That's How Rumors Get Started

That's How Rumors Get Started is the third studio album by American country musician Margo Price.^[3] The album was planned for release on May 8, 2020, by Loma Vista Recordings, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[6][7] The album was produced by Sturgill Simpson, with David R. Ferguson and Price serving as co-producers on the album with Simpson.^[2] The album was released on July 10, 2020.^[1] On April 22, 2022, a deluxe version of the album was released with 8 bonus tracks.

That's How Rumors Get Started
Studio album by Margo Price
Released	July 10, 2020 (2020-07-10)[1]
Recorded	2018–2019
Venue	EastWest (Hollywood, California)[2]
Studio	Los Angeles[3]
Genre	Americana, country rock
Length	35:38
Label	Loma Vista Recordings
Producer	Sturgill Simpson[3]
Margo Price chronology
Perfectly Imperfect at the Ryman (2020) That's How Rumors Get Started (2020) Strays (2023)
Singles from That's How Rumors Get Started
"Stone Me" Released: January 16, 2020[4] "Twinkle Twinkle" Released: March 11, 2020[3] "Letting Me Down" Released: June 10, 2020[5]

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.^[8][7]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"That's How Rumors Get Started"	Price	4:10
2.	"Letting Me Down"		3:14
3.	"Twinkle Twinkle"		3:31
4.	"Stone Me"		3:09
5.	"Hey Child"		3:49
6.	"Heartless Mind"		2:50
7.	"What Happened to Our Love?"	Price	3:35
8.	"Gone to Stay"		3:01
9.	"Prisoner of the Highway"	Price	3:44
10.	"I'd Die for You"		4:35
Total length:			35:38

All tracks are written by Margo Price and Jeremy Ivey, except where noted.

Deluxe Version

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
11.	"Goin' To the Country"		3:11
12.	"Long Live the King"		4:49
13.	"You Don't Own Me" (Lesley Gore cover)	David White, John Madara	3:16
14.	"Hitman"		3:50
15.	"He Made a Woman Out of Me" (Bobbie Gentry cover)	Donald Hill, Fred Burch	2:40
16.	"Later On"		4:50
17.	"You're No Good" (Linda Rondstadt and Dee Dee Warwick cover)	Clint Ballard Jr.	4:57
18.	"Better Than Nothin'"		3:08
Total length:			1:06:26

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
AnyDecentMusic?	7.5/10[9]
Metacritic	81/100[10]
Review scores
Source	Rating
CLASH	8/10[11]
Consequence of Sound	B[12]
Exclaim!	8/10[13]
FLOOD	8/10[14]
Paste	7/10[15]
The Guardian	[16]
The Irish Times	[17]
The Line of Best Fit	8/10[18]
Tom Hull	B+ ()[19]

That's How Rumors Get Started was met with positive reviews. At Metacritic, 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.^[10] The aggregator AnyDecentMusic? has the critical consensus of the album at a 7.5 out of 10.^[9]

Alexis Petridis of The Guardian says “Margo Price has got the talent to take on whatever the future holds."^[20]

Accolades

Accolades for That's How Rumors Get Started

Publication	Accolade	Rank
Consequence of Sound	Top 50 Albums of 2020	35[21]

Charts

Chart performance for That's How Rumors Get Started

Chart (2020)	Peak position
Scottish Albums (OCC)[22]	14
UK Albums (OCC)[23]	95
UK Country Albums (OCC)[24]	2
US Billboard 200[25]	151
US Folk Albums (Billboard)[26]	2
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[27]	26
US Top Album Sales (Billboard)[28]	7
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[29]	17
US Vinyl Albums (Billboard)[30]	3