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| Released | August 4, 2017 | |||
| Studio | Butcher Shoppe (Nashville, Tennessee) [1] | |||
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| Length | 37:41 | |||
| Label | Hickman Holler | |||
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| Tyler Childers chronology | ||||
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Purgatory is the second studio album by American country music singer Tyler Childers. It was released in August 2017 under Hickman Holler. The album was certified platinum by the RIAA.
| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 82/100 [4] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [5] |
| American Songwriter | [6] |
| Record Collector | [7] |
| The Independent | [8] |
The album has received a Metacritic rating of 82 based on 6 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim". [4]
The album has sold 638,178 copies, both CD and streamable, in the United States as of December 2020. [9]
| Publication | Accolade | Rank | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Noisey | Top 100 Albums of 2017 | 75 | |
| NPR Music | Top 50 Albums of 2017 | 39 | |
| Rolling Stone | Top 40 Best Country and Americana Albums of 2017 | 14 |
The album art appears to be a reference to the shape of Lawrence County, Kentucky, the birthplace of Tyler Childers. Additionally, the coloration and shape are reminiscent of Kentucky agate, a type of agate found in Estill, Jackson, Powell, Madison, and Rockcastle counties in Kentucky that has distinctive red, black, yellow, and gray bands due to its derivation from the Mississippian Borden Formation. [12]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "I Swear (To God)" | 3:20 |
| 2. | "Feathered Indians" | 3:45 |
| 3. | "Tattoos" | 3:23 |
| 4. | "Born Again" | 3:28 |
| 5. | "Whitehouse Road" | 4:41 |
| 6. | "Banded Clovis" | 4:19 |
| 7. | "Purgatory" | 2:46 |
| 8. | "Honky Tonk Flame" | 4:57 |
| 9. | "Universal Sound" | 3:42 |
| 10. | "Lady May" | 3:04 |
Weekly charts
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| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
|---|---|---|
| United States (RIAA) [33] | Platinum | 1,000,000‡ |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. | ||
Multiple songs from Tyler Childers' Purgatory have been used in movies and television shows. In the hit series, Yellowstone, "Lady May" is featured in season 3 episode 2. [34]
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