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Songs of the Plains is the second studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Colter Wall. It was released on October 12, 2018 under Thirty Tigers.[7]

Songs of the Plains
Studio album by Colter Wall
Released	October 12, 2018 (2018-10-12)
Genre	Americana[1] Folk music[2] Country music[2]
Length	34:08
Label	Thirty Tigers
Producer	Dave Cobb
Colter Wall chronology
Colter Wall (2017) Songs of the Plains (2018) Western Swing & Waltzes and Other Punchy Songs (2020)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	79/100[3]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
American Songwriter	[4]
Exclaim!	8/10[5]
Pitchfork	7.6/10[2]
Rolling Stone	[6]

Commercial performance

Songs of the Plains has sold 18,800 copies in the United States as of March 2020.[8]

Critical reception

Songs of the Plains was met with "generally favorable" reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 79, based on 8 reviews.[3] Aggregator Album of the Year gave the release a 78 out of 100 based on a critical consensus of 7 reviews.[9]

Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic said: "Throughout Songs of the Plains, Wall relies on stories and sketches designed to conjure ghosts of the Canadian prairies he calls home. As alluring as his spooky, skeletal arrangements are -- steel guitars are used as howling accents, not solos; he occasionally gooses his band to follow a train track rhythm".[1]

Accolades

Accolades for Songs of the Plains

Publication	Accolade	Rank
American Songwriter	American Songwriter's Top 25 Albums of 2018	21[10]
The A.V. Club	The A.V. Club's Best Country Albums of 2018	N/A[11]
Digital Trends	Digital Trends' Top 50 Albums of 2018	26[12]
Glide Magazine	Glide's Top 20 Albums of 2018	N/A[13]
The Independent	The Independent's Top 40 Albums of 2018	6[14]
Rolling Stone	Rolling Stone's Top 40 Country and Americana Albums of 2018	39[15]
Vinyl Me, Please	Vinyl Me, Please's Top 40 Albums of 2018	14[16]

Track listing

Personnel

Charts

Chart performance for Songs Of The Plains

Chart (2018)	Peak position
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[17]	36
UK Americana Albums (OCC)[18]	12
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[19]	9
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[20]	17
US Top Folk Albums (Billboard)[21]	7

References

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