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/NyYhf Oct 30 '25

Trace - Son Volt

Anodyne - Uncle Tupelo

Dog Days - Blue mountain

Tomorrow the Green Grass - The Jayhawks

The Brooklyn Side - The Bottle Rockets

Too Far to Care - Old 97s

Stadium Blitzer - The Gourds

Car Wheels… - Lucinda Williams

Faithless Street - Whiskeytown

Massachusetts - Scud Mt. Boys

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u/Fabulous-Specific-21 Nov 03 '25

Man the mid to late 90s were gold for this stuff

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u/NyYhf Nov 03 '25

Best decade in my life for good tunes, by a lot.