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Taking The Long Way

The Chicks

20061 hr 6 minOpen Wide/Columbia

  • Country
  • Rock
  • Country rock
  • Country pop
  • Roots rock

Blends country roots and vivid stringed colors with expansive rock production, orchestral drama, and urgent harmonies. Channels ostracism into cathartic defiance, with occasional maximalist overreach.

1
The Long Way Around
4:32
2
Easy Silence
4:01
3
Not Ready to Make Nice
3:57
4
Everybody Knows
4:18
5
Bitter End
4:37
6
Lullaby
5:50
7
Lubbock or Leave It
3:53
8
Silent House
5:23
9
Favorite Year
4:28
10
Voice Inside My Head
5:51
11
I Like It
4:33
12
Baby Hold On
5:02
13
So Hard
4:27
14
I Hope
5:24

Critic reviews

  • Pitchfork: 8.7/10by Shaad D’Souza
    Oct 11, 2026

    Taking the Long Way is a harsher, wilder beast than any of the Chicks’ other records, and it takes bigger swings both lyrically and musically.