''That's How Rumors Get Started'' is the third studio album by American

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musician

Margo Price Margo Rae Price (born April 15, 1983) is an American country singer-songwriter and producer based in Nashville, Tennessee. ''The Fader'' has called her "country's next star." Her debut solo album '' Midwest Farmer's Daughter'' was released on T ...

. The album was planned for release on May 8, 2020, by

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, but was postponed due to the

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. The album was produced by Sturgill Simpson, with

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and Price serving as co-producers on the album with Simpson. The album was released on July 10, 2020. On April 22, 2022, a deluxe version of the album was released with 8 bonus tracks. Price was also scheduled to tour in promotion of the album, with some dates in support of Chris Stapleton's 2020 " All-American Road Show Tour," but those were also postponed.

Track listing

Critical reception

''That's How Rumors Get Started'' was met with positive reviews. At

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, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from professional critics, the album received an average score of 81, based on 16 reviews. The aggregator AnyDecentMusic? has the critical consensus of the album at a 7.5 out of 10. Alexis Petridis of The Guardian says “Margo Price has got the talent to take on whatever the future holds."

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