Talkin' Honky Blues

Talkin' Honky Blues
Talkin' Honky Blues
Studio album by Buck 65
Released	November 4, 2003
Genre	Hip hop, country
Length	57:14
Label	WEA
Producer	The Entity
Buck 65 chronology
Singles from Talkin' Honky Blues
	"Wicked and Weird"; Released: 2003; "463"; Released: 2004; "Sore"; Released: 2004;

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Canoe.ca	favorable^[2]
Christgau's Consumer Guide	A^[3]
Drowned in Sound	6/10^[4]
Exclaim!	favorable^[5]
The Guardian	^[6]
Hot Press	4.5/5^[7]
Hour Community	^[8]
Pitchfork	7.6/10^[9]
Vice	favorable^[10]

Talkin' Honky Blues is a studio album by Canadian hip hop musician Buck 65.^[1] It was released on WEA in 2003.^[3] The album won the 2004 Juno Award for Alternative Album of the Year.^[11]

Critical reception

Sean Carruthers of AllMusic gave the album 4 stars out of 5, saying: "Instead of jazzy or funky backing tracks, most of the tracks here crib heavily from country, which is where the 'honky' comes in: this is the sort of thing that Buck 65 grew up with and what influenced him."^[1] He described it as "a beat poetry album with hip hop beats."^[1] Rollie Pemberton of Pitchfork gave the album a 7.6 out of 10, saying, "[Buck 65] has discovered a happy medium between folk and rap, turning his initial disdain for the lack of innovation in hip-hop into a more diverse sound."^[9] Terry Sawyer of PopMatters named it the best album of 2003.^[12]

In 2005, Jason Richards of Now called it "[Buck 65's] most accessible album".^[13] In 2007, Dan Weiss of Stylus Magazine placed it at number 6 on the "Top 10 Alt-Country Greats Not Recorded by Uncle Tupelo" list.^[14]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Leftfielder"	2:32
2.	"Wicked and Weird"	3:43
3.	"Riverbed 1"	1:48
4.	"Sore"	4:20
5.	"Protest"	2:51
6.	"Riverbed 2"	2:51
7.	"Exes"	2:51
8.	"Roses and Bluejays"	3:16
9.	"Riverbed 3"	4:04
10.	"50 Gallon Drum"	4:35
11.	"Riverbed 4"	4:27
12.	"463"	4:27
13.	"Riverbed 5"	1:24
14.	"Killed by a Horse"	3:32
15.	"Riverbed 6"	0:45
16.	"Tired Out"	3:30
17.	"Craftsmanship"	4:07
18.	"Riverbed 7"	2:16

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

Buck 65 – lyrics, beats, turntables, recording, mixing
Graeme Campbell – MIDI, other computer stuff, recording, mixing
Charles Austin – guitar, stringed things, recording, mixing
Dale Murray – pedal steel guitar
Andrew Glencross – keyboards
Michael Catano – drums
Bob Ludwig – mastering
Jenn McIntyre – art direction, design, illustration
Ingram Barss – photography
Jenn McIntyre – photography
Patrick Duffy – layout
Jenn Hirst – A&R
Steve Blair – A&R

Charts

Chart	Peak position
French Albums (SNEP)^[15]	148

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Carruthers, Sean. "Talkin' Honky Blues - Buck 65". AllMusic. Retrieved September 3, 2014.
^ Sterdan, Darryl (December 7, 2004). "Talkin' Honky Blues". Canoe.ca. Archived from the original on September 2, 2013. Retrieved September 3, 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^ ^a ^b Christgau, Robert. "CG: Buck 65". Christgau's Consumer Guide. Retrieved September 3, 2014.
^ Hayward, Daniel (November 25, 2003). "Buck 65 - Talkin' Honky Blues". Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved September 3, 2014.
^ Quinlan, Thomas (September 2003). "Buck 65 Talkin' Honky Blues". Exclaim!. Retrieved September 3, 2014.
^ Simpson, Dave (August 29, 2003). "Buck 65: Talkin' Honky Blues". The Guardian. Retrieved September 3, 2014.
^ Udell, Phil (September 19, 2003). "Talkin' Honky Blues". Hot Press. Retrieved September 3, 2014.
^ Chamberlain, Mike (October 9, 2003). "Buck 65 - Talkin' Honky Blues". Hour Community. Retrieved September 3, 2014.
^ ^a ^b Pemberton, Rollie (September 23, 2003). "Buck 65 - Talkin' Honky Blues". Pitchfork. Retrieved September 3, 2014.
^ Casey, Brad (July 16, 2014). "Retrospective Review: Buck 65's 'Talkin' Honkey Blues'". Vice. Retrieved September 3, 2014.
^ Tillson, Tamsen (April 5, 2004). "Roberts, Nickelback top Juno awards". Variety. Retrieved September 3, 2014.
^ Sawyer, Terry (December 18, 2003). "Best Music of 2003 | Terry Sawyer". PopMatters. Retrieved April 15, 2018.
^ Richards, Jason (July 7, 2005). "Buck passing - Buck 65's slow ascent to stardom". Now. Retrieved September 3, 2014.
^ Weiss, Dan (August 17, 2007). "Top 10 Alt-Country Greats Not Recorded by Uncle Tupelo". Stylus Magazine. Archived from the original on October 25, 2012. Retrieved September 3, 2014.
^ "Lescharts.com – Buck 65 – Talkin' Honky Blues". Hung Medien. Retrieved August 20, 2018.