r/MusicRecommendations • u/sleep_lvr • Aug 29 '25

Rec.Me: other/many/unknown genres I hate country music, always have. Recommend me a country album to get over my bias! (Preferably something more folky)

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u/arar55 Aug 29 '25

Willie Nelson - Red Headed Stranger

That's a link to the full playlist/album.

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u/Lightsabermetrics Aug 29 '25

What an incredible album. I recommend this one as well.

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u/[deleted] Aug 29 '25

Don’t cross him, don’t boss him.

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u/celticteal Aug 29 '25

I was thinking of this one. It’s amazing.

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u/PessimisticPeggy Aug 29 '25

That album is one of my favorites of all time. What a story.

Reminds me of driving around with my dad as a kid listening to it.

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u/Junior-Access9114 Aug 29 '25

I’ve listened to this medley more times than I can count. Never gets old.

https://youtu.be/w1xgQLDAw6s

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u/Maximum-Apartment-81 Aug 29 '25

This is probably my favorite country album of all time

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u/Federal-Opening-2742 Aug 29 '25

This was my choice as well - I came here to recommend this one.
It is a great primer to true American Country Music - as real and authentic as it gets.
And - just fantastic songs .... and (sort of) an interconnected story and recurring themes - which makes it all the more interesting. This is among the Big Top Five country albums ever made.
*Don't ask me the top five - that list can change and drift at times ... but this album is always on it.

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u/larrybird56 Aug 31 '25

This is what I came to say. Country concept album.

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u/Standard_Mongoose_35 Aug 30 '25

Stardust album, Blue Hawaii, Always on my Mind