Puxico (album)

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Puxico
Natalie-hemby-puxico.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedJanuary 13, 2017
Recorded2010–16
Genre
Length33:10 [1]
Label GetWrucke
Producer
  • Natalie Hemby (exec.)
  • Mike Wrucke
Singles from Puxico
  1. "Return"
    Released: October 21, 2016

Puxico is the debut studio album by American singer and songwriter Natalie Hemby, released on January 13, 2017, through her own label, GetWrucke Productions. [2] Hemby started recording the album around the same time she created a documentary about her hometown Puxico in 2010. [3]

Contents

Singles

Return was released as the lead single from Puxico on October 21, 2016. [4]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [5]
The New York Times (favorable) [6]
PopMatters Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [7]

Will Hermes from Rolling Stone stated about the album "It's a nostalgic LP, musically and thematically, about the value of roots – surprising, maybe, from a woman behind songs like Lambert's 'Pink Sunglasses' and 'Getaway Driver', which broaden country's palette. But Hemby's a master craftswoman, and in an era of rule-by-Twitter, songs like 'Grand Restoration' and 'Time Honored Tradition' make a case for traditionalism being its own kind of progressivism." [5]

Accolades

PublicationRankList
PopMatters 615 Best Americana Albums of 2017 [8]
Rolling Stone 1240 Best Country and Americana Albums of 2017 [9]

Track listing

Puxico track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Time Honoured Tradition"3:16
2."Lovers on Display"
  • Hemby
  • Dabbs
3:35
3."Grand Restoration"
  • Hemby
  • Dabbs
2:58
4."Cairo, IL"2:59
5."Ferris Wheel"
  • Hemby
  • Lindsay Chapman
3:49
6."Worn"
  • Hemby
  • Chapman
3:36
7."This Town Still Talks About You"
  • Hemby
  • Kelly Archer
  • Jenn Schott
4:28
8."I'll Remember How You Loved Me"4:30
9."Return"
  • Hemby
  • Dabbs
3:59

Personnel

Charts

Chart (2017)Peak
position
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) [10] 8
US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [11] 31
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [12] 32

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