Agnostic Hymns and Stoner Fables is the eleventh studio album by American singer-songwriter Todd Snider, released on March 6, 2012 by Aimless Records.
Critical reception Agnostic Hymns and Stoner Fables received mostly favorable reviews from critics, its themes of economic inequality resonating with critics. Daryl Sanders described the record in The East Nashvillian as a “one-man Occupy Wall Street movement.”Sanders, Daryl (March–April, 2012). ”Watch Out Wall Street”. The East Nashvillian. In his review for Rolling Stone, Jody Rosen called it “Occupy Nashville.” Writing in Relix, Jewly Hight said Snider “plays the part of a winking, pot-stirring anarchist” on the album. In a piece for NPR, Ken Tucker said, “If one line could sum up the album, it's ‘It ain't the despair that gets you / It's the hope.’" Both Rolling Stone and Paste named it one of the fifty best albums of 2012.
Track listing
Personnel Musicians Todd Snider – lead vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, harmonica Paul Griffith – drums and percussion Eric McConnell – bass guitar Amanda Shires – violin and background vocals Chad Staehly - B3 organ Mick Utley – background vocals on “Too Soon To Tell” Jason Isbell – background vocals and slide guitar on “Digger Dave’s Crazy Woman Blues”
Production Todd Snider, Eric McConnell – producers Eric McConnell - engineer Brandon Henegar - mixing engineer Alex McCullough - mastering engineerTodd Snider, Agnostic Hymns & Stoner Fables, liner notes, 2012.
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