Agnostic Hymns & Stoner Fables

Agnostic Hymns and Stoner Fables received mostly favorable reviews from critics, its themes of economic inequality resonating with critics.^[1] Daryl Sanders described the record in The East Nashvillian as a “one-man Occupy Wall Street movement.”^[2] In his review for Rolling Stone, Jody Rosen called it “Occupy Nashville.”^[3] Writing in Relix, Jewly Hight said Snider “plays the part of a winking, pot-stirring anarchist” on the album.^[4] 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.’"^[5] Both Rolling Stone^[6] and Paste^[7] named it one of the fifty best albums of 2012.

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	(79/100)[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[8]
American Songwriter	[9]
The A.V. Club	B+[10]
PopMatters	[11]
Robert Christgau	A[12]
Rolling Stone	[13]
Slant	[14]
Spin	8/10[15]