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Album Rating: 4.0
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Girlfriend dumped me shortly after we went to a Chris Stapleton concert.
This album may as well be the soundtrack of our breakup
Parachute hurts to listen to.
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Album Rating: 1.5
This guy fucking sucks
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Album Rating: 4.0
Major L @ both the last two comments
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Album Rating: 1.5
Brother this is not good country music I don’t know what to tell you
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Album Rating: 4.0
Care to elaborate? I won’t claim that Stapleton is more than a very solid songwriter for the most part (certainly he sticks to pretty tried and true themes for the genre and does little to put his own spin on them), but I feel his voice is pretty undeniable, and I appreciate the relative rootsy rawness he brings to a pretty modern/commercial style and production. The new album is certainly but this album and Starting Over are about as good this relatively straightforward modern approach to country can get imo.
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Album Rating: 1.5
I’m inclined to point to one of his peers, Tyler Childers. Where Stapleton leans heavily on his strong voice to sell his songs, Childers leans on relatability through lyrical mastery and a great sense of songwriting. Stapleton, in my view and experience, makes very digestible country music meant to be played at karaoke nights and family barbecues. It lacks a sense of lived experience, of true struggle. An incredible voice, sure, but it wears thin when it sings the same song over and over.
If you’re gonna play country music, put your fuckin back into it. Make me feel something, make it political, do it a little different than anyone else has. This guy just strikes me as someone trying to cut a check. No originality, no grit, no worldliness, no risks. Lame.
Worth noting I’m Appalachian and have been overexposed to country music my entire life, especially when I was growing up. Absolutely a snob when it comes to the genre, I cannot help it.
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Album Rating: 4.0
I can dig that. Honestly I love this album, but haven't kept up on much Stapleton past that. I grew up in central Washington, which is basically the polar opposite of Seattle. Got exposed to tons of shitty radio country and actually hated the genre until I got into punky bluegrass in my early 20s. Busked the shit out of that, and did include some tunes from Stapleton off this album too. But otherwise his newer stuff seems kinda overproduced and doesn't hit the same.
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Album Rating: 4.5
Funny how Childers just released a dogshit album and hasn't been relevant since Country Squire. This things a classic and every song is great.
When the Stars Come Out what a tune
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Album Rating: 4.0
Oof yeah I haven't listened to it yet but I've heard words like 'joke' associated with it, so not holding my breath lol
And hell yeah, Stars Come Out is great. Used to try and busk Fire Away to mixed results. It's a blast to play but a beast to sing for me.
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Album Rating: 4.5
Part of the appeal of this album to me is that it doesn’t have to go the tearjerker route. It is so agreeable and listenable, without all the honky tonk derp derp murica bullshit.
This is the album that bridges the gap between Waylon and Wallen
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