Listen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpDYfkymaSE
Singer-songwriter Sturgill Simpson comes through with the classiest country album I’ve heard in a while.
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FAV TRACKS: CALL TO ARMS, WELCOME TO EARTH (POLLYWOG), KEEP IT BETWEEN THE LINES, SEA STORIES, OH SARAH, IN BLOOM
LEAST FAV TRACK: BRACE FOR IMPACT (LIVE A LITTLE)
STURGILL SIMPSON – A SAILOR’S GUIDE TO EARTH / 2016 / ATLANTIC RECORDS / ALT-COUNTRY, SOUTHERN SOUL, CHAMBER POP
8/10 http://www.theneedledrop.com/loved-list/2016/1/loved-list-2016
Y’all know this is just my opinion, right?
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Cuttin' Grass
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Sound & Fury (Black Vinyl)
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Metamodern Sounds in Country Music
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A Sailor's Guide To Earth (180 Gram Vinyl)
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Dude !!! Jst thanks for recommending this ❤❤❤
He is the protagonist in sea stories. He was in the navy.
Please review Skepta’s Konnichiwa next.
In before this ends up winning AotY at Grammy’s then every Beyonce fan acting like Trump won again.
NPR’s interview of Sturgill about this album tells you all about his approach to the album. He’s fuckin’ great. http://www.npr.org/2016/05/06/476877267/sturgill-simpson-puts-a-paternal-twist-on-hard-edged-country
If Bowie, Weezer, and the Grips hadn’t come out with some of their best work this year, this would be my AOTY so far.
Shamelessly southern?? Wtf does that mean. Sea stories is about sturgills time in the navy and the places he went and not about how someone sings about hunting and fishing. All the best music came from the south. Blues, country, rock, bluegrass and even some rap, all came from the south, and so I don’t get what the fuck, “shamelessly southern” means. I don’t know why this guy reviews all these albums when he didn’t make any albums himself. What gives him the right to critique other albums when he’s not even in the fucking music business or even makes music and hasn’t made any albums yet. I’m not even from the south
Man, you didn’t say a single word about how profound this album is. The themes and messages on this album transcend time and culture. Simpson is a legitimate genius. Breakers Roar, for instance, is ridiculously deep.
Sturgill Simpson was a sailor. He wrote about his experience. Bit of an oversight.
The thing with Sturgill’s cover of In Bloom is that the line “He don’t know what it means to love someone” was not in the original; it was a change that he had to get permission to make from the Cobain estate. Admittedly, the lyric change is so good and fits so well into the rest of the song that it feels like it was there the whole time.
Hard to get past the suggestion that Metamodern isn’t refined or nuanced. Just my amateur music critic opinion, but I think they’re both incredible albums.
Good shit, most all of what you said I agree with.
Sturgil fans should give Scott Biram a listen. Dirty Old One Man Band is a killer album.
No commentary on Breakers Roar? That’s a beautiful song.
Sturgill has a very distinct sound and his music is really moving and unique.
I love Sturgill and I am really digging this album but it doesn’t feel country to me aside from his singing style.
I’m also not in any way an expert in country music so I could be way off here.
This record is absolutely fantastic!!! I love it so much
This album kicks ass. Period.
God awful review
Grammy nomination!!!
over produced, overly commercial, his voice is totally lost, orchestra turned up to a 100 that hides everything. silly. all sound the same. good videos, too bad mtv is dead.
You think Metamodern is a paint by the numbers country album? Did you even listen to it? The last song sounds like Pink Floyd and the whole album is mixed and recorded to sound like a 70s album. But you probably listened to the first track and made your assumption.
i totally agree with anthony here. i’m a native born and raised Texan but i hate country music. but i love this album. sturgill hits all the emotional points of what country should be, but never compromises his integrity just to pander to specific types of country music fans. its a fuckin great album and definitely required listening for fans of folk music and alt-country.
This is hilarious. This is a top 5 album of all-time in country music. The Grammy nomination alongside Beyonce, Adele, and goofy ass Drake prove that. Idk how I came across your review but, Jesus Christ, between those glasses and that goddamn pedo mustache, it does not at all surprise me that you would give it a 7 or 8. I’m usually a relatively cordial commentor on YouTube. Your synopsis of a genre you clearly do not either understand or are too inept to give a quality review about is very evident in your video, however, so I had to stray from my norm to defend the artist here. You are just a dumbass, plain and simple. I hope to God I dont come across another one of your baseless shitposts again.
I really really enjoy this album! it is one of my favorites of 2016. It is very crisp and dynamic.
@Theneedledrop Listen to breakers roar drunk and stoned and you’ll cry like a baby. Something about that song just makes me want to hug someone forever.
Have you ever made a single piece of music?
Your assessment is pretty good but your number is way off. A Sailors Guide to Earth is definitely a 9 probably a 10.
I hate country music but i really enjoy this artist
Sturgill simpson is the best country I’ve heard in the last ten years
I personally don’t like his rendition of Nirvana’s In Bloom. I think it made the song a bit boring for my taste. That’s my least Fav Track. The album started strongly and ends in a good way. 8/10.
Breakers Roar is one of the best songs I’ve heard in a while.
This guys a yankee douche bag. Who gives a fuck what he thinks? Sturg don’t and neither do I
im glad you’ve been starting to review more country artists
The album was wrote as one continuous track and the major label boys thought that was too difficult for the general public to understand so we got tracks; and you proved their point, well done. The best part of your review is your inability to say anything negative about it, this album will go down in history as one of the greats, the only thing we are waiting on is time. Also he is the soldier, he was in the navy, the album is a biographical story told in first person to his son- it’s a master piece musically and lyrically, you should do more research so I don’t have to do so much sharp shooting, I hate participating in this stimulus response comments crap
Great review. I agree with almost all of it. I’m a lifelong country fan that has branched out from there and this album hits on so many of my musical tastes.
I would LOVE if you reviewed highly Suspect’s album Mister Asylum
Yea, this has done it for me with Anthony. Just go fuck yourself.
Sea Stories is just about perfect.
You sound like a twat
Stellar album imo.
Grammy award winning
Amazing Country album
A country album that doesn’t have some cheesy selfie of a country guy wearing a cowboy hat on the cover? That’s not normal. I still don’t like this album though