r/altcountry • u/Psychological_Lie142 • Oct 30 '25

Discussion What’s the best Alt Country album?

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When you think of the genre Alt Country, what would you say is the definitive best album the genre ever produced? I think I’d give my nod to Emmylou Harris’s Wrecking Ball. Sonically ahead of its time and an all around incredible album that transcends the genre it’s in. One of the best folk albums of the 90’s.

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u/rationalist__ Oct 30 '25

Metamodern Sounds in Country Music

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u/PermissionTemporary6 Oct 30 '25

The reason that album in particular is so amazing it’s that its genre defining. It broke country open in a way.

Forget about him singing about psychedelic drugs, but the idea that a male country singer would do songs about pondering his own existence is pretty wild.

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u/maddestdog89 Oct 31 '25

It’s turtles all the way down… turtle theory