Puxico (album)
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{{Infobox album
| name = Puxico
| type = studio
| artist = Natalie Hemby
| cover = Natalie-hemby-puxico.jpg
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| released = January 13, 2017
| recorded = 2010–16
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| label = GetWrucke
| producer = {{hlist|Natalie Hemby {{small|(executive producer)}}
|Mike Wrucke|}}
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| misc = {{Singles
| name = Puxico
| type = studio
| single1 = Return
| single1date = October 21, 2016
}}
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Puxico is the debut studio album by American singer and songwriter Natalie Hemby, released on January 13, 2017, through her own label, GetWrucke Productions.{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2017/01/05/508186580/first-listen-natalie-hemby-puxico|title=First Listen: Natalie Hemby, 'Puxico'|accessdate=January 5, 2017}} Hemby started recording the album around the same time she created a documentary about her hometown Puxico in 2010.{{Cite news|url=http://www.dailystatesman.com/story/2108912|title=Documentary focusing on Puxico to premiere Friday|newspaper=The Daily Statesman|accessdate=August 13, 2014}}
Singles
Return was released as the lead single from Puxico on October 21, 2016.{{Cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/return-single/1167076558|title=Natalie Hemby on Apple Music|website=Apple Music|access-date=October 21, 2016}}
Critical reception
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = Rolling Stone
| rev1score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite web|author=Hermes, Will|author-link=Will Hermes|title=Review: Natalie Hemby, Miranda Lambert Hitmaker, Goes Solo on 'Puxico'|work=Rolling Stone|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/review-natalie-hemby-miranda-lambert-hitmaker-goes-solo-w462481|date=January 24, 2017|accessdate=January 27, 2017}}
| rev2 = The New York Times
| rev2score = (favorable){{cite web|author=Caramanica, Jon|title=The Best Country Is in the Details. Natalie Hemby Knows That.|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/18/arts/music/natalie-hemby-puxico-review.html?_r=0|date=January 18, 2017|accessdate=March 5, 2017}}
| rev3 = PopMatters
| rev3score = {{Rating|7|10}}{{cite web|author=Frahm, Jonathan|author-link=Jonathan Frahm|title=Natalie Hemby, Puxico|work=PopMatters|url=http://www.popmatters.com/review/natalie-hemby-puxico|date=March 21, 2017|accessdate=March 29, 2017}}
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Will Hermes from Rolling Stone stated about the album "It's a nostalgic LP, musically and thematically, about the value of roots – surprising, maybe, from a woman behind songs like Lambert's 'Pink Sunglasses' and 'Getaway Driver', which broaden country's palette. But Hemby's a master craftswoman, and in an era of rule-by-Twitter, songs like 'Grand Restoration' and 'Time Honored Tradition' make a case for traditionalism being its own kind of progressivism."
= Accolades =
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| align=center| 6 | 15 Best Americana Albums of 2017{{cite web|url=https://www.popmatters.com/best-americana-2017-2515674227.html?page=2|title=40 Best Country and Americana Albums of 2017 (PopMatters)|author=PopMatters staff|work=PopMatters|accessdate=December 8, 2017}} |
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| align=center| 12 | 40 Best Country and Americana Albums of 2017{{cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/country/lists/40-best-country-albums-americana-albums-of-2017-w513189/natalie-hemby-puxico-w513234|title=40 Best Country and Americana Albums of 2017 (Rolling Stone)|author=Rolling Stone staff|work=Rolling Stone|accessdate=December 8, 2017}} |
Track listing
{{Track listing
| headline = Puxico track listing
| title1 = Time Honoured Tradition
| writer1 = {{hlist|Natalie Hemby|Trent Dabbs}}
| length1 = 3:16
| title2 = Lovers on Display
| writer2 = {{hlist|Hemby|Dabbs}}
| length2 = 3:35
| title3 = Grand Restoration
| writer3 = {{hlist|Hemby|Dabbs}}
| length3 = 2:58
| title4 = Cairo, IL
| writer4 = {{hlist|Hemby|Jonathan Lawson|Cassandra Lawson}}
| length4 = 2:59
| title5 = Ferris Wheel
| writer5 = {{hlist|Hemby|Lindsay Chapman}}
| length5 = 3:49
| title6 = Worn
| writer6 ={{hlist|Hemby|Chapman}}
| length6 = 3:36
| title7 = This Town Still Talks About You
| length7 = 4:28
| writer7 = {{hlist|Hemby|Kelly Archer|Jenn Schott}}
| title8 = I'll Remember How You Loved Me
| writer8 = {{hlist|Hemby|Jon Randall}}
| length8 = 4:30
| title9 = Return
| writer9 = {{hlist|Hemby|Dabbs}}
| length9 = 3:59
}}
Personnel
- Natalie Hemby – vocals
- Mike Wrucke – production
- Greg Leisz – pedal steel guitar
- Andy Sundin Creative – art, layout
Charts
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| scope="col"| Chart (2017)
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| {{album chart|BillboardHeatseekers|8|url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/7663569/natalie-hemby/chart?f=324|title=Natalie Hemby, Chart History, Billboard|rowheader=true|artist=Natalie Hemby|work=Billboard|accessdate=February 26, 2017}} |
| {{album chart|BillboardCountry|31|url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/7663569/natalie-hemby/chart?f=320|artist=Natalie Hemby|work=Billboard|rowheader=true|accessdate=February 26, 2017 |
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{{album chart|BillboardIndependent|32|url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/7663569/natalie-hemby/chart?f=326|artist=Natalie Hemby|work=Billboard|rowheader=true|accessdate=March 29, 2017|}}
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