Purgatory (Tyler Childers album)
2017 studio album by Tyler Childers
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Purgatory is the second studio album by American country music singer Tyler Childers. It was released in August 2017 through two independent labels, Childers' own Hickman Holler Records and Nashville-based label Thirty Tigers. The album was certified platinum by the RIAA.
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| Released | August 4, 2017 | |||
| Studios | Butcher Shoppe (Nashville, Tennessee)[1] | |||
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| Length | 37:41 | |||
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Musical style and composition
Purgatory has been described as a country,[3][4][5][6] bluegrass,[7][3][8][9] honky-tonk,[7][10][11] Appalachian,[12] Americana,[13] and folk[7] album, with its Appalachian storytelling compared to albums such as Steve Earle's Copperhead Road, Sturgill Simpson's Metamodern Sounds in Country Music, and Patty Loveless' Mountain Soul.[5][14]
Reception
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 82/100[15] |
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| AllMusic |   [16] |
| American Songwriter | [8] |
| Record Collector | [17] |
| The Independent | [9] |
The album has received a Metacritic rating of 82 based on 6 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".[15]
The album has sold 638,178 copies, both CD and streamable, in the United States as of December 2020.[18]
Accolades
Album cover artwork
The album cover artwork, drawn by an artist local to Kentucky, references the geographic outline of Lawrence County, Kentucky, Childers' birthplace.[7]
Additionally, the coloration and shape are reminiscent of Kentucky agate, Kentucky's official state gemstone[19] and a type of agate found in Estill, Jackson, Powell, Madison, and Rockcastle counties in Kentucky that has distinctive red, black, yellow, and gray bands due to its derivation from the Mississippian Borden Formation.[20]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "I Swear (To God)" | 3:20 |
| 2. | "Feathered Indians" | 3:45 |
| 3. | "Tattoos" | 3:23 |
| 4. | "Born Again" | 3:28 |
| 5. | "Whitehouse Road" | 4:41 |
| 6. | "Banded Clovis" | 4:19 |
| 7. | "Purgatory" | 2:46 |
| 8. | "Honky Tonk Flame" | 4:57 |
| 9. | "Universal Sound" | 3:42 |
| 10. | "Lady May" | 3:04 |
Charts
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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Certifications
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| Canada (Music Canada)[44] | Platinum | 80,000‡ |
| United States (RIAA)[45] | Platinum | 1,000,000‡ |
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Usage in film
Multiple songs from Tyler Childers' Purgatory have been used in movies and television shows. In the hit series, Yellowstone, "Lady May" is featured in season 3 episode 2. [46]