Same Trailer Different Park

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nameSame Trailer Different Park
typestudio
artistKacey Musgraves
coverSameTrailerDifferentPark.jpg
released
recorded2012–2013
studio*Ben's Studio (Nashville, Tennessee)
genreCountry
length
labelMercury Nashville
producer
prev_titleKacey Musgraves
prev_year2007
next_titlePageant Material
next_year2015
misc{{Singles
nameSame Trailer Different Park
typestudio
single1Merry Go 'Round
single1dateSeptember 10, 2012
single2Blowin' Smoke
single2dateApril 1, 2013
single3Follow Your Arrow
single3dateOctober 21, 2013
single4Keep It to Yourself
single4dateMarch 10, 2014
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| name = Same Trailer Different Park | type = studio | artist = Kacey Musgraves | cover = SameTrailerDifferentPark.jpg | alt = | released = | recorded = 2012–2013 | studio = *Ben's Studio (Nashville, Tennessee)

  • The Racket (Nashville, Tennessee)
  • Sound Emporium (Nashville, Tennessee)
  • Maverick Recording (Nashville, Tennessee) | genre = Country | length = | label = Mercury Nashville | producer = | prev_title = Kacey Musgraves | prev_year = 2007 | next_title = Pageant Material | next_year = 2015 | misc = {{Singles | name = Same Trailer Different Park | type = studio | single1 = Merry Go 'Round | single1date = September 10, 2012 | single2 = Blowin' Smoke | single2date = April 1, 2013 | single3 = Follow Your Arrow | single3date = October 21, 2013 | single4 = Keep It to Yourself | single4date = March 10, 2014

Same Trailer Different Park is the debut studio album by American country music artist Kacey Musgraves, released on March 19, 2013, through Mercury Nashville. Musgraves co-wrote all 12 tracks and co-produced the album with Luke Laird and Shane McAnally. Met with widespread critical acclaim, the album won the Grammy Award for Best Country Album at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards.

Conception

Same Trailer Different Park draws on styles such as rockabilly, blues rock, country folk, and catchy country pop. Jonathan Bernstein of American Songwriter wrote that Musgraves's characters are "well-wishers and help-seekers, deadbeats trying to be better and do-gooders that are falling behind", and that she focuses on "small, pivotal moments, when they come to terms with their own faults and dreams, when they’re on the verge of a breakthrough or a meltdown."

Critical reception

| MC = 89/100 | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1Score = | rev2 = American Songwriter | rev2Score = | rev3 = Entertainment Weekly | rev3Score = A− | rev4 = The Guardian | rev4Score = | rev5 = MSN Music (Expert Witness) | rev5Score = A− | rev6 = Nash Country Weekly | rev6Score = A | rev7 = Paste | rev7Score = 8.3/10 | rev8 = Q | rev8Score = | rev9 = Rolling Stone | rev9Score = | rev10 = USA Today | rev10Score = | rev1score =

At Metacritic, which assigns a rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has an average score of 89 out of 100, which indicates "universal acclaim" based on 12 reviews. Tammy Ragusa of Country Weekly called it "distinctive in both its arrangements and lyrics." AllMusic's Steve Leggett commended Musgraves' "flair for telling it like it is and making it sound like bedrock, obvious wisdom", and said that the album is "more than a collection of songs just aiming for the country charts."

*MSN Music*s Robert Christgau called her "the finest lyricist to rise up out of conscious country since Miranda Lambert, if not Bobby Pinson himself." Will Hermes, writing for NPR, said that her "wordplay feels effortless and conversational", and found Musgraves' "spirits of carpe diem and dysfunctional romance" to be "squarely" in the tradition of country music.

Grady Smith of Entertainment Weekly said that the album "continually showcases ... her writing prowess" because "Musgraves has a way of injecting humor into even her most melancholic musings." At Paste, Holly Gleason noted Musgraves "sings unvarnished truths" while maintaining "the sunniness that is the right of the young" that is done "With a voice that’s pretty, but brazen, Musgraves has no problem slinging attitude, crying bullshit or coyly advocating same-sex amour/dope-smoking while skewering hypocrisy." In addition, Gleason saw this album as "a manifesto that'll never come true," which she asked the question "is dignity enough to get by on?", and her response was that by a "thin margin, but one Musgraves walks straight into the sunset."

Jody Rosen of Rolling Stone felt that, although Musgraves lacks a powerful singing voice, the album "showcases a songwriting voice you won't hear anywhere else in pop: young, female, downwardly mobile, fiercely witty." Taste of Country's Billy Dukes commented that the album "is well-written, edgy (yet familiar) and coated in 'cool.'" Jerry Shriver of USA Today said the songs are "honest with themselves and don't wallow in self-pity", and that Musgraves' singing is "pretty and clear but usually unsentimental." In December, Rolling Stone ranked Same Trailer Different Park number 28 on its list of the 50 best albums of 2013. It won the Best Country Album award at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards in January 2014. On April 6, 2014, Same Trailer Different Park won Album of the Year at the 49th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards.

Accolades

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PublicationRankList
AllMusicN/Aurl=https://www.allmusic.com/blog/post/allmusic-best-of-2013
Amazon10url=https://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/ref=amb_link_391354382_1?ie=UTF8&docId=1001678361&ref=mus_boty2013_cdlistboty&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=merchandised-search-2&pf_rd_r=00WA79MKJB3Y1QVFVNCN&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=1666330322&pf_rd_i=7931272011
American Songwriter7url=https://www.americansongwriter.com/2013/12/american-songwriters-top-50-albums-2013/5/
Billboard10url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/list/5840321/15-best-albums-of-2013-critics-picks
13title=Billboard's Top 20 Best Albums of the 2010s (So Far)magazine = Billboard
Dagsavisen23url=http://www.dagsavisen.no/kultur/nye-takter/de-laget-arets-beste-album/
Entertainment Weekly4url=http://www.ew.com/gallery/10-best-albums-13-nick-catuccis-picks/677549_4-same-trailer-different-park-kacey-musgraves
Evening Standard9url=https://www.standard.co.uk/goingout/music/the-10-best-albums-of-2013-8995970.html
The Guardian16url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2013/dec/06/guardian-best-albums-2013-20-11
Idolator8url=http://www.idolator.com/7496751/2013-10-best-albums-idolator-editors
NPRN/Aurl=https://www.npr.org/blogs/bestmusic2013/2013/12/10/249243871/npr-musics-50-favorite-albums-of-2013?ft=1&f=
Paste20url=http://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/lists/2013/12/the-50-best-albums-of-the-year.html?p=4
Pazz & Jop10url=http://www.villagevoice.com/pazznjop/albums/2013
PopMatters13url=http://www.popmatters.com/feature/177166-the-75-best-albums-of-2013/P6/
Rolling Stone28url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/50-best-albums-of-2013-20131202/kacey-musgraves-same-trailer-different-park-19691231
80100 Best Debut Albums of All Time
Spin17url=https://www.spin.com/2013/12/best-albums-2013/131115-kacey-musgraves-same-trailer-different-park-web/
The Washington Post1url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/style/2013/12/06/best-music-of-2013/
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YearAssociationCategoryResult
2013CMA AwardsAlbum of the Year
2014Grammy AwardsBest Country Album
ACM AwardsAlbum of the Year (two nominations: artist and producer)
World Music AwardsWorld's Best Album
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Commercial performance

Same Trailer Different Park debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200 chart, selling 42,000 copies in its first week. It also debuted at number one on the Top Country Albums chart. The week after the album won two awards and was performed at the 2014 Grammy Awards, sales in the United States increased 146 percent. The week of February 6, 2014, the album returned to number one on the US Top Country Albums chart and saw sales increase a further 177 percent. As of July 2015 the album has sold 519,000 copies in the US. On April 4, 2018, the album was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for combined sales and album-equivalent units of over a million units in the United States.

Track listing

All tracks are produced by Luke Laird, Shane McAnally, and Kacey Musgraves. | title1 = Silver Lining | writer1 = | length1 = 3:50 | title2 = My House | writer2 = | length2 = 2:40 | title3 = Merry Go 'Round | writer3 = | length3 = 3:26 | title4 = Dandelion | writer4 = | length4 = 3:02 | title5 = Blowin' Smoke | writer5 = | length5 = 3:08 | title6 = I Miss You | writer6 = | length6 = 3:49 | title7 = Step Off | writer7 = | length7 = 3:02 | title8 = Back on the Map | writer8 = | length8 = 4:06 | title9 = Keep It to Yourself | writer9 = | length9 = 3:16 | title10 = Stupid | writer10 = | length10 = 2:37 | title11 = Follow Your Arrow | writer11 = | length11 = 3:19 | title12 = It Is What It Is | writer12 = | length12 = 3:46 | total_length = 40:01

Personnel

Credits adapted from AllMusic and liner notes.

Musicians

Production and technical

  • Luke Laird – producer
  • Shane McAnally – producer
  • Kacey Musgraves – producer, art direction
  • Charlie Brocco – recording
  • Ryan Gore – additional recording, mixing
  • Leslie Richter – recording assistant
  • Mike Stankiewicz – additional recording assistant
  • Andrew Mendelson – mastering at Georgetown Masters (Nashville, Tennessee)
  • LeAnn "Goddess" Bennett – production coordination
  • Mike "Frog" Griffith – production coordination
  • Ilya Toshinsky – track coordination
  • Kelly Christine Musgraves – art direction, photography
  • Karen Naff – art direction, design, illustrations
  • Steve Richards – illustrations
  • Jason Owen – management

Charts

Weekly charts

::data[format=table] | Chart (2013) | Peak position | Australian Albums (ARIA) | Chart (2019) | Peak position | |---|---|---|---|---| | 77 | | | | | ::

Year-end charts

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Chart (2013)PositionUS Billboard 200US Top Country Albums (Billboard)Chart (2014)PositionUS Billboard 200US Top Country Albums (Billboard)
114
26
85
14
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Certifications

References

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