Their favorites

1. Sufjan StevensIllinois 100 Slant
2. Miranda LambertCrazy Ex-Girlfriend 100 Slant
3. Miranda LambertRevolution 90 Slant
4. Dierks BentleyUp on the Ridge 90 Slant
5. Scissor SistersNight Work 80 Slant

Artists they keep coming back to

Their scores for each artist, in release order.

• Brad Paisley 4 reviews80Time Well Wasted80Play80American Saturday Nigh…70This Is Country Music
• Willie Nelson 3 reviews80Last of the Breed80Country Music70Heroes
• Miranda Lambert 3 reviews100Crazy Ex-Girlfriend90Revolution70Four the Record
• Sugarland 3 reviews60Enjoy the Ride60Love on the Inside30The Incredible Machine
• Scissor Sisters 2 reviews50Scissor Sisters80Night Work
• LeAnn Rimes 2 reviews70LeAnn Rimes70Lady & Gentlemen

Every review

Album	Outlet	Their score	Breakdown	Published
Scissor SistersScissor Sisters“If there’s one thing Scissor Sisters have never wanted for, it’s a distinct voice.”	Slant	50 2.5/5	76	2012
Joe JonasFastlife“At least Jonas and his team had the smarts to enlist producers who know how to construct solid pop songs.”	Slant via Wikipedia	60 3/5	66	2011
Ryan AdamsAshes & Fire“Ryan Adams goes full-on into sensitive troubadour mode on Ashes & Fire.”	Slant	50 2.5/5	79	2011
LeAnn RimesLeAnn Rimes“Lady & Gentlemen finds the singer taking real risks and making better music than many of her contemporaries.”	Slant	70 3.5/5	74	2011
Natasha BedingfieldStrip Me“It may not be the year’s worst pop album, but Strip Me might just be the most exhausting and heavy-handed.”	Slant via Wikipedia	40 2/5	61	2010
Sheryl Crow100 Miles from Memphis“100 Miles from Memphis' proves that Sheryl Crow may have an affinity for Southern soul, but she doesn’t necessarily have an aptitude for it.”	Slant	50 2.5/5	67	2010
Scissor SistersNight Work“By matching their sound so adriotly to the content of their songs, Scissor Sisters makes Night Work an album of real structural sophistication.”	Slant	80 4/5	65	2010
Cyndi LauperMemphis Blues“Memphis Blues is a disappointment because it doesn’t play to Lauper’s considerable strengths.”	Slant via Wikipedia	40 2/5	45	2010
Kate NashMy Best Friend Is You“Kate Nash’s sophomore effort proves that she’s still the best of the lot when it comes to balancing her pop hooks with a compelling persona.”	Slant	60 3/5	74	2010
Lady ANeed You Now“Someone forgot to tell country trio Lady Antebellum that “sophomore slumps” are now gauche.”	Slant via Wikipedia	40 2/5	63	2010
KeshaAnimal“Just about the only thing Ke$ha makes convincing on Animal is that the current crop of party girls are every bit as soulless as they let on.”	Slant via Wikipedia	30 1.5/5	62	2010
Backstreet BoysThis Is Us“On paper, Backstreet Boys enlisted all of the right people for the third album of their thus-far ineffectual comeback.”	Slant via Wikipedia	30 1.5/5	61	2009
Brad PaisleyAmerican Saturday Night“American Saturday Night stands as perhaps the most consistent set of material Paisley has committed to record.”	Slant	80 4/5	83	2009
Tori AmosAbnormally Attracted to Sin	Slant via Wikipedia	70 3.5/5	68	2009
PJ HarveyA Woman a Man Walked By	Slant via Wikipedia	70 3.5/5	78	2009
Neko CaseMiddle Cyclone“As Neko Case’s brand of macabre, modern American gothic music has become more obtuse and difficult, she’s only seen her popularity expand.”	Slant	80 4/5	81	2009
Cyndi LauperBring Ya to the Brink“Bring Ya to the Brink recaptures Lauper’s artistic relevance and stands as a hipper alternative to Madonna’s Hard Candy.”	Slant via Wikipedia	70 3.5/5	71	2008
Kathleen EdwardsAsking for Flowers“Kathleen Edwards’s pen is at its sharpest on her third album.”	Slant	70 3.5/5	78	2008
The HivesThe Black and White Album“Black and White finds the Hives making their first real effort toward diversifying their sound.”	Slant	70 3.5/5	74	2007
Carrie UnderwoodCarnival Ride“Carnival Ride simply doesn’t offer anything for the unconverted in terms of Underwood’s growth either as a vocalist or as an artist.”	Slant via Wikipedia	40 2/5	70	2007
Jimmy Eat WorldChase This Light	Slant via Wikipedia	70 3.5/5	68	2007
John MayerContinuum“Continuum just doesn’t convince as a heady, soulful rock album or as Mayer’s creative quantum leap forward.”	Slant	50 2.5/5	67	2006
The ChicksTaking the Long Way“Martyr complexes rarely make for real art.”	Slant via Wikipedia	10 0.5/5	71	2006
Nelly FurtadoLoose“Nelly Furtado’s style-hopping nature makes her a never less-than-interesting artist.”	Slant	70 3.5/5	74	2006
Kris KristoffersonThis Old Road“Kristofferson’s comeback album takes its cue from the stripped-down aesthetic that’s served so many veteran artists”	Slant	70 3.5/5	66	2006
Sufjan StevensIllinois“The album is pop-art of the highest caliber, cementing Stevens as one of the most vital voices in music today.”	Slant	100 5/5	89	2005
ColdplayX&Y“X&Y promises to make it even easier to resent Coldplay’s success.”	Slant	60 3/5	74	2005
Jonas BrothersA Little Bit Longer“A Little Bit Longer is hard to envision as an album that will allow the Jonas Brothers to transcend their place in this teen-pop cycle.”	Slant via Wikipedia	50 2.5/5	61
Little Big TownA Place to Land“The album suggests that Little Big Town is perhaps the only currently popular band in mainstream country worth following.”	Slant via Wikipedia	70 3.5/5	80
Tori AmosAmerican Doll Posse	Slant via Wikipedia	70 3.5/5	79
Toby KeithAmerican Ride	Slant via Wikipedia	60 3/5	70
John MayerBattle Studies	Slant via Wikipedia	30 1.5/5	61
Toby KeithClancy’s Tavern“Clancy’s Tavern is a fairly rote reiteration of the same album that Toby Keith has been re-recording once a year since 2005.”	Slant via Wikipedia	50 2.5/5	70
Willie NelsonCountry Music“That Nelson is in especially fine vocal form only heightens the impression that the album was recorded decades ago.”	Slant via Wikipedia	80 4/5	78
Miranda LambertCrazy Ex-Girlfriend	Slant via Wikipedia	100 5/5	87
Hank Williams IIIDamn Right, Rebel Proud“It reaffirms that it’s far more than just his name that makes Williams one of the genre’s most vital artists.”	Slant via Wikipedia	80 4/5	74
Keith UrbanDefying Gravity	Slant via Wikipedia	50 2.5/5	65
Jessica SimpsonDo You Know“That Simpson is audibly at least a quarter-pitch sharp on at least half of the album makes a good case for the use of Autotune.”	Slant via Wikipedia	30 1.5/5	55
SugarlandEnjoy the Ride“The punchiness of the album’s sound should allow it to continue Sugarland’s commercial hot streak.”	Slant via Wikipedia	60 3/5	71
Josh TurnerEverything Is Fine“The album places Turner in the company of mainstream country acts like Brad Paisley, LeAnn Rimes, and Dierks Bentley”	Slant via Wikipedia	60 3/5	76
Dierks BentleyFeel That Fire“Having good taste in collaborators and influences doesn’t make up for how often Bentley repeats himself.”	Slant via Wikipedia	40 2/5	58
Faith HillFireflies“Fireflies is less an “album” than a goddamn dissertation on everything rotten at the core of mainstream country music.”	Slant via Wikipedia	0 0/5	54
Miranda LambertFour the Record	Slant via Wikipedia	70 3.5/5	77
Keith UrbanGet Closer	Slant via Wikipedia	70 3.5/5	74
Alan JacksonGood Time	Slant via Wikipedia	50 2.5/5	70
Vince GillGuitar Slinger“Guitar Slinger makes up for its lack of focus with some truly inspired songwriting and performances.”	Slant via Wikipedia	70 3.5/5	73
Emmylou HarrisHard Bargain	Slant via Wikipedia	70 3.5/5	70
Alanis MorissetteHavoc and Bright Lights“Morissette’s trademark songwriting idiosyncrasies are very deliberately scaled back on Havoc and Bright Lights.”	Slant via Wikipedia	50 2.5/5	50
Josh TurnerHaywire“Josh Turner has struggled to this point in his career to find material that is equally as distinctive.”	Slant via Wikipedia	60 3/5	65
Pistol AnniesHell on Heels“Whereas many side projects ultimately amount to little more than artistically inert, self-indulgent one-offs, Miranda Lambert’s Pistol Annies is true to her reputation of defying expectations.”	Slant via Wikipedia	80 4/5	87
George StraitHere for a Good Time“Here for a Good Time is both a good time and a new peak for Strait.”	Slant via Wikipedia	70 3.5/5	72
Willie NelsonHeroes	Slant via Wikipedia	70 3.5/5	65
LeAnn RimesLady & Gentlemen“Lady & Gentlemen finds the singer taking real risks and making better music than many of her contemporaries.”	Slant via Wikipedia	70 3.5/5	75
Willie NelsonLast of the Breed	Slant via Wikipedia	80 4/5	71
Darius RuckerLearn to Live“Darius Rucker’s Learn to Live makes a concerted effort to sound like a modern country album.”	Slant via Wikipedia	60 3/5	63
Ashley MonroeLike a Rose“Monroe knows that there’s a story behind every scar, and Like a Rose proves her to be a skilled, versatile storyteller.”	Slant via Wikipedia	80 4/5	85
Jamey JohnsonLiving for a Song: A Tribute to Hank Cochran“Living for a Song allows Johnson to challenge himself artistically even as he pays tribute to a dear friend.”	Slant via Wikipedia	80 4/5	84
EaglesLong Road Out of Eden	Slant via Wikipedia	40 2/5	57
SugarlandLove on the Inside	Slant via Wikipedia	60 3/5	79
Kenny ChesneyLucky Old Sun“Albums about breakups don’t have to be downers.”	Slant via Wikipedia	20 1/5	54
PlaceboMeds	Slant via Wikipedia	60 3/5	62
Blink-182Neighborhoods	Slant via Wikipedia	50 2.5/5	68
Lady AOwn the Night	Slant via Wikipedia	30 1.5/5	56
JewelPerfectly Clear	Slant via Wikipedia	70 3.5/5	66
Brad PaisleyPlay	Slant via Wikipedia	80 4/5	72
Carrie UnderwoodPlay On	Slant via Wikipedia	50 2.5/5	51
Blake SheltonRed River Blue“Red River Blue proves that Blake Shelton is a capable singer who chooses to sing some lackluster songs.”	Slant via Wikipedia	50 2.5/5	62
Miranda LambertRevolution	Slant via Wikipedia	90 4.5/5	83
Martina McBrideShine“The restraint that McBride shows in both her vocal performances and her song selection are a refreshing change of pace.”	Slant via Wikipedia	50 2.5/5	65
Ashton ShepherdSounds So Good“Sounds So Good is an unapologetically country country album.”	Slant via Wikipedia	70 3.5/5	79
Taylor SwiftSpeak Now (Taylor’s Version)	Slant via Wikipedia	80 4/5	77
The WreckersStand Still, Look Pretty“The album is as “country” as Bon Jovi’s “Who Says You Can’t Go Home” or anything SheDaisy have ever released.”	Slant via Wikipedia	40 2/5	69
Kelly ClarksonStronger	Slant via Wikipedia	70 3.5/5	63
JewelSweet and Wild	Slant via Wikipedia	40 2/5	67
various artistsThe Hunger Games: Songs from District 12 and Beyond	Slant via Wikipedia	80 4/5	76
SugarlandThe Incredible Machine“The Incredible Machine stands to be a transitional album for Sugarland.”	Slant via Wikipedia	30 1.5/5	49
Brad PaisleyThis Is Country Music“This Is Country Music plays out as a survey course, both in form and content.”	Slant via Wikipedia	70 3.5/5	77
Brad PaisleyTime Well Wasted“Time Well Wasted at least has the decency to provide an excess of material, both for better and for worse.”	Slant via Wikipedia	80 4/5	79
Adam LambertTrespassing	Slant via Wikipedia	70 3.5/5	70
George StraitTwang	Slant via Wikipedia	60 3/5	74
Dierks BentleyUp on the Ridge“Up on the Ridge is an example of what modern country music ought to sound like.”	Slant via Wikipedia	90 4.5/5	78
SiaWe Are Born	Slant via Wikipedia	80 4/5	77
Zac Brown BandYou Get What You Give	Slant via Wikipedia	80 4/5	82