Wire Recordings in Austin, TX except "Hard Out Here" recorded at Cedar Creek Recordings in Austin, TX. Additional recording at Alex The Great in Nashville, TN
KMAG YOYO (& other American Stories) is the fourth studio album from American singer-songwriter Hayes Carll.
The album title is a military acronym for "Kiss My Ass Guys, You’re on Your Own".[1] The album was included at no. 47 in Rolling Stone's "50 Country Albums Every Rock Fan Should Own".[2] It reached no. 67 on the Billboard 200.[3]
Reception
PopMatters gave the album 6/10.[1]American Songwriter gave it 4/5.[4]Paste gave it a positive review, describing Carll's music as "simple songs that are simply grand".[5]Allmusic gave it three and a half stars, calling it "a worthy addition to the ever-growing catalog of sly Texas country-rock".[6]Rolling Stone gave it the same score,[7] as did The Austin Chronicle.[8]The Washington Post also gave it a favorable review, with Bill Friskics-Warren stating that on the album Carll is "setting some standards of his own".[9]No Depression also viewed the album favorably, calling Carll "a sort of Charles Bukowski in the age of anti-depressants...a poet for thoughtful roughnecks and ne’er-do-wells".[10]Entertainment Weekly gave it a B+ rating,[11] as did The A.V. Club,[12] and Robert Christgau.[13]Exclaim! also gave it a positive review, calling Carll "the voice of a new generation of good ol' boys".[14]New York Daily News gave it three stars out of five, Jim Farber calling Carll an "ace storyteller".[15]The Independent's Nick Coleman called it "very good".[16]
Track listing
All songs written by Hayes Carll except where noted.