Starting Over (Chris Stapleton album)

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Starting Over
Chris Stapleton Starting Over.jpg
Studio album by
Chris Stapleton
ReleasedNovember 13, 2020
Studio
Genre Country
Length54:00
Label Mercury Nashville
Producer
Chris Stapleton chronology
From A Room: Volume 2
(2017)		Starting Over
(2020)		 Higher
(2023)
Singles from Starting Over
  1. "Starting Over"
    Released: August 28, 2020
  2. "Cold"
    Released: September 25, 2020
  3. "You Should Probably Leave"
    Released: May 17, 2021
  4. "Joy of My Life"
    Released: March 22, 2022

Starting Over is the fourth studio album by American musician Chris Stapleton. The album was released on November 13, 2020, by Mercury Nashville. [1] [2] At the 64th Grammy Awards it won the award for Best Country Album. [3]

Contents

Composition

The singer-songwriter's fourth recording project consists of fourteen tracks produced with Dave Cobb, and features writing by John Fogerty, Mike Henderson, Mike Campbell, Susanna Clarke and Guy Clark. [4] Interviewed by Vulture Magazine , Stapleton said: [5] "There’s a lot on this record that I’m finding out, as I’m starting to talk about it a bit, was very reactionary and in the moment. On previous records, there was songwriting that probably took place in a working songwriter vacuum, that sat around for a number of years and found a purpose when it was time to make a record. [...] This project is much more about my current day-to-day life."

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 81/100 [6]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [7]
American Songwriter Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [8]
The Independent Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [9]
PopMatters Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [10]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [11]
Slant Magazine Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [12]

Starting Over received generally positive reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from critics, the album received an average score of 81, which indicates "universal acclaim", based on 10 reviews. [6]

Jonathan Bernstein of Rolling Stone reports that "Starting Over feels comfortable experimenting with whatever its author throws at it" as Stapleton "digs deep into familiar territory, spinning a fiery tale of liberation", finding it a "sincere tale". [11]

Chris Willman of Variety finds that "Starting Over is not intended to live up to its title; if anyone is so solid in his musical convictions that he could never try to reinvent himself, it's Stapleton. But it would be hard to consider an album that contains not just one but two Guy Clark covers that pay homage to one of Stapleton's songwriting heroes as banal". [13]

Jeremy Winograd of Slant Magazine finds the arrangements of the songs "sparse and uncluttered" leaving the singer-songwriter's voice "raw". Although he finds the vocal presence of his wife Morgane a testament to the songs' authenticity, he writes that "predictably, it only shifts his focus from love and tenderness to mild hedonism" finding them "largely limited". [12]

Awards

Awards and nominations for Starting Over
YearAwardCategoryResultRef.
2021 Country Music Association Awards Album of the Year Won [14]
Academy of Country Music Awards Album of the YearWon [15]
2022 Grammy Awards Best Country Album Won [3]

Commercial performance

Starting Over debuted at number three on the US Billboard 200 selling 103,000 units in its first week. [16]

Track listing

All tracks are produced by Dave Cobb and Chris Stapleton.

Starting Over track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Starting Over"
4:00
2."Devil Always Made Me Think Twice"
3:51
3."Cold"
  • C. Stapleton
  • Cobb
  • J.T. Cure
  • Derek Mixon
5:09
4."When I'm with You"C. Stapleton3:43
5."Arkansas"
2:58
6."Joy of My Life" John Fogerty 4:34
7."Hillbilly Blood"C. Stapleton4:05
8."Maggie's Song"C. Stapleton3:31
9."Whiskey Sunrise"
3:22
10."Worry B Gone"
3:15
11."Old Friends"
4:01
12."Watch You Burn"
  • C. Stapleton
  • Campbell
4:03
13."You Should Probably Leave"
3:33
14."Nashville, TN"
3:35
Total length:54:00

Personnel

Adapted from liner notes. [17]

Charts

Certifications

Certifications for Starting Over
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [38] Platinum80,000‡
New Zealand (RMNZ) [39] Platinum15,000‡
United States (RIAA) [40] Platinum1,000,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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