Chris Stapleton - Traveller (2015)

Reason for Listening:
#58 on the Billboard 200 (Week of 20201010). Weeks on Chart greater than 2x the rank.
Last Week: 54 | Peak: 1 | Weeks on Chart: 264

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Before today, I did not know who Chris Stapleton was and I had not heard any of his music.

Released 20150505.
14 songs. 63:04. Traveller (2015)
Wikipedia (No article at the time of this post)

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Notes:
--20201010--
First listen.
I like the (female) background vocal ("Traveller"). [the Wikipedia page have background vocals credited to Stapleton's wife Morgane Stapleton]

Songs in bold are the bonus tracks on the deluxe edition.
3: "Tennessee Whiskey"; "Whiskey and You";
2: "The Devil Named Music"; "Might as Well Get Stoned";
1: "Traveller"; "Nobody to Blame"; "Was It 26"; "More of You";
0: "Fire Away"; "Parachute"; "When The Stars Come Out"; "Daddy Doesn't Pray Anymore"; "Outlaw State of Mind"; "Sometimes I Cry"

Summary:
This album offers up a variety of country songs, with perhaps a slower pace and generally heavier feel than other country albums I've heard - though I can't say that I've heard many and my sample of albums may be skewed. This is possibly a combination of the lyrics and general theme of the songs together with the rock and/or blues instrumentation.

Prior to looking at other album ratings, I rated Traveller a 4.4 out of 5. Inituitively, I didn't like the album as consistently as I did with What You See Is What You Get (Luke Combs album). Pulling that post up, I had rated the album a 4.8 out of 5 with a song rating count of 6 ("0"), 7 ("1"), 2 ("2"), 2 ("3"), and 1 ("4"). In contrast this album has a song rating count of 6, 4, 2, 2, and 0. Is the rating differential qualified? With four less songs, to have the same rating profile would be to have a 4.6, 5.4, 1.6, 1.6, and 0.8 (multipy WYSIWYG's song rating count by 14/18). Thus, from a song rating point of view, the album did come up a little short (an example of a more equal profile would have been a 5, 5, 2, 1, and 1).

Overall Rating: 4.4/5
Favorite Song: "Tennessee Whiskey"

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