Pageant Material

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Pageant Material
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Pageant Material digital artwork
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 23, 2015 (2015-06-23)
Recorded2014–2015
Studio RCA Studio A, Nashville
Genre Neotraditional country
Length46:23
Label Mercury Nashville
Producer
Kacey Musgraves chronology
Same Trailer Different Park
(2013)
Pageant Material
(2015)
A Very Kacey Christmas
(2016)
Singles from Pageant Material
  1. "Biscuits"
    Released: March 16, 2015
  2. "Dime Store Cowgirl"
    Released: August 3, 2015

Pageant Material is the second studio album by American country music artist Kacey Musgraves, released June 23, 2015, through Mercury Nashville. [1] [2] Musgraves co-wrote all 13 tracks and co-produced the album with Luke Laird and Shane McAnally. [3] [4] The album made numerous "Best Albums of 2015" lists and was nominated for Best Country Album at the 58th Grammy Awards. [5] [6]

Contents

Recording

Most of Pageant Material was recorded live in Nashville's historic RCA Studio A. In an interview with The Boot published May 21, 2015, Musgraves describes the recording process: "We recorded most everything in a big circle in one of my favorite old studios on the planet – historic RCA Studio A in Nashville. That lent itself to the record having that concise feel that we wanted. Then we added a 10-piece string section later." [7]

Promotion and packaging

Promotional appearances in the media to support the album included performances on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (June 9, 2015), Late Night with Seth Meyers (June 10, 2015), Good Morning America (June 23, 2015), The View (June 24, 2015), Jimmy Kimmel Live! (September 14, 2015), The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (January 8, 2016) and The Late Late Show with James Corden (April 6, 2016). [8] [9] [10] [11] On June 26, 2015, Musgraves performed "Follow Your Arrow" for National Public Radio's Tiny Desk Concerts in support of the legalization of same-sex marriage in the United States, which took place on the same day. [12]

To further support the album, Musgraves embarked on the Kacey Musgraves Country & Western Rhinestone Revue concert tour. Described as a "throwback country" tour, dates on the first leg included locations across the United States and Europe. The first leg of the tour began on August 27, 2015, in Atlanta, Georgia, and concluded on November 22, 2015, in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The second leg of the tour, which spanned portions of the US, UK and Ireland began in Dallas, TX on January 21, 2016, and concluded in Columbia, MO, on April 30, 2016.

Musgraves' younger sister, Kelly Christine Sutton, is credited with the album cover's photograph and design. [13]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic? 7.3/10 [14]
Metacritic 78/100 [15]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [16]
The A.V. Club B+ [17]
Billboard Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [18]
The Daily Telegraph Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [19]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [20]
The Irish Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [21]
Nash Country Weekly A [22]
Pitchfork 8.0/10 [23]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [24]
Spin 9/10 [25]

Pageant Material received positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has an average score of 78 out of 100, which indicates "generally favorable reviews" based on 25 reviews. [15]

Writing for Hits Daily Double , Lenny Beer and Simon Glickman called Pageant Material an "album for the ages," comparing its greatness to Adele's 21 , and added, "it's a nearly perfect set." [26] Glamour's Alexandra Schwartz called the album "nearly flawless" and listed it among the best albums of 2015. [27] Paul Grein of HITS Daily Double predicted the album would be in contention for Album of the Year at the 58th Annual Grammy Awards. [28] Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic rated the album four out of five stars and states: "Pageant Material favors softness, sometimes nearly swooning in its slowness, especially on the gorgeous keynote "High Time" and the closer "Fine," both so deliberate and hazy they evoke memories of lazy high-school dances." [16] Billboard 's Rob Tannenbaum's four and a half stars out of five review claimed it is "an even better album than her last, with more consistency and variety." [18] Glenn Gamboa of Newsday rated the album an "A", calling it "great stories told extraordinarily well," and "nothing short of a musical miracle" in today's country music climate. [29] Additionally, it was the Spin "album of the week" and called a "sophomore masterpiece" by reviewer Brennan Carley. [25]

Accolades

YearAssociationCategoryResult
2015 CMA Awards [30] Album of the YearNominated
2016 Grammy Awards [6] Best Country Album Nominated
UK Americana Awards [31] International Album of the Year
PublicationRankList
AllMusic N/ABest Country Albums of 2015 [32]
American Songwriter 16Top 50 Albums of 2015 [33]
Americana Music Association 7Top 100 Albums of 2015 [34]
Cosmopolitan 11The 15 Best Albums of 2015 [35]
Glamour N/AThe Best Albums of 2015 [27]
The Guardian 1The 10 Best Country Albums of 2015 [36]
Nashville Scene 4Best Country Albums of 2015 [37]
Noisey 50The 50 Best Albums of 2015 [38]
NPR N/A50 Favorite Albums of 2015 [39]
Paste 27The 50 Best Albums of 2015 [40]
PopMatters 12The 80 Best Albums of 2015 [41]
3The Best Country Music of 2015 [42]
Pretty Much Amazing46Best 50 Albums of 2015 [43]
Rolling Stone 1440 Best Country Albums of 2015 [44]
Spin 8The 50 Best Albums of 2015 [45]
Sputnikmusic45Top 50 Albums of 2015 [46]
Time 6Top 10 Best Albums of 2015 [47]
Time Out New York 15The 25 Best Albums of 2015 [48]
Variance18The 50 Best Albums of 2015 [49]

Commercial performance

Pageant Material debuted at number three on the US Billboard 200 chart with 60,000 equivalent album units; it sold 55,000 copies in its first week, with the remainder of its unit total reflecting the album's streaming activity and track sales. It marked Musgraves' best week of album sales to date. [50] As of September 2016, the album has sold 179,400 copies in the US. [51]

Track listing

All tracks are produced by Luke Laird, Shane McAnally, and Kacey Musgraves.

Pageant Material track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."High Time"
  • Musgraves
  • Laird
  • McAnally
2:57
2."Dime Store Cowgirl"
  • Musgraves
  • Laird
  • McAnally
3:35
3."Late to the Party"3:38
4."Pageant Material"
  • Musgraves
  • Laird
  • McAnally
3:56
5."This Town"
  • Musgraves
  • Laird
  • Clark
2:57
6."Biscuits"
  • Musgraves
  • McAnally
  • Clark
3:18
7."Somebody to Love"
  • Musgraves
  • McAnally
  • Osborne
3:15
8."Miserable"
  • Musgraves
  • Osborne
  • Clark
3:00
9."Die Fun"
  • Musgraves
  • Laird
  • McAnally
3:29
10."Family Is Family"
  • Musgraves
  • McAnally
  • Osborne
2:34
11."Good Ol' Boys Club"
3:18
12."Cup of Tea"
  • Musgraves
  • McAnally
  • Osborne
2:42
13."Fine"
3:55
14."Are You Sure" (featuring Willie Nelson) (hidden track)
3:56
Total length:46:23

Notes

Personnel

Credits adapted from AllMusic [52] and liner notes. [53]

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [65] Silver60,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)LabelRef.
United StatesJune 23, 2015
  • CD
  • digital download
  • vinyl
Mercury Nashville [66]

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