Talkin' Honky Blues

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Talkin' Honky Blues
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Studio album by
Buck 65
ReleasedNovember 4, 2003 (2003-11-04)
Genre Hip hop, country
Length57:14
Label WEA
Producer The Entity
Buck 65 chronology
Square
(2002)		Talkin' Honky Blues
(2003)		 This Right Here Is Buck 65
(2005)
Singles from Talkin' Honky Blues
  1. "Wicked and Weird"
    Released: 2003
  2. "463"
    Released: 2004
  3. "Sore"
    Released: 2004
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Canoe.ca favorable [2]
Christgau's Consumer Guide A [3]
Drowned in Sound 6/10 [4]
Exclaim! favorable [5]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Hot Press 4.5/5 [7]
Hour Community Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [8]
Pitchfork 7.6/10 [9]
Vice favorable [10]

Talkin' Honky Blues is a studio album by Canadian hip hop musician Buck 65. [1] It was released on WEA in 2003. [3] The album won the 2004 Juno Award for Alternative Album of the Year. [11]

Contents

Critical reception

Sean Carruthers of AllMusic gave the album 4 stars out of 5, saying: "Instead of jazzy or funky backing tracks, most of the tracks here crib heavily from country, which is where the 'honky' comes in: this is the sort of thing that Buck 65 grew up with and what influenced him." [1] He described it as "a beat poetry album with hip hop beats." [1] Rollie Pemberton of Pitchfork gave the album a 7.6 out of 10, saying, "[Buck 65] has discovered a happy medium between folk and rap, turning his initial disdain for the lack of innovation in hip-hop into a more diverse sound." [9] Terry Sawyer of PopMatters named it the best album of 2003. [12]

In 2005, Jason Richards of Now called it "[Buck 65's] most accessible album". [13] In 2007, Dan Weiss of Stylus Magazine placed it at number 6 on the "Top 10 Alt-Country Greats Not Recorded by Uncle Tupelo" list. [14]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Leftfielder"2:32
2."Wicked and Weird"3:43
3."Riverbed 1"1:48
4."Sore"4:20
5."Protest"2:51
6."Riverbed 2"2:51
7."Exes"2:51
8."Roses and Bluejays"3:16
9."Riverbed 3"4:04
10."50 Gallon Drum"4:35
11."Riverbed 4"4:27
12."463"4:27
13."Riverbed 5"1:24
14."Killed by a Horse"3:32
15."Riverbed 6"0:45
16."Tired Out"3:30
17."Craftsmanship"4:07
18."Riverbed 7"2:16

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

Charts

ChartPeak
position
French Albums (SNEP) [15] 148

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