The 10 Best Country Albums of 2019

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Today, we're looking at the BEST albums that country music gave us in 2019! I was gonna do a Top 10, and then it somehow became a Top 20...
#20-#11 can be seen from 1:54-3:54.
Cody Jinks - The Wanting
• Cody Jinks | "Which On...
Reba McEntire - Stronger Than the Truth
• Reba McEntire - Strong...
Luke Combs - What You See Is What You Get
• Luke Combs, Brooks & D...
George Strait - Honky Tonk Time Machine
• George Strait - Some N...
Randy Houser - Magnolia
• Randy Houser - No Ston...
Mike and the Moonpies - Cheap Silver & Solid Country Gold
• Mike and the Moonpies ...
Flatland Cavalry - Homeland Insecurity
• Flatland Cavalry "Come...
HONOROABLE MENTIONS (13:41-15:21)
Emily Scott Robinson - Traveling Mercies
• Emily Scott Robinson -...
Charles Wesley Godwin - Seneca
• Charles Wesley Godwin ...
Jon Pardi - Heartache Medication
• Jon Pardi - Heartache ...
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@GradySmith 4 года назад

Merry Christmas folks! Here are my top albums in a great year for country music.

@incufish23 4 года назад

Merry Christmas Grady! Discovered your channel this year and your love of great music and intelligence has really increased my appreciation of country music. Looking forward to a great new decade ahead.

@brianmenard7565 4 года назад

If country is in a good spot right now, you may have influenced it more than you think.

@Mstl1099 4 года назад

Good stuff happy new year. Damn this is going to hit my bank account...so many more albums I now gotta buy

@aspennvv548 4 года назад

Merry Christmas Grady!

@josephwalters6430 4 года назад

you should listen to Jamestown Ferry by Charley Crockett and his I saw the light cover is very good as well

@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache 4 года назад

Merry Christmas to everyone in this comments section.

@duckhodges2465 4 года назад

My top 5 would probably be 1. Heartache Medication 2. Let it Roll 3. Cheap Silver and Solid Country Gold 4. Magnolia 5. Greetings from Jake (guilty pleasure lol) Merry Christmas everyone 🎸🎄

@sonetyp7916 4 года назад

Let's just post our Top 5s under that comment, OK? My Top 5: 1. Jon Pardi Heartache Medication 2. Justin Moore Late Nights and Longnecks 3. Luke Combs What you see is what you get 4. Buddy Brown Deep South 5. Jason Aldean 9

@Noah1997callahan 4 года назад

No what you see is what you get? L

@dianaraabarca5576 4 года назад

Good list

@ashlzne4500 4 года назад

@@sonetyp7916 what you see is what you get tops all.

@blaineangleberger6493 4 года назад

I love John pardi and midland

@Michelle-ij4yv 4 года назад

Randy houser’s magnolia was the best album I’ve heard this year. I was never a Randy Houser fan, but I am now

@kevinbuback 4 года назад

Cody Johnson’s Album is called Ain’t Nothing to it

@evanwarren4083 4 года назад

Cody and Tyler should have been top 10

@unodosntres 4 года назад

Evan Warren which Cody lol

@kellroseseicke1242 4 года назад

Well- deserved for Jon Pardi's album to be #1 on your list. I haven't stopped listening to it since it came out. Tequila little time makes me smile every time I hear it. The fiddle playing throughout the album is very refreshing to hear and just beautiful. Ain't Always the Cowboy got some top notch fiddle playing 😊 The entire album is refreshing, and Not a skippable track on it. 💙😍

@miascott 4 года назад

Jon Pardi is everything!! 😍

@erinthomas3707 4 года назад

Cheap Silver and Solid Country Gold and Homeland Insecurity are probably two of my absolute favorites. In general, I think there were too many good albums to count this year. There was definitely a change of tides in country music this year.

@kittykittyrawr11 4 года назад

Good video Grady, but you did Childers dirty by putting him at 11

@cactipickles 4 года назад

So proud of you, Grady. Your videos show how much work and how much of yourself you put into what you do. You are such an eloquent speaker who definitely does his homework. Keep up the fantastic work!

@JoePokorny 4 года назад

Fantastic list. I love coming to Grady’s channel to learn about new artists I may have missed on The Highway. Looking forward to 2020 in country music.

@cameronmcmillan1427 4 года назад

I watched this whole video hoping you'd put Jon Pardi at #1... And I wasn't disappointed

@beardoggin8963 4 года назад

2019 was the year I found your channel and 2019 was the year you introduced me to such great music. Thanks for all you do for Country Music and I looked forward to what 2020 holds for you and music in general!

@davehilton1613 4 года назад

Glad you were able to move past Jon's 'Up All Night'! The sound and feel behind Heartache Medication was what originally got me back into country. Jenee Fleenor is brilliant on this album, and really deserved her CMA award. Love from Australia

@TheStevenstatzer 4 года назад

I am actually great full for Up All Night. That song introduced me to Jon Pardi, who led me down the path of 90’s country exceptionalism.

@JakePridgeon 4 года назад

Up all night wasn't a bad song in my opinion. Just kinda broish

@thetowerfantasymusic 4 года назад

Colter Wall is the epitome of Country, a working cowboy who sings from experience. Great lyricism and storytelling from the 'plain the see plainsman'

@PGTRegard 4 года назад

He is? I love his music but I'm pretty sure he went to university and his dad is a politician. Also he didn't have an album in 2019.

@zigzags3320 4 года назад

I wish Country Squire was higher!! It is what it is though, I love your videos. They got me more into country and got me to really start delving into it!

@AleksandarIvanov69 4 года назад

New Randy Houser fan here and all because of Grady! Same thing happened earlier this year with Dierks Bentley and Emily Scott Robinson! I love this channel :) Thank you Grady, Merry Christmas yall!

@alexskowronski8497 4 года назад

I must say, I saw Randy Houser in person this March and he was incredible to watch in real life. He has definitely made a huge jump backwards, to the roots of country music that I truly enjoy!

@pamelaparker7032 4 года назад

Saw him at a private event last year. Loved it.

@stenzlergreen9507 4 года назад

Watching this made me realize just how many GREAT albums this year

@sarafield6697 4 года назад

As an Australian who loves country music, i can’t thank you enough for introducing me to so much new music that just doesn’t make its way here!

@zachcarson6377 4 года назад

When Jon Pardi dropped "Heartache Medicaiton," I think I listened to it for like 2 weeks straight before finally thinking about any other albums. An absolute gem. If you have ever had a chance to see him live, he is just as fun on stage as he is in his songs.

@aef6259 4 года назад

I've been away from Country music since the early 2000s. I recently discovered your channel. This will help me get back into it. Thanks!

@cavana.341 4 года назад

Thank you so much for including king George! I know you didn't listen to him much growing up, but thank you for tipping your hat to him!

@AgustusM 4 года назад

I missed the Reba album and thanks to this I found it and loved it. Thanks Grady!

@LukeMtech55 4 года назад

I love Emily Scott Robinson, her album definitely deserves to be in the top 5. Great list, Grady. Merry Christmas my friend.

@BeckyLStoutWriter 3 года назад

I only recently found your channel and I've been going through your videos. I'm very glad I watched this one because of the shout out for Charles Wesley Godwin. And I'm not just saying that because Seneca was recorded very close to where I live in a studio that I'll be working in myself soon. It is, indeed, one of the best albums I've heard in years. 👍

@SuperLovebug8 4 года назад

thank you for mentioning Runaway june, they are so talented and i saw them live last year... incredible band

@nickr1297 4 года назад

So many artists I hadn’t even heard of on this list and soooo good. Thank you. Flatland Calvary - blown away.

@Lisa-ld1mn 4 года назад

Thank you for introducing me (us) to so many deserving and great artists that, unfortunately, today's main means of communications would never have let me (us) hear! Kudos!!

@futmilnur1 4 года назад

Thank you for this! Thanks to this list I've found some great new music to listen to

@julieking9364 4 года назад

Let it roll by Midland should have been top ten for sure!

@Ryank2150 4 года назад

I agree 100%

@Shambleland 4 года назад

Number 1 in my book!

@blpitts11 4 года назад

It’s really good

@kingbracksvisuals6757 4 года назад

yes yes yes agreee 100%

@jarrodheffron6349 3 года назад

Top 10 seems good. Its also Gradys opinion. Doesn't mean that album won't be a top 10 2019 show 20 years from now

@sox1544 4 года назад

You seem like one of the most genuine, coolest humans. Every time I watch a new video it makes me just want to have a beer with you and chat even more. I am so happy I came across this channel so long ago!! Hope you and your family had the best Christmas 💗💗

@GradySmith 4 года назад

Well way to make my day, Stephanie! Thanks!

@darrenballweg2771 4 года назад

Been waiting for this video for a couple of months now 🙌🏻

@grantgeppert6066 4 года назад

Awesome list! I have a lot of albums in my top 10 that you have in your 20-11 and honorable mentions! Amazingly, I don’t know if I’ve ever gone back to an album as much as Hixtape! I can’t get enough of that album.

@redphantom2670 4 года назад

Great Review dude, from a middle eastern guy who loves country music i'll check these out for sure

@camilawoodmansee4073 4 года назад

Love that you’ve made a quality channel focused on country music! So many music channels out there but this was definitely a hole that needed to be filled. Keep it up!

@ScaryC71 4 года назад

You have a great ear for what makes good country music. Oh and thanks for mentioning Robert Ellis. I just put Texas Piano Man in my Spotify. He is a country Ben Folds and we all need that in our lives!!

@dawndavenport1279 4 года назад

Thank you, Grady! I've been a fan of country music since childhood and had pretty much stopped listening because the whole bro country thing drove me away. I just didn't find the music relatable anymore. I stumbled onto your channel a few weeks ago, and I feel like I've rediscovered an old love. I've gotten reacquainted with some old friends -- Dierks Bentley, Brooks and Dunn, Vince Gill, Reba -- but best of all, I have some new favorites: Emily Scott Robinson, Jon Pardi, Charles Wesley Godwin. And what a revelation Randy Houser's Magnolia turned out to be. Thanks for bringing me back into the fold.

@bugrescue1 4 года назад

Well, my “to-listen” list just grew quite a bit. Great video.

@jklogan1969 4 года назад

Oh. My. God. I thought I was gonna have to staple a copy of Heartache Medication to that wolf picture and smack ya up'side the head. The closer we got to #1 and you hadn't mentioned it I was literally screaming at you "what about John Frickin Pardi, Gradyyyyy?" And lo and behold you did not let me down. I love you and your reviews (especially since you agree with me lmao)! Merry Christmas @Grady - I hope you have a fabulous New Year!!

@Jackmerius_Tacktheritrix5733 4 года назад

Simmer

@EzyoMusic 4 года назад

Thanks for this video. I've grown a little tired of keeping up with country over the years and it's nice to have a starting point to get back into it a little bit. I started with Emily Scott Robinson because it stood out to me and really loving that album.

@connorpeck4851 4 года назад

I feel like you and I would be good friends Grady. I have a very similar taste in music and learned a lot from your channel. I was hoping Riley Green's album would be up here as well. Definitely loved albums such as Jon Pardi's, George, Cody Johnson, Reba, Aaron Watson, Luke Combs etc. Great video!

@rachelsmith9039 4 года назад

You introduced me to Ian Noe and I can't stop listening to that album.

@reillyoneill4847 4 года назад

#GetGradyto100k

@jyo3419 4 года назад

Thanks for mentioning Robert Ellis. Never heard him before and holy smokes, thats some good stuff! Now searching for the vinyl.

@koypotthoff9750 4 года назад

Country Squire at 11....

@dereklord3061 4 года назад

Koy Potthoff Should have been 1 or 2.

@JRSnyderJrAZ 4 года назад

Yeah...it points out how he really is still just a suburban college kid.

@Essex626 4 года назад

The problem is the album cuts just aren't as good as his live sessions. His live sessions with just him and his guitar are the absolute best.

@joenorton2070 4 года назад

@@Essex626 nailed it, gotta let him wail and the album just doesn't do that

@bradvalleroy196 4 года назад

Probably because it sucks, half the songs on it are songs I heard a year and a half ago. Not to mention they don’t sound half as good as his live versions. And this is coming from a huge Tyler fan.

@Hello-ge4yz 4 года назад

I was starting to think heartache medication wasn’t coming

@Crashme222 3 года назад

SAME LOL

@sperminator3014 4 года назад

So happy to see you put Heartache Medication on #1 !!! It‘s a really outstanding album and definitly the best one of the year. I hope Jon Pardi keeps making songs and albums like that 😎

@knutolavhalseth6761 4 года назад

Merry Christmas Grady! And thanks for a very interesting review! I'm so glad you had James Wesley Godwin 2nd, his album is a super one and I'm so looking forward to see him in concert on 11th Feb, as he's having a tour here in Norway with 5 or 6 shows! It's at a tiny bar in Trondheim that accomodates only 100 or so ppl, but it's just such a amazing concert stage there and I can't wait for that show. He's in my Top 10 of country albums this year along with both Cody Jinks' albums, The Highwomen, Flatland Cavalry, Tyler Childers, The Hollering Pines and Norways own Ida Jenshus. Her album "From This Day On" is one of the very best country albums I've heard this year. But my #1 is Michaela Anne and "Desert Dove". That is such a beautiful album, on some songs her sound can seem a bit like Chris Isaak going country, but it's so mesmerizing. I love, love, love that album and have three of her songs on my Top 20 songs for 2019. Give her music a try, you won't be disappointed!

@pamelaparker7032 4 года назад

Great opinions. Appreciate your insight. Have a great holiday season.

@tylerbaker8245 4 года назад

I sent out a tweet a few weeks before this video that said luke is the garth of this generation, fired me up to hear you say that too. Personally i think i enjoy this ones for you a little bit more. i would’ve had jon pardi, luke combs, cody johnson, morgan wallen, and jake owen in my top 5. Also really into riley green and hardy

@jocelynwilson6500 4 года назад

Grady thanks once again for sharing your opinion!!! I completely agree that John Party's album is pure genius and just pure pleasure

@DavieMelderfilms 4 года назад

You turned me to some new great albums!

@mackenziewhite7569 4 года назад

Merry Christmas from the land down under mate. Great list found a lot of new artists I didn’t even know. You should really give some Aussie country a listen. Wish you all the best in the new year. Love your work

@joshnagy2049 4 года назад

I thanks Grady, merry Christmas! I love the list, agreed with a lot of it, and plan to check out a lot of the stuff on this list that I haven’t gotten to yet, but I have to say, Zach Bryan should’ve been way higher then honorable mention in my opinion, I just can’t stop listening to him, he needs to become a star one day!

@willardmurphy5510 4 года назад

Definitely gonna have to listen to Magnolia from Randy Houser. You have turned me onto him Grady!

@bensys2rollevans 4 года назад

So glad you got cody Jinks album in this list cause that album is outstanding 👌

@TheRealBrentRasmussen 4 года назад

Holy crap - Jason Hawk Harris is a revelation! Thanks for the tip Grady!

@sammytravis4788 4 года назад

Merry Christmas!!!🎁🎄

@jamesray6646 4 года назад

I loved Hail Mary by Shane Smith & the Saints. Other than that, can't argue with most of what made this list and discovered a few more I need to listen to. Thanks for the great content

@jquinn4302 4 года назад

Charles Wesley Godwin was easily my favorite album that I discovered this year. Awesome to see that recognition!

@codyenright6310 4 года назад

You had me so worried you were gonna snub Jon Pardi. Love that album, best of the year!

@outdoordinsmore 4 года назад

Holy cow, thank you so much for the introduction to Charles Wesley Godwin! I am just now digging into Seneca and it is so powerful and rich.

@johncarroll5197 4 года назад

You always support Zach and shout him out and I love it. Merry Christmas, Grady!!

@danag3757 4 года назад

I wouldn't have found Jon Pardi's new album without your channel, Grady. I just knew it'd be in your #1 spot! Now I need to check out some of these indie folks :)

@Mudsix911 4 года назад

Thanks for introducing me to Gabe Lee. ❤️

@zachqualls8864 4 года назад

Loved that you put Heartache Medication at No. 1. Would have liked to have seen Hardy’s Hixtape in that 11-20 range. I also would’ve ranked Country Squire a little higher. But over all I loved that list!

@danelewis1998 4 года назад

Great Video! These are some of my favorite albums too! And I have some other ones to check out ASAP

@gavinjohnson5888 4 года назад

Wasn't sure if Mike and the Moonpies were on your radar. Was SO HAPPY to see them at #5. My favorite album of the year for sure!

@eloramaxwell7020 4 года назад

Mine (in no particular order) are: Magnolia, Let It Roll, Heartache Medication, Highwomen, Country Squire, Walk through Fire, Wildcard, Traveling Mercies, Seneca, and Red Bandana!

@jerrymcdall 4 года назад

So glad Mike and the Moonpies made the list! They've been my favorite find this year.

@GsusKryst 4 года назад

100% why haven't I found these guys before last week is beyond me. I clicked on this video just to make sure it was there.

@MattChat56 4 года назад

Agree with most of these. I still think Cody Johnson’s album is one of the best albums I have heard in a long time.

@maggiemcgee8487 4 года назад

I feel like in the past few years, but especially 2019, real country music fans began to demand better of the genre

@nope8620 4 года назад

Hey Grady love the list! Have you ever listened to Orville Peck? His album this year is an interesting one and worth a few listens!

@daniellepeterson6147 4 года назад

What you see is what you get is my number 1!! I genuinely loved every single one

@briannamorris8143 4 года назад

Danielle Peterson I totally agree!!!!

@Crashme222 3 года назад

Love the list, glad Heartache Medication is #1

@hatandcaneproductions4877 4 года назад

Wished you checked out Benjamin Tod's "A heart of gold is hard to find" or Matt heckler's "After the Flood" or even The Hill Country Devil's "nicotine and china white". All indie darlings in my eyes but great list all throughout. I hope you get the chance to show these future stars off to your audience, have a happy holiday.

@jamesborg3554 4 года назад

Anyone else notices the tattoo at 08:07 ? Great video buddy

@Kai-jy2nn 4 года назад

Happy holidays!

@katiegurksnis160 4 года назад

Great list! I agree with most of your choices, the only thing I’d change is to put Cody Jinks and Tyler Childers a little higher on the list (but then again, I freaking love Cody’s music) and maybe add After the Fire to the honorable mentions. Other than that, awesome. Especially that Charles Wesley Godwin was number 2.

@Arxadiax 4 года назад

Great video Grady! Merry Christmas to you and yours!

@RandyBadour 4 года назад

Good work Grady. Merry Christmas! Jon Pardi has to get some love from anyone who claims to like country music. He is at the table with all the usual suspects for the pop country world. He is at the table with the legends of the 90s and beyond...EVERYONE respects what he is doing and is getting a seat at the radio kids table as well! That is something NO ONE is doing. I love the Houser record as well but he is not getting traction at radio. Jon Pardi is doing the recent impossible and deserves all the love for 2019!

@landonhogue9760 4 года назад

Charles Wesley Godwin and Jon Pardi at 2 and 1!!! I cannot agree more. The future of country music has so much in store if we keep hearing from honest artists like these two. Thank you Grady for turning me on to Charles. What a vulnerable, powerful voice he has.

@dans1601 4 года назад

Good job Grady,,, you exposed some names I've never heard of, that i'll check out.. and I agree, Jon Pardi is the BEST CD out there right now and of the year. He's fast approaching as being the NEW King of Country Music,, he's stepping in George Straits boots very nicely.

@Jekyll_Jackal 4 года назад

Merry Christmas

@nothotsheadempty7 4 года назад

Yep, Heartache Medication was #1 for me too. I can’t get enough of that album

@lmb25315 4 года назад

Solid review man. I would def have thrown Country Squire in the top 10 and at least have had Desperate Man by Eric Church in the top 20, but overall I have some new music to check out 🤙🏻

@khogg3581 4 года назад

I saw the Cactus Blossoms open for Jenny Lewis at the Ryman earlier this year. I highly recommend Easy Way, as well as catching them live. Their sound and harmonies are brilliant, and the band is tight.

@matt36755 4 года назад

I’m glad you like the wildcard album by Miranda Lambert. I’ve been listening to it on repeat

@harveyruddell3329 4 года назад

First-time commenter, I took your recommendation to listen to Emily Scott Robinson. Her lyrics and delivery remind me of an Australia artist who isn't country by any means. But Paddy McHugh - Dan O'Halloran.m4a is a good song if you like to be told a story. Something familiar yet completely different.

@antonternmyr8057 4 года назад

The guy that was on one of your ”worst lists” is now n1 on your best album list. How cool is that, pardi is great🤘

@jaredtully1198 4 года назад

Merry Christmas Grady !!

@bravedawg182718 4 года назад

Love me some flatland cavalry! Glad I discovered them this year

@andyl.8639 4 года назад

Been listening to TEXAS PIANO MAN ever since u mentioned

@patbfd 4 года назад

Merry Christmas!!

@samhouston1979 4 года назад

i love Jon Pardi’s Heartache Medication! I bought it & the new Midlands album on CD recently

@codysather8910 4 года назад

Your beard is lookin stellar

@antonternmyr8057 4 года назад

Great list, but i feel like greetings from jake deserves more then a honorable mention. I’ve listened to it since it came out and it still feels so fresh.

@bretsutton1295 4 года назад

I got 5 CDs for Christmas. I love them all. Trace Adkins Love Will, old dominion self titled, Miranda lambert wildcard, Chris Stapleton From A Room Volume 2, and Gary Allan Living Hard.

@pamelaparker7032 4 года назад

Love some Gary Allan. Wish he had some new stuff out.

@bretsutton1295 4 года назад

@@pamelaparker7032 me too. Last I knew was long year on the deluxe edition of smoke rings in the dark record.

@pamelaparker7032 4 года назад

Saw him live a few years ago. Great show.

@pamelaparker7032 4 года назад

Seeing Miranda in January. I have seen her before but excited about this time.

@pamelaparker7032 4 года назад

And Chris Stapleton? Need I say more?