring anarchist” on the album. [4] In a piece for NPR, Ken Tucker said, “If one line could sum up the album, it's ‘It ain't the despair that gets you / It's the hope.’" [5] Both Rolling Stone [6] and Paste [7] named it one of the fifty best albums of 2012.
| Aggregate scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | (79/100) [1] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [8] |
| American Songwriter |  [9] |
| The A.V. Club | B+ [10] |
| PopMatters |   [11] |
| Robert Christgau | A [12] |
| Rolling Stone | [13] |
| Slant | [14] |
| Spin | 8/10 [15] |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "In the Beginning" | Todd Snider | 4:25 |
| 2. | "New York Banker" | Todd Snider | 4:24 |
| 3. | "West Nashville Grand Ballroom Gown" | Jimmy Buffett | 4:27 |
| 4. | "Precious Little Miracles" | Todd Snider | 3:04 |
| 5. | "The Very Last Time" | Todd Snider, Will Kimbrough | 2:52 |
| 6. | "In Between Jobs" | Todd Snider, Elvis HIxx | 3:01 |
| 7. | "Brenda" | Todd Snider | 4:55 |
| 8. | "Too Soon To Tell" | Todd Snider | 5:13 |
| 9. | "Digger Dave's Crazy Woman Blues" | Todd Snider, Eric McConnell, Digger Dave | 4:20 |
| 10. | "Big Finish" | Todd Snider | 5:53 |
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