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Post by recordyear on Nov 13, 2020 3:13:48 GMT -5
 1. “Starting Over” (Chris Stapleton & Mike Henderson) 2. “Devil Always Made Me Think Twice” (Chris Stapleton & Al Anderson) 3. “Cold” (Chris Stapleton, Dave Cobb, J.T. Cure & Derek Mixon) 4. “When I’m With You” (Chris Stapleton) 5. “Arkansas” (Chris Stapleton & Mike Campbell) 6. “Joy of My Life” (John Fogerty) 7. “Hillbilly Blood” (Chris Stapleton) 8. “Maggie’s Song” (Chris Stapleton) 9. “Whiskey Sunrise” (Chris Stapleton & Tim Krekel) 10. “Worry B Gone” (Guy Clark, Gary Nicholson & Lee Roy Parnell) 11. “Old Friends” (Guy Clark, Richard Dobson & Susanna Clark) 12. “Watch You Burn” (Chris Stapleton & Mike Campbell) 13. “You Should Probably Leave” (Chris Stapleton, Ashley Gorley & Chris DuBois) 14. “Nashville, TN” (Chris Stapleton & Morgane Stapleton) |
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Post by lady𝓐fan on Nov 13, 2020 8:27:17 GMT -5
"You Should Probably Leave" feels like a more modern version of "It Just Comes Natural". It's the most immediate song on the album for me.
I'll have to let the rest of it sink in this weekend. Overall feels same-y for him, but that's not necessarily bad.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 13, 2020 9:10:20 GMT -5
I love it. I think I prefer it to both EPs overall even though there's nothing I like as much as "Broken Halos" or "Millionaire".
Early favorites:
Starting Over
Devil Always Made Me Think Twice
You Should Probably Leave
Watch You Burn
Whiskey Sunrise
Joy Of My Life
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Post by taylor on Nov 13, 2020 11:50:02 GMT -5
Stellar record. There were a couple songs that I found a bit tedious to get through, and one that might have to grow on me, but overall I very much enjoyed it. The production was immaculate and there are a couple JAMS on there. I was surprised by "Watch You Burn" getting into those tougher topics and "Nashville, TN" sounding like he's moving out of the city, and I liked both of those songs well enough. All-in-all, this is one of the better country albums of 2020.
Favorites: Starting Over, Devil Always Made Me Think Twice, Cold, When I'm With You, Arkansas, Joy of My Life, Whiskey Sunrise
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Post by phil1996 on Nov 13, 2020 13:58:18 GMT -5
Great stuff as always.
When I’m With You, Maggie’s Song, Cold, Worry B Gone, and the title track are my early favorites. Hope Maggie’s gets a shot at radio
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Post by fearlessarrow on Nov 14, 2020 2:07:34 GMT -5
I'm not as big of a fan of the middle of the album but the beginning and the end are fantastic!
Early favorites outside of the songs that were released prior to the album: "Devil Always Made Me Think Twice", "Maggie's Song", "Watch You Burn", "Nashville, TN"
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Post by someguy on Nov 14, 2020 2:13:40 GMT -5
I've only heard it once through, but I'm liking it so far. I do agree with the sentiment that some of the songs do begin to sound the same, especially around the middle of the album.
My early favourites are: "Starting Over", "Devil Always Made Me Think Twice", "Maggie's Song", "You Should Probably Leave" and "Nashville TN"
YSPL or NT seem like the best choices for the next single to me.
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Post by tim on Nov 14, 2020 4:36:45 GMT -5
I'm just starting to dig my heels into this album but still need to let it sink in with a few a more listens. That said, I think it goes without saying that this already sounds like an early contender for Album of the Year at both the ACMs and CMAs for next year. This also sounds like the most cohesive and complete album Chris has released since Traveller if only because his previous two releases felt a bit more like EPs and would've benefited from just being combined into one release. I'd also expect this puts Chris right back into contention for any Male Vocalist awards next year along with Single and Song nominations.
Anyways, I couldn't even possibly rank this album yet but here are a few of my early favorites:
1. Starting Over
2. Watch You Burn
3. Cold
4. Nashville, TN
5. You Should Probably Leave
6. Devil Always Made Me Think Twice
7. Whiskey Sunrise
8. Arkansas
9. Maggie's Song
10. Joy of My Life
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Post by recordyear on Nov 14, 2020 22:37:04 GMT -5
Predicted 55-65k pure sales and 70-80k SPS first week. Probably #3 overall.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 15, 2020 10:56:33 GMT -5
83 on Metacritic (universal acclaim) so far. All of his albums/EPs have scored over 80.
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Post by onebuffalo on Nov 22, 2020 19:26:22 GMT -5
#1 country, #3 top 200 album with 103,000 SPS. Congratulations, Chris Stapleton.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 10, 2021 21:06:33 GMT -5
He’s performing on The Tonight Show tonight.
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Post by recordyear on Feb 10, 2021 21:08:36 GMT -5
He’s performing on The Tonight Show tonight. Performing When I'm With You. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 11, 2021 9:49:45 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Nov 11, 2021 8:00:19 GMT -5
Single of the year
WINNER: "Starting Over" - Chris Stapleton (Producers: Dave Cobb, Chris Stapleton; Mix Engineer: Vance Powell)
Album of the year
WINNER: "Starting Over" - Chris Stapleton (Producers: Dave Cobb, Chris Stapleton; Mix Engineer: Vance Powell)
Song of the year
WINNER: "Starting Over" - Songwriters: Mike Henderson, Chris Stapleton
Male vocalist of the year
WINNER: Chris Stapleton
Not sure what the other two awards were.. don't see him anywhere else on the posted lists of winners.
He also performed with Jennifer Hudson but CMA hasn't posted that one yet.
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Post by recordyear on Nov 11, 2021 8:17:16 GMT -5
Not sure what the other two awards were.. don't see him anywhere else on the posted lists of winners. He also won Single of the Year as producer and Song of the Year as songwriter. |
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Post by Troublemaker on Nov 11, 2021 8:35:11 GMT -5
Not sure what the other two awards were.. don't see him anywhere else on the posted lists of winners. He also won Single of the Year as producer and Song of the Year as songwriter. Actually the other award is production credit for his album. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 11, 2021 12:37:03 GMT -5
He also performed with Jennifer Hudson but CMA hasn't posted that one yet. Uploaded now. |
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