High Top Mountain | ||||
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Released | June 11, 2013 | |||
Recorded | 2012–13 | |||
Genre | Neotraditional country | |||
Length | 37:33 | |||
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Producer | Dave Cobb | |||
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High Top Mountain is the debut studio album by American country music singer-songwriter Sturgill Simpson. The album was produced by Dave Cobb and was released on June 11, 2013. Simpson self-funded the album. [1] The record is named after a cemetery near Jackson, Kentucky where many of his family are buried. [2]
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Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic rated High Top Mountain 3 1/2 stars out of 5, comparing its sound favorably to Waylon Jennings. [3] Erik Ernst of the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel also compared it to Jennings, saying that it had "rich vintage sounds, heartbreaking ballads and juke-joint ramblers". [4]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Life Ain't Fair and the World Is Mean" | Sturgill Simpson | 2:06 |
2. | "Railroad of Sin" | Simpson | 2:04 |
3. | "Water in a Well" | Simpson | 3:18 |
4. | "Sitting Here Without You" | Simpson | 2:10 |
5. | "The Storm" | Simpson | 4:02 |
6. | "You Can Have the Crown" | Simpson | 2:50 |
7. | "Time After All" | Simpson | 2:37 |
8. | "Hero" | Simpson | 4:02 |
9. | "Some Days" | Simpson | 3:30 |
10. | "Old King Coal" | Simpson | 3:07 |
11. | "Poor Rambler" | 3:45 | |
12. | "I'd Have to Be Crazy" | Steven Fromholz | 4:02 |
Total length: | 37:33 |
The album did not receive much attention on its release and debuted at No. 47 on the Top Country Albums chart. [5] It re-entered the chart after the release of Simpson's second album Metamodern Sounds in Country Music , eventually reaching No. 31 on Top Country Albums for the chart dated November 8, 2014. [6] The album has sold 105,600 copies in the United States as of January 2017. [7]
Chart (2013) | Peak position |
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US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [8] | 31 |
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) [9] | 11 [10] |
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