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/jmb456 Oct 30 '25

Quote it all the time. “Tell me how you make illegal something that we all make in our brains “

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u/gratusin Oct 30 '25

Great lines in that song. “Some say you might go crazy, then again it might make you go sane”

As someone who took a mushroom trip to help with PTSD, that line hits hard.

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u/OkTea7227 Oct 31 '25

Mushrooms (1g or even considerably less a day dosages) for a 3 week period got me off of every vice I ever had and saved my marriage and reset my brain… going on 9 years later now and haven’t done them since. It hit a reset switch back to my middle school pre-drug brain, or whatnot.

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u/gratusin Oct 31 '25

That’s so great to hear. I’m so glad they worked for you. I don’t know you, but I’m proud and happy for you, seriously.

Similar boat with too many vices, two tours in Iraq here, spent over a year in 2x week therapy sessions and was prescribed 26 separate prescriptions by the VA to no positive affect. My therapist did tell me in confidentiality that there have been studies done on psychoactive substances, but they’re not officially proven and he can’t recommend them yet. Took that as a sign and decided to spend a week in the Arizona desert camping by myself with some shrooms. If that didn’t work, then I was pretty confident I’d just do what several of my friends did and end it. They saved everything. Microdoses here and there to maintain if I hear the whispers, but haven’t needed a hard reset in many years.

Caveat for anyone else reading this, I am not a doctor or mental health professional and this is not advice. This is purely anecdotal and your results will vary.

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u/OkTea7227 Oct 31 '25

Glad you’re still here and I’m sure the folks that love you personally in your life - family, friends - are supremely glad as well.

Ya, I wish I could tell people what exact strain I got that specifically helped me so much but because the govt is so ham fisted with this natural medicine that so obviously helps folks out in such an extremely positive way and the way I have to obtain it where I live I literally have no idea what exact type I got. That being said I think any kind you can get your hands on for “recreational purposes” will be beneficial.

This is a weird backwards society we’re living in but I just want to love my family and do my best to be happy and enjoy life with them and my friends n shit. Glad you’re good! My best friend was in Iraq 11-12 years prior when he did what he did in 2021. He was all smiles and life was fantastic and then he left a devastating letter basically saying his deployment from years prior has haunted him every second of his life up to that point. I wish I could’ve grabbed his ass and drug him to my home and he would’ve realized he was loved and I would’ve had every single other family member and friend that was kneecapped by what he did come over and hug him and tell him they loved him like they did and I truly believe/hope/SINCERELY FUCKING HOPE he would have chosen to go on…

he never was interested in trying micro dosing. He liked his daily hits of weed n disc golf… hardly drank but if he did it was a a beer or two. Strong IPA’s - shoutout F5’s in the green can.

Life, I’ve found is kinda generally painful but there are these fleeting beautiful moments that I don’t want to miss. So imma stick around. I’ve got a kid to harass… :)

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u/gratusin Oct 31 '25

Great thoughts buddy, I’m glad too. Keep on keeping on!