Agnostic Hymns and Stoner Fables is the eleventh studio album by American singer-songwriter Todd Snider, released on March 6, 2012 by Aimless Records.
Critical reception
Agnostic Hymns and Stoner Fables received mostly favorable reviews from critics, its themes of economic inequality resonating with critics.[1] Daryl Sanders described the record in The East Nashvillian as a “one-man Occupy Wall Street movement.”[2] In his review for Rolling Stone, Jody Rosen called it “Occupy Nashville.”[3] Writing in Relix, Jewly Hight said Snider “plays the part of a winking, pot-stirring anarchist” on the album.[4] In a piece for NPR, Ken Tucker said, “If one line could sum up the album, it's ‘It ain't the despair that gets you / It's the hope.’"[5] Both Rolling Stone[6] and Paste[7] named it one of the fifty best albums of 2012.
Track listing
Personnel
Musicians
- Todd Snider – lead vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, harmonica
- Paul Griffith – drums and percussion
- Eric McConnell – bass guitar
- Amanda Shires – violin and background vocals
- Chad Staehly - B3 organ
- Mick Utley – background vocals on “Too Soon To Tell”
- Jason Isbell – background vocals and slide guitar on “Digger Dave’s Crazy Woman Blues”
Production
- Todd Snider, Eric McConnell – producers
- Eric McConnell - engineer
- Brandon Henegar - mixing engineer
- Alex McCullough - mastering engineer[16]
References
- ^ a b Agnostic Hymns & Stoner Fables
- ^ Sanders, Daryl (March–April, 2012). ”Watch Out Wall Street”. The East Nashvillian.
- ^ Rosen, Jody (March 6, 2012). "Agnostic Hymns and Stoner Fables". Rolling Stone. Retrieved February 6, 2020.
- ^ Hight, Jewly (March 22, 2012). "Agnostic Hymns and Stoner Fables". Relix. Retrieved February 6, 2020.
- ^ Tucker, Ken (April 23, 2012). "Todd Snider: 'Stoner Fables' With A Layered Worldview". NPR. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
- ^ "50 Best Albums of 2012". Rolling Stone. December 5, 2012. Retrieved February 6, 2020.
- ^ Jackson, Josh (November 26, 2012). "The 50 Best Albums of 2012". Paste. Archived from the original on December 6, 2012. Retrieved February 6, 2020.
- ^ Allmusic Review
- ^ CG: Todd Snider
- ^ American Songwriter Review
- ^ AV Club Review
- ^ Slant Review
- ^ PopMatters Review
- ^ Rolling Stone Review
- ^ Spin Review
- ^ Todd Snider, Agnostic Hymns & Stoner Fables, liner notes, 2012.
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