59. Kevin Brown Discusses Kacey Musgraves, Golden Hour

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ESPN and Baltimore Orioles broadcaster Kevin Brown makes his return to You, Me and An Album, after first appearing on episode 15 (with Lindsey Adler) to discuss Oasis’ Definitely Maybe, This time, Kevin chose Kacey Musgraves’ 2018 album, Golden Hour. Kevin talked about how he got into this album, which tracks are his favorites and what makes this album one that he still goes back to listen to regularly.

Corrections and clarifications:

Kevin asked me how many other repeat guests have been on the show, and I wasn’t sure of the exact number. I can now confirm that he is the fourth guest to have appeared on two episodes of this podcast.

I referred to there being auto-tune at the beginning and end of “Oh. What a World.” Kevin noted that those sections featured vocoder, and in retrospect, I realized that I mistook vocoder for an auto-tuned vocal. I will be writing more on this in the upcoming edition of YMAAA: The Newsletter.

I misspoke in my analysis of “Happy & Sad” I said it was “simplistic but not simple,” but I actually meant to say it the other way around. In any event, I was just trying to say it’s a great song.

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1:14 Kevin joins the show

4:34 Listening to Kacey Musgraves — and country music generally — is a bit of a departure for Kevin

8:17 Al and Kevin had similar experiences with their first listens to Golden Hour

11:19 Kevin explains why he decided to give Golden Hour a try

13:55 Al wouldn’t mind doing a whole episode just on “Slow Burn”

15:48 Kevin loves the production on Golden Hour

Reactions to the album’s tracks

17:20 Slow Burn

21:19 Lonely Weekend

24:41 Butterflies

26:34 Oh, What a World

31:59 Mother

34:15 Love Is a Wild Thing

37:26 Space Cowboy

40:44 Happy & Sad

44:01 Velvet Elvis/Wonder Woman

46:43 High Horse

48:28 Golden Hour/Rainbow

52:08 Kevin recaps Golden Hour’s great moments

53:04 Kevin recommends another Kacey Musgraves album

54:46 Kevin talks about writing about his memories of listening to Meat Loaf and emotional connections to music

57:07 Al tells his own Meat Loaf-related story

58:55 Kevin is staying busy even in the absence of baseball activity

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