re: First Listen: Sturgill Simpson, 'A Sailor's Guide To Earth'

Man I forgot how good Sturgill is on a guitar

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Anyone who says they aren't a fan of the new album should really give this a watch. Amazing sound.

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I watched it.....

And I must say, it made me rethink my initial assessment after my first listen of the album. I was a bit hasty in judgement, and after a second (and now in the middle of a third) listen, this album is really good. Really good. Like a number of albums I have grown to love, the first listen was me trying to hear what I expected from the artist, instead of what the album is. I humbly retract my statement that this album was "pretty decent."

My first listen was the same way. It was so different and I was scared of the change. Now though, after about 20 times of playing the album all the way through, every single song is so badass to me. Breakers Roar is probably my least favorite on the album. Hurt me when Sturg said it was probably his favorite song on it.

I can't stop listening to Sea Stories.

Been meaning to get back to comment on this thread. It has grown on me a lot and I no longer think it's terrible

I was in the same boat. I HATED it on my first listen. Sucked it up and played it again the next day and it started growing on me. It's pretty awesome. And the live version the poster on the last page posted made it SOOOO much better than I thought it was

Sturgill was featured on NPR this morning in a 5 minute piece. LINK

I saw him last night. He did all of the new album first, then played most of Metamodern backwards (song order), then I think played most of High Top. He played for about 2 hours straight, which surprised me because he said he had some terrible allergies or a cold, and kept saying how bad he sounded. He honestly sounded really good, but you could tell something was a little off. Had some incredibly long jam at the end. The brass added a great deal to the show. I definitely recommend going to see him if you get the chance.

Who else is here tonight at the Bomb Factory? - chime in...

My brother is there and sending me snaps. Interesting venue.

So I picked this album up on RSD due to so many on here raving about Sturgill. Not knowing much about him, I figured "what the hell, it's only one record". I have listened to this album about 5 times in the last 5 weeks, and it gets better with each spin.

I guess initially I was sort of negatively biased as it falls in the "country" genre, of which I am not a huge fan of...but classifying this as country is sort of like classifying Lyle Lovett as country--which is a stretch.

I suppose the last 20 years of Bro Country has put such a negative connotation on the genre that when a fantastic classic country album by a very talented musician comes out, it's tough to get out from under the stigma.


Long story short...great friggin' record!