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Stapleton,Chris From A Room:Volume 1 Lp
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Album: Stapleton,Chris From A Room:Volume 1 Lp (Full Length)
# Song Title   Time
1)    Broken Halos More Info...
2)    Last Thing I Needed, First Thing This Morning More Info...
3)    Second One to Know More Info...
4)    Up to No Good Livin' More Info...
5)    Either Way More Info...
6)    I Was Wrong More Info...
7)    Without Your Love More Info...
8)    Them Stems More Info...
9)    Death Row More Info...
 
Album: Stapleton,Chris From A Room:Volume 1 Lp (Full Length)
# Song Title   Time
1)    Broken Halos More Info...
2)    Last Thing I Needed, First Thing This Morning More Info...
3)    Second One to Know More Info...
4)    Up to No Good Livin' More Info...
5)    Either Way More Info...
6)    I Was Wrong More Info...
7)    Without Your Love More Info...
8)    Them Stems More Info...
9)    Death Row More Info...
 
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  • When his 2015 CMA wins for Album of the Year, New Artist of the Year, and Male Vocalist of the Year turned Chris Stapleton into an overnight sensation, it raised the expectations for the sequel to his debut Traveller considerably. Released two years to the day after Traveller, From A Room: Volume 1 surprises with its modesty. Yes, it's the first installment of a two-part album -- a move that, by definition, suggests some level of heightened ambition -- but From A Room: Volume 1 benefits from its lean 32-minute running time, its brevity shifting attention to the sturdiness of its nine songs. Stapleton revives his Traveller blueprint, adhering to the worn, leathery sound of '70s outlaw country, but his success has slowed his roll, allowing him to proceed with a quiet confidence. Most of the album does move at a leisurely pace, with the bruised ballad "Broken Halos" setting the tone for the rest of the record. A sly cover of "Last Thing I Needed, First Thing This Morning" -- a 1982 hit for Willie Nelson -- builds upon this contemplative mood and he returns to it frequently, whether it's on the skeletal "Either Way" or the simmering tension of the closing "Death Row." Stapleton expands upon this rumination by offering a couple of soulful heartbreak numbers -- "I Was Wrong" and "Without Your Love" -- an old-fashioned barroom lament ("Up to No Good Livin'"), and a pair of rowdy, funny blues-rockers ("Second One to Know," "These Stems") that give From A Room: Volume 1 dimension and color. As good as each of these songs is individually -- and there isn't a bad song in the bunch -- what's best about From A Room: Volume 1 is how it holds together. There's no grand concept here: it's just a collection of good tunes, delivered simply and soulfully, and that's more than enough. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Professional Reviews
Rolling Stone - 4 stars out of 5 -- "Chris Stapleton is a soul singer, with a preternaturally creaky voice that can turn wizened or brawny, full of pained howls and distended vowels."

Paste (magazine) - "Stapleton kicks off the album by underlining his country chops with Broken Halos,' a perfectly paced song that lyrically spans the spiritual and the earthbound."

Pitchfork (Website) - "Stapleton is as interested in personal history as he is in music history. He resurrected songs he'd written years before, some of which had been hits for other people, some of which had been overlooked completely."
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