Album: Expectations by Katie Pruitt (2020)
Genre: Folk Rock
Record Label: Rounder
Format: Album

Description: Expectations is the 2020 debut album from American country musician Katie Pruitt, released by Rounder Records. The album has received positive reviews from critics. The album is made up of compositions about Pruitt's life. On November 24, 2020, Expectations was nominated for a Grammy for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical.
Expectations was met with positive reviews from critics noted at review aggregator Metacritic. This release received a weighted average score of 76 out of 100, based on four reviews. Album of the Year characterized the critical consensus as a 75 out of 100. For Paste, Eric R. Danton gave Expectations a seven out of 10, praising the emotional depth of the lyrics but criticizing formulaic songwriting and some lyrics that fall flat. Sam Sodomsky of Pitchfork gave it the same rating, writing that it has strong arrangements and stately ballads. In Exclaim!, Scott Roos gave it an eight out of 10 for truth-telling lyrics and a "first-rate" band. American Songwriter's Hal Horowitz scored Expectations at four out of five for wise production that accentuates her lyrics, along with a balance of musical genres. Introducing Pruitt for a feature, Kelly McCartney of No Depression, called the release "stunning" and continued, "As an artist’s opening statement, the album is bold and beautiful, impactful and entertaining. It’s an exercise in courage so exquisitely raw that Brown would surely be proud of it." Joseph Hudak of Rolling Stone praised Pruitt's "nimble guitar playing" and "elastic voice". NPR's Jewly Hight characterized the album with, "Pruitt's done that with such clarity of expression and disarming intimacy—Expectations is aesthetically warmhearted even in its tensest moments of confrontation—that she's given her own family a greater understanding of her experience".

Music Scene: Emerged in the classic era. Associated with Country movement.

Tags: Folk Rock, 2020s, Album, Rounder


Expectations is the 2020 debut album from American country musician Katie Pruitt, released by Rounder Records. The album has received positive reviews from critics. The album is made up of compositions about Pruitt's life. On November 24, 2020, Expectations was nominated for a Grammy for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical.
Expectations was met with positive reviews from critics noted at review aggregator Metacritic. This release received a weighted average score of 76 out of 100, based on four reviews. Album of the Year characterized the critical consensus as a 75 out of 100. For Paste, Eric R. Danton gave Expectations a seven out of 10, praising the emotional depth of the lyrics but criticizing formulaic songwriting and some lyrics that fall flat. Sam Sodomsky of Pitchfork gave it the same rating, writing that it has strong arrangements and stately ballads. In Exclaim!, Scott Roos gave it an eight out of 10 for truth-telling lyrics and a "first-rate" band. American Songwriter's Hal Horowitz scored Expectations at four out of five for wise production that accentuates her lyrics, along with a balance of musical genres. Introducing Pruitt for a feature, Kelly McCartney of No Depression, called the release "stunning" and continued, "As an artist’s opening statement, the album is bold and beautiful, impactful and entertaining. It’s an exercise in courage so exquisitely raw that Brown would surely be proud of it." Joseph Hudak of Rolling Stone praised Pruitt's "nimble guitar playing" and "elastic voice". NPR's Jewly Hight characterized the album with, "Pruitt's done that with such clarity of expression and disarming intimacy—Expectations is aesthetically warmhearted even in its tensest moments of confrontation—that she's given her own family a greater understanding of her experience".

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