Description
Label Review.
2017 album.
Our Overview.
American singer songwriter Chris Stapleton is releasing his third studio album ‘From A Room: Volume 2’ through Mercury Nashville. Chris is already a household name in Nashville's songwriting community, where he's been penning tunes for A-listers like George Strait, Luke Bryan and Adele since 2001, the newly-turned solo artist is still something of a mystery to the general public, leading to plenty of "Who is Chris Stapleton?"
The answer goes something like this: Stapleton is a 39-year-old Kentucky native who's written a string of Number One hits for other artists, was once in the popular bluegrass group the SteelDrivers, is married to fellow country singer (and chart-topping songwriter) Morgane Hayes, briefly toured the Bible Belt as frontman of southern cock-rock group the Jompson Brothers, landed a well-deserved record contract as a solo artist, recorded ‘Traveller’ with producer Dave Cobb and, in the half-year since the album's release, has been making a rapid (and well-deserved) transition from under-the-radar musician to CMA-winning headliner.
‘From A Room: Volume 2’ follows hot on the heals of ‘From A Room: Volume 1’ released May of 2017. Recorded at Nashville's RCA Studio A (referenced in the album's title) and produced by Dave Cobb, From A Room: Volume 2 mirrors its predecessor in having a brief nine tracks. Among those are "Tryin' to Untangle My Mind," a song that Stapleton has recently been featuring in his live sets, and "Midnight Train to Memphis," which dates back to his days with the Steeldrivers. The album features a pair of covers, as well, in Kevin Welch's "Millionaire" – the opening track – and Homer Banks and Lester Snell's "Friendship," previously recorded by Pops Staples.
Stapleton's double-barreled approach on From A Room comes as the follow up to his solo debut, 2015's Traveller, a breakout album that topped the Billboard Top 200 and earned him the Grammy for Best Country Album. His All-American Road Show Tour stops at the Raising Cane's River Center Arena in Baton Rouge, Louisiana on Thursday, October 19th.
Track List
1. "Millionaire" (Kevin Welch) 2. "Hard Livin'" (Chris Stapleton, Kendell Marvel) 3. "Scarecrow in the Garden" (Chris Stapleton, Brice Long, Matt Fleener) 4. "Nobody's Lonely Tonight" (Chris Stapleton, Mike Henderson) 5. "Tryin' to Untangle My Mind" (Chris Stapleton, Jaron Boyer, Kendell Marvel) 6. "A Simple Song" (Chris Stapleton, Darrell Hayes) 7. "Midnight Train to Memphis" (Chris Stapleton, Mike Henderson) 8. "Drunkard's Prayer" (Chris Stapleton, Jameson Clark) 9. "Friendship" (Homer Banks, Lester Snell)