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alternative country
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Description
Alternative country blends traditional country instrumentation with indie rock sensibilities and often melancholic or introspective lyrics. Emerging in the 1990s as a reaction to mainstream Nashville country, it embraces authenticity and experimental approaches. The genre appeals to listeners seeking country's storytelling roots without commercial polish.
100 chronological releases
| Place | Cover | Date | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 1970 | Michael Nesmith & The First National Band | Loose Salute | |
| 44 | 1990 | Blue Rodeo | Casino | |
| 55 |  |
1991 | Brinsley Schwarz | Surrender To The Rhythm |
| 27 |  |
1995-01-13 | Pavement | Range Life |
| 10 |  |
1996 | Over the Rhine | Good Dog Bad Dog (Virgin Records re-release) |
| 5 | 1996-05-06 | Ween | 12 Golden Country Greats | |
| 3 | 1997 | Over the Rhine | Besides | |
| 36 |  |
1997 | Cast | Kicking Up The Dust |
| 37 | 1997 | Whiskeytown | In Your Wildest Dreams | |
| 13 | 1999-06-15 | Over the Rhine | Amateur Shortwave Radio | |
| 1 |  |
2001-10-20 | Camera Obscura | Biggest Bluest Hi-Fi |
| 9 | 2002 | Caitlin Cary | While You Weren't Looking | |
| 46 | 2002-08-20 | Gordon Gano | Hitting the Ground | |
| 35 | 2003 | Motorpsycho | The Tussler | |
| 2 |  |
2004-03-23 | Iron & Wine | Our Endless Numbered Days |
| 4 | My Girl Friday | American Kids | ||
| 62 |  |
1994 | Jello Biafra and Mojo Nixon | Prairie Home Invasion |
| 18 | 1995 | 16 Horsepower | Sackcloth 'N' Ashes | |
| 19 |  |
1996-07-15 | 16 Horsepower | Sackcloth -N- Ashes |
| 54 | 1997-05-20 | Smog | Red Apple Falls | |
| 80 | 1998-06-30 | Cowboy Junkies | Miles From Our Home | |
| 72 | 1999-03-09 | Wilco | Summerteeth | |
| 93 | 1999-09-07 | Hank Williams III | Risin' Outlaw | |
| 86 |  |
2000-02 | The Handsome Family | In the Air |
| 83 |  |
2000-07-25 | Slobberbone | Everything You Thought Was Right Was Wrong Today |
| 71 |  |
2001-01-30 | Papa M | Papa M Sings |
| 97 | 2001-07-31 | Gillian Welch | Time (The Revelator) | |
| 94 |  |
2002-05-14 | The Get Up Kids | On a Wire |
| 63 |  |
2002-09-24 | Slobberbone | Slippage |
| 50 |  |
2003-08-25 | Fink | Haiku Ambulanz |
| 40 | 2004 | Those Poor Bastards | Country Bullshit | |
| 64 |  |
2004-05-31 | Cowboy Junkies | One Soul Now |
| 8 |  |
2004-06-08 | THE WEIGHT | Ten Mile Grace |
| 61 |  |
2004-08-17 | Little Wings | Magic Wand |
| 60 | 2004-09-07 | Julie Doiron | Goodnight Nobody | |
| 11 |  |
2005 | Fink | Bam Bam Bam |
| 82 |  |
2005-08-24 | Steel Train | Twilight Tales From The Prairies Of The Sun |
| 89 |  |
2005-09 | Strays Don't Sleep | Strays Don't Sleep |
| 42 |  |
2005-10-10 | James William Hindle | Town Feeling |
| 12 |  |
2006 | Loomer | Songs of the Wild West Island |
| 28 | 2006 | Robbie Fulks | Georgia Hard | |
| 39 |  |
2006-01-16 | Graham Lindsey | Hell Under the Skullbones |
| 81 | 2006-03-21 | Cory Branan | 12 Songs | |
| 33 |  |
2006-07 | Helene | Routines |
| 47 | 2006-08-22 | Jason Molina | Let Me Go, Let Me Go, Let Me Go | |
| 43 | 2006-10-10 | Damien Jurado | And Now That I'm In Your Shadow | |
| 30 |  |
2006-10-24 | Norfolk & Western | The Unsung Colony |
| 79 |  |
2007 | Bonnie 'Prince' Billy | I See a Darkness |
| 76 |  |
2007-04-30 | Brand New | Daisy Sessions |
| 77 | My Girl Friday | My Girl Friday - EP | ||
| 15 |  |
2008 | June Madrona | The Winged Life (European edition) |
| 41 |  |
2008 | M. Ward | Transfiguration of Vincent |
| 66 | 2008 | J. Tillman | Cancer And Delirium | |
| 84 | 2008-03-18 | She & Him | Volume One | |
| 96 |  |
2008-09-08 | Calexico | Carried To Dust |
| 69 | 2008-10-21 | Hank Williams III | Damn Right, Rebel Proud | |
| 20 |  |
2008-11-18 | Graham Lindsey | We Are All Alone in This Together |
| 59 | 2009-03-10 | Arbouretum | Song of the Pearl | |
| 88 | 2009-03-24 | The White Buffalo | Hogtied Revisited | |
| 7 | 2009-06-23 | Tall Tall Trees | Tall Tall Trees | |
| 90 | 2009-10-06 | Lucero | 1372 Overton Park | |
| 49 |  |
2010 | Anna Blue | So Alone |
| 91 |  |
2010 | The Civil Wars | Poison & Wine |
| 34 | 2010-02-16 | Matthew Ryan | Dear Lover | |
| 85 | 2010-03-17 | She & Him | Volume Two | |
| 75 |  |
2011 | Richard Buckner | Our Blood |
| 45 | 2011-01-25 | Bob Wayne | Outlaw Carnie | |
| 65 |  |
2011-02-08 | Drew Holcomb & the Neighbors | Chasing Someday |
| 70 |  |
2011-04-16 | Hank Williams III | Damn Right Rebel Proud |
| 26 |  |
2011-09-06 | The Legendary Shack*Shakers | True Blood: Music From The HBO Original Series |
| 58 |  |
2012-01-24 | Madi Diaz | Plastic Moon |
| 68 |  |
2012-04-09 | M. Ward | A Wasteland Companion |
| 32 | 2012-04-18 | Double Take | Hot Problems | |
| 95 | 2013-06-03 | Houndmouth | From the Hills Below the City | |
| 21 |  |
2013-07-09 | Scud Mountain Boys | Do You Love the Sun |
| 98 |  |
2013-08-02 | The Civil Wars | The Civil Wars |
| 48 |  |
2013-08-30 | Neko Case | The Worse Things Get, the Harder I Fight, the Harder I Fight, the More I Love You (Deluxe Edition) |
| 29 |  |
2014 | Amy Stroup | Tunnel |
| 17 |  |
2014-04-21 | Bob Wayne | Back to the Camper |
| 74 | 2014-05-14 | Casualties of Cool | Casualties of Cool | |
| 56 | 2014-10-07 | Those Poor Bastards | Vicious Losers | |
| 92 |  |
2015 | The Slow Show | White Water |
| 23 |  |
2015-04-21 | Pupppy | Shit in the Apple Pie |
| 25 | |
2015-10-05 | 16 Horsepower | Sackcloth N Ashes |
| 22 |  |
2016-02-12 | Pinegrove | Meridian |
| 57 |  |
2016-08-19 | ajj | The Baby Panda |
| 14 |  |
2017 | Capo | Navegantes |
| 100 |  |
2017-03-12 | Faye Webster | Faye Webster |
| 16 |  |
2021 | Garrett T. Capps | I Love San Antone |
| 24 |  |
2021 | The Natvral | Tethers |
| 31 |  |
2021-03-12 | The Underground Youth | The Falling |
| 38 |  |
2021-10-29 | Jackson+Sellers | Breaking Point |
| 67 |  |
2022-02-04 | Marissa Nadler | The Wrath of the Clouds |
| 52 |  |
2022-03-18 | Combat | Text Me When You Get Back |
| 53 |  |
2022-07-29 | Friendship | Love the Stranger |
| 51 |  |
2023-03-24 | Simone Mendes | Mesa Vermelha |
| 73 | Wovenhand | Black Of The Ink | ||
| 78 |  |
Steel Train | Twilight Tales From the Prairies of the Sun | |
| 99 |  |
2022-09-21 | P!nk | Funhouse (Expanded Edition) |
| 87 |  |
2023-01-27 | Elle King | Come Get Your Wife |