Samantha CrainBest Samantha Crain Albums Ranked
6.7
Avg Score
3
Opinions
5
Albums
3
Reviewers
Summary from 3 ratings
On Wavelength, fans have rated Samantha Crain's catalog across 5 albums from 3 opinions, with an overall average of 6.7/10. The top-rated Samantha Crain album is Gumshoe (2025) with a 7.0/10 average from 1 rating, followed by Kid Face and You Had Me at Goodbye. The discography on Wavelength spans 2013 to 2025.
Gumshoe
“Samantha Crain charms throughout Gumshoe”
Kid Face
“This Okie favors stark arrangements on her third LP, which is smart: So much happens in her voice – tremors, skids, heart-in-throat builds – that minimal backing is plenty. Flavors vary: “For the Miner” suggests U2’s “One” reimagined by Neil Young; “The Pattern Has Changed” suggests an achier Carole King. Crain’s lyrics are plain-spoken. But the emotion in her tone is a dissertation.”
You Had Me at Goodbye
“Now on her fifth album, Samantha Crain is the kind of artist whose brilliant lyrics are usually front and centre of her songs, and those lyrics are invariably one of her strengths. Yet it’s a song sung in her native Choktaw language, its meaning unknown to most ears, which is one of the most moving on this new record. ‘Red Sky, Blue Mountain’ is a sparse voice and guitar track suffused with a thre”
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