Golden hour

chronology
Golden hour
Studio album by Kacey Musgraves
Publication ; (s)	March 30, 2018
admission	2017
Label (s)	MCA Nashville
Format (s)	CD, download, vinyl
Genre (s)	Alternative country , country pop , pop
Title (number)	13
running time	45:44 min.
production	Daniel Tashian; Ian Fitchuk; Kacey Musgraves;
February 23, 2018	Butterflies
February 23, 2018	Space cowboy
June 25, 2018	High horse
October 16, 2018	Slow burn
February 10, 2019	Rainbow
May 9, 2019	Oh, what a world

Golden Hour ( English "golden hour") is the fourth studio album by the American country singer and songwriter Kacey Musgraves . It was released on March 30, 2018 under the label MCA Nashville. Musgraves co-wrote and produced all of the songs with Daniel Tashian and Ian Fitchuk. The album debuted at number four on the album charts in the United States .

Golden Hour received very positive reviews from music critics and won a Grammy for Album of the Year in 2019 , as well as for Best Country Album. The first two singles Butterflies and Space Cowboy were also awarded a Grammy in the categories of Best Country Solo Performance and Best Country Song. The album was also named Best Album at the 52nd Annual Country Music Association Awards.

Emergence

Musgraves wrote and recorded most of the songs from the album in 2017. Part of the album was recorded in a horse stable studio owned by musician Sheryl Crow . About the writing process, she said that she wrote a lot more love songs this time than for the previous albums.

The album cover was created around Golden, Texas , the hometown of Musgraves

Musgrave's sister Kelly Christine Sutton recorded the cover for Golden Hour in a photo shoot that lasted two days and took place around her hometown of Golden, Texas . Sutton worked together on all of the covers of their previous three albums. On the cover, Sutton said that Musgraves really wanted to use the paper fan, but Sutton couldn't imagine what it would end up with. The picture was taken in a large field without trees with the sky in the background. Sutton said that shortly after the recording, the two knew this was going to be the cover.

Singles

On February 23, 2018, Butterflies and Space Cowboy were released as the first release from the album, a double single. This was sold to fans in a limited edition in the form of a vinyl. The third single was the song High Horse released on June 25, 2018 . The fourth single was the song Slow Burn on October 16, 2018 . A music video was shot for each of the first three singles and published on Youtube . A video was also released for the fifth single Rainbow , which was released on February 10, 2019. The song Oh, What a World was released on May 9, 2019 as the sixth and final single .

trip

On March 10, 2018, Musgraves announced the Oh, What a World Tour during a performance at the Country to Country Music Festival in London . The first twelve tour dates were announced on March 12th. Musgraves added on social media that there may be more tour dates in other countries. The tour began on October 13, 2018 with a concert in Norway's capital, Oslo .

Track list

Golden hour
No.	title	Songwriter	length
1.	Slow burn	Kacey Musgraves , Ian Fitchuk, Daniel Tashian	4:06
2.	Lonely Weekend	Musgraves, Fitchuk, Tashian	3:46
3.	Butterflies	Musgraves, Natalie Hemby, Luke Laird	3:39
4th	Oh, what a world	Musgraves, Fitchuk, Tashian	4:01
5.	Mother	Musgraves, Fitchuk, Tashian	1:18
6th	Love is a wild thing	Musgraves, Fitchuk, Tashian	4:16
7th	Space cowboy	Musgraves, Laird, Shane McAnally	3:36
8th.	Happy & Sad	Musgraves, Fitchuk, Tashian	4:03
9.	Velvet Elvis	Musgraves, Hemby, Luke Dick	2:34
10.	Wonder Woman	Musgraves, Jesse Frasure, Hillary Lindsey , Amy Wadge	4:00
11.	High horse	Musgraves, Trent Dabbs, Tommy English	3:33
12.	Golden hour	Musgraves, Fitchuk, Tashian	3:18
13.	Rainbow	Musgraves, Hemby, McAnally	3:34
Overall length:			48:39

Contributors

Musician

David Davidson - violin (songs: 1, 8, 11) , viola (songs: 1, 8, 11)
Dan Dugmore - pedal steel guitar (songs: 6-7)
Shawn Everett - "Dolphin Magic" (Song 8)
Ian Fitchuk - drums (songs: 1–4, 6–12) , keyboard (songs: 1–2, 4, 6–8, 10–11) , bass guitar (songs: 2, 4, 6, 8–9, 11 ) , Percussion (songs: 2, 4, 6–11) , piano (songs: 3, 5, 7–8, 10–13) , Roland Juno-60 (songs: 3, 12) , vocoder (song 4) , Banjo (song 4) , Wurlitzer electric piano (song 8) , music programming (song 8) , electric guitar (songs: 9, 11) , bass synthesizer (songs: 10–11)
Todd Lombardo - acoustic guitar (songs: 1–4, 6–12) , electric guitar (songs: 1, 3, 6, 8, 11–12) , banjo (songs: 1, 3, 11) , Nashville Tuning (High Strung) acoustic guitar (song 2) , baritone guitar (songs: 8, 12) , slide guitar (song 8) , classical guitar (songs: 9, 11)
Kacey Musgraves - vocals , acoustic guitar (songs: 3, 9, 12)
Russ Pahl - pedal steel guitar (songs: 3, 8, 12)
Carole Rabinowitz - Cello (songs: 1, 8, 11)
Kyle Ryan - Electric Guitar (Song 9)
Justin Schipper - Pedal Steel Guitar (Song 4)
Daniel Tashian - keyboard (songs: 1–2, 4, 7–8, 11) , bass guitar (songs: 1, 3, 7, 10, 12) , background vocals (songs: 1–2, 4, 6–9, 12 ) , Fender Stratocaster (songs: 2, 8–9) , baritone guitar (songs: 3, 12) , acoustic guitar (songs: 4, 6–7, 11) , electric guitar (songs: 4, 6, 10–11) , Banjo (song 6) , celesta (song 6) , e-mandolin (song 8) , music programming (song 8) , vibraphone (song 9) , MIDI strings (song 9) , classical guitar (song 9) , electron octatrack (Song 10) , Fender Rhodes (Song 10)