Strays (Margo Price album)

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Strays
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Studio album by
Margo Price
ReleasedJanuary 13, 2023 (2023-01-13)
StudioFivestar Studio
Length46:15
Label Loma Vista
Producer Jonathan Wilson
Margo Price chronology
That's How Rumors Get Started
(2020)		Strays
(2023)
Singles from Strays
  1. "Been to the Mountain"
    Released: August 25, 2022
  2. "Change of Heart"
    Released: September 20, 2022
  3. "Lydia"
    Released: November 10, 2022
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [1]
The Line of Best Fit 8/10 [2]
Mojo Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
PopMatters 9/10 [4]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Uncut 8/10 [6]

Strays is the fourth studio album by American country musician Margo Price, released on January 13, 2023, by Loma Vista Recordings. [7] The album was produced by Price with musician Jonathan Wilson at his Fivestar Studio in Topanga Canyon, and features contributions from Mike Campbell (formerly of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, and whom Price recorded with for the second Dirty Knobs album, External Combustion), Sharon Van Etten, and Lucius. [7]

Contents

The album was re-released as Strays II with nine additional songs on October 13, 2023. The nine songs were also released as "acts" in the weeks ahead of the re-released album. [8]

Promotion

Alongside recording the album, Price completed a memoir, Maybe We'll Make It, released in October 2022 by University of Texas Press. [9] [10] Price completed a book tour that ran through November 2022 and then opened the "'Til the Wheels Fall Off Tour" in December 2022, with plans to promote Strays through March 2023. [11]

The first single released from Strays was "Been to the Mountain". on August 25, 2022. [10] When Price announced the album in September 2022, she also released the second single, "Change of Heart". [7] Further, in November 2022, a third single, "Lydia", was released in promotion of the album, a song Price described as "a moving collection of words about bodily autonomy and women's rights" and noted was inspired by her passing a women's health clinic years earlier on tour in Vancouver, and recorded prior to the United States Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June 2022. [12]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Margo Price and Jeremy Ivey, except where noted

Strays track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Been to the Mountain" 5:28
2."Light Me Up" (featuring Mike Campbell) 5:05
3."Radio" (featuring Sharon Van Etten)
  • Price
  • Sharon Van Etten
2:49
4."Change of Heart" 4:04
5."County Road" 6:08
6."Time Machine"
  • Dillon Napier
  • Christopher Houston Denny
2:46
7."Hell in the Heartland"
4:28
8."Anytime You Call" (featuring Lucius)Ivey3:48
9."Lydia"Price6:12
10."Landfill" 5:34
Total length:46:15

Strays II

An expanded re-release of Strays was released on October 13, 2023, and promoted with three "acts" of songs. "Act I: Topanga Canyon" was released August 22, 2023. [13] "Act II: Mind Travel" was released on September 14, 2023. [14] The complete Strays II and "Act III: Burn Whatever's Left" were both released on October 13, 2023. [15]

All tracks are written by Margo Price and Jeremy Ivey, except where noted

Act I: Topanga Canyon
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Strays" 3:09
2."Closer I Get" (featuring Ny Oh) 3:57
3."Malibu" (featuring Jonathan Wilson and Buck Meek)
  • Price
  • Ivey
  • Campbell
3:37
Total length:10:42
Act II: Mind Travel
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
4."Black Wolf Blues" 3:59
5."Mind Travel" 3:54
6."Unoriginal Sin" (featuring Mike Campbell)
  • Price
  • Campbell
3:02
Total length:10:53
Act III: Burn Whatever's Left
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
7."Homesick" (featuring Jonathan Wilson)
  • Price
4:28
8."Where Did We Go Wrong" 4:31
9."Burn Whatever's Left" 5:26
Total length:14:25

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References

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  2. ↑ John Amen (January 13, 2023). "Margo Price frees herself with the eclectic Strays". The Line of Best Fit . Retrieved January 13, 2023.
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  4. ↑ Steve Horowitz (January 9, 2023). "Margo Price 'Strays' Down Many Musical Paths in Search of Meaning". PopMatters . Retrieved January 11, 2023.
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  9. ↑ Nina Corcoran (August 25, 2022). "Margo Price Shares Video for New Song "Been to the Mountain": Watch". Pitchfork . Retrieved December 1, 2022.
  10. 1 2 Chris Deville (August 25, 2022). "Margo Price Shared New Song "Been to the Mountain": Listen". Stereogum . Retrieved December 1, 2022.
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  12. ↑ Larisha Paul (November 10, 2022). "Margo Price Tackled Bodily Autonomy on New Single 'Lydia' Years Ago. Now It Feels Like a Premonition". Rolling Stone . Retrieved December 1, 2022.
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