Metacritic/EOY Aggregate: 2025 New Compilations of Old/Various Music: Country/Americana/Folk

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Sub-Lists

Some breakdowns by genre:

Ranking

  1. Luke Bell: The King Is Back (2013-16, All Blue/Thirty Tigers) {14}: RS_c:23; scm:++*, tl_r:5 -- RX:A-, TH:A-
  2. Grace Potter: Medicine (2008, Hollywood) {9}: Rx:50, YW:48 -- RX:A-, TH:***
  3. Waylon Jennings: Songbird (Son of Jessi) {7}: AD:*, RC:*, RS_c:22, U:*; am:*, scm:++* -- A:79/6
  4. Music Inc. [Charles Tolliver/Stanley Cowell/Cecil McBee/Jimmy Hopps]: Music Inc.'1970, Strata-East (04-25) {3}: TH:**
  5. Barnyard Beehive (Numero Group) {2}: am:*, am_z:+ -- A:90/1
  6. Riley Green: Don't Mind if I Do [Deluxe] (2024, Nashville Harbor) {1}: bb_c:8
  7. Those Poor Bastards: Songs of Desperation [20th Anniversary Edition] (2005, Tribulation) {1}: scm:+