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Traveller
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 5, 2015
StudioRCA Studio A, Blackbird Studios in Nashville
Genre
Length63:04
LabelMercury Nashville
Producer
Chris Stapleton chronology
Traveller
(2015)		From A Room: Volume 1
(2017)
Singles from Traveller
  1. 'Traveller'
    Released: April 27, 2015
  2. 'Nobody to Blame'
    Released: November 9, 2015
  3. 'Parachute'
    Released: May 2, 2016[1]

When his 2015 CMA wins for Album of the Year, New Artist of the Year, and Male Vocalist of the Year turned Chris Stapleton into an overnight sensation, it raised the expectations for the sequel to his debut Traveller considerably. Released two years to the day after Traveller, From A Room: Volume 1 surprises with its modesty. Download Chris Stapleton Torrent at TorrentFunk. We have 50 Chris Stapleton Music torrents for you!

Traveller is the debut studio album by American singer-songwriter Chris Stapleton. The album was produced by Dave Cobb and Stapleton, and was released on May 5, 2015, through Mercury Nashville.

Described by music publications as an old-school country, Southern rock record, Traveller received critical acclaim and earned Stapleton several awards. It was named Album of the Year at the 2015 Country Music Association Awards. Furthermore, it received a nomination at the 58th Grammy Awards for Album of the Year and a win for Best Country Album. The song 'Traveller' also won Best Country Solo Performance. At the 2016 Academy of Country Music Awards it won Album of the Year, with the song 'Nobody to Blame' also winning Song of the Year. It won the Billboard Music Award for Top Country Album in 2016 and 2017.

Traveller reached number one on the US Billboard 200 chart after a duet performance by Stapleton and Justin Timberlake at the 2015 Country Music Association Awards. The album has been certified triple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and has sold over 2.5 million copies in the United States by April 2019.[2] It generated three singles: 'Traveller', 'Nobody to Blame', and 'Parachute'. 'Nobody to Blame' reached the top 10 on the Country Airplay chart.[3] The album track 'Fire Away' was accompanied by a music video.[4]

  • 3Critical reception
  • 7Chart performance

Music and composition[edit]

I lost my dad in October 2013 and did a little bit of soul-searching. My wife was kind enough to buy me an old Jeep. We flew out to Phoenix and drove it all the way back to Nashville through the desert. I thought a lot about music and my dad, and the things that he would have liked that I should be doing. Out of that, I actually wrote the song 'Traveller' driving down Interstate 40 through New Mexico. That became the cornerstone for the record and wound up being the title track.

— Stapleton speaking about his inspiration for the album during an interview with Billboard[5]

The album is an old-school country record mixed with Southern rock. Tracks on the album features electric guitar, mandolin, and acoustic guitar. 'The Devil Named Music' exclaims the hard life on the road, while 'Might As Well Get Stoned' features resignation lyrics.[6] Musically, 'Sometimes I Cry' is a blues song,[6] 'Nobody to Blame' a mid-tempo country rock track,[7] and 'Fire Away' features a beat in a classic soul-ballad time signature.[8] 'Daddy Doesn't Pray Anymore' shrouds reflections about his father in the language of religious backsliding and was previously covered by Julie Roberts in 2013.[9] In an interview for Rolling Stone, Stapleton commented 'If somebody tells me it sounds dated, I'd say that's great, as long as the date is 1978. My favorite things are from then.'[6]

Stapleton wrote or co-wrote all but two of the album's 14 tracks. The album features a blues-influenced cover of David Allan Coe's single 'Tennessee Whiskey', and Charlie Daniels' 'Was It 26,' written by Don Sampson.[6]

Commercial performance[edit]

The album debuted on the Top Country Albums chart at number two, and the Billboard 200 at number 14, selling 27,000 copies in the week ending May 10.[10]

Following Chris Stapleton and Justin Timberlake's performance at the 2015 Country Music Association Awards, sales for the album increased 6,000%[11] and it re-entered the Billboard 200 at number one after being absent from the chart since September, with 177,000 equivalent album units (153,000 in pure album sales). According to Billboard, the surge in sales is owed to how a mass audience discovered Stapleton on the November 4 CMA Awards broadcast. Traveller is also the first debut country album to reach number one on the Billboard 200 in over four years, with Clear as Day (2011) by Scotty McCreery being the last.[12] It became the first album to reenter the chart at number one. It remained at number one for a second week with 124,000 album-equivalent units, including 97,000 pure album sales.[13] The album track 'Tennessee Whiskey' topped the Hot Country Songs chart,[14] and reached the top 20 on the Billboard Hot 100.

The album sold 685,000 copies in the United States in 2015.[15] In February 2016, Traveller was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), and double platinum in September.[16] It became the fourth best-selling album of 2016 in the nation, and the top selling country album, with 1.04 million copies sold that year.[15] The album surpassed the 2 million sales mark in the US in July 2017,[17], and it was the second best-selling country album of 2017 (after Stapleton's second album From A Room: Volume 1.[18] It hold the records for the most weeks atop the Americana/Folk Albums chart (42 in total as of March 2018).[19] It topped the Billboard Year-End Top Country Albums chart in 2016 and 2017.[20][21] It was certified triple platinum in May,[16] and has sold 2.5 million copies in the country as of April 2019.[2]

Critical reception[edit]

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic85/100[22]
Review scores
SourceRating
AbsolutePunk[23]
AllMusic[24]
Billboard[9]
Digital JournalA[25]
Exclaim!9/10[26]
NPR(Favorable)[27]
The Daily Telegraph[28]
Wall Street Journal(Favorable)[29]

Traveller received critical acclaim upon its release. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from music critics, the album has received an average score of 85, indicating 'universal acclaim', based on 6 reviews.[22] In a review for Billboard, editor Caitlin White gave the album four-out-of-five stars, describing Traveller as a 'solemn album, the work of a man gripped by life's impermanence', noting 'undercurrents of regret, loss and resignation' in songs like 'Daddy Doesn't Pray Anymore,' 'Nobody to Blame' and 'Devil Named Music'. About the record's sound direction, she commented 'Stapleton's songs are both rhythmic and nuanced, perhaps a by-product of years spent writing for others. They feature a cast of characters that remain likable even as they rush headlong into pursuit of ruin, fortune or chance.' White concluded 'it's a triumphant debut, encapsulating the grit of life, turning it into a hell of a journey.'[9] In Los Angeles Times, Randy Lewis wrote 'Stapleton's trenchant pen combines with his soul-drenched rasp of a voice for a moving exploration of the panoply of emotions in the human experience.'[30]

Critics from Rolling Stone opined Traveller 'encapsulates everything that makes him one of the most powerful and unique voices in country music today: gravelly, soulful and full of songs that ring like instant classics without ever resting too deeply in the past.'[31] In their year-end summary they stated 'every track goes straight for the emotional jugular and give a glimpse inside a wildly introspective mind.'[32] Editor Owen R. Smith from The Seattle Times noted the instruments mandolin, banjo, pedal steel guitar 'are all given room to shine, even when Stapleton dips his toe into some menacing country rock in “Nobody to Blame” or electrified bluesy swagger in “Might As Well Get Stoned.'[33]

Accolades[edit]

PublicationListRankRef.
American SongwriterTop 50 Albums of 2015
Billboard25 Best Albums of 2015
Brooklyn MagazineThe Best of 2015
The 20 Best Country Albums of 2015
Entertainment WeeklyThe 40 Best Albums of 2015
NPR50 Favorite Albums of 2015
Rolling Stone50 Best Albums of 2015
40 Best Country Albums of 2015
StereogumThe 50 Best Albums of 2015

Awards[edit]

YearAwardCategoryResultRef.
2015Country Music Association AwardsAlbum of the YearWon[42]
2016Grammy AwardsAlbum of the YearNominated[43]
Best Country AlbumWon
Academy of Country Music AwardsAlbum of the Year[44]
Billboard Music AwardsTop Country Album[45]
American Country Countdown AwardsAlbum of the Year[46]
Americana Music Honors & AwardsAlbum of the YearNominated[47]
American Music AwardsFavorite Country Album[48]
2017iHeartRadio Music AwardsCountry Album of the YearWon[49]
Billboard Music AwardsTop Country Album[50]

Track listing[edit]

Chris
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1.'Traveller'Chris Stapleton3:42
2.'Fire Away'4:04
3.'Tennessee Whiskey'4:53
4.'Parachute'4:13
5.'Whiskey and You'
  • Stapleton
3:56
6.'Nobody to Blame'4:04
7.'More of You'
  • Stapleton
  • Bowman
4:37
8.'When the Stars Come Out'4:16
9.'Daddy Doesn't Pray Anymore'Stapleton4:09
10.'Might as Well Get Stoned'
  • Stapleton
  • Jimmy Stewart
  • Justin Mcghee
4:37
11.'Was It 26'Don Sampson4:49
12.'The Devil Named Music'Stapleton6:07
13.'Outlaw State of Mind'5:37
14.'Sometimes I Cry'
  • Stapleton
  • Clint Ingersoll
4:00
Total length:63:29

Personnel[edit]

Credits for Traveller adapted from AllMusic.[51]

Musicians

  • Dave Cobb – acoustic guitar, percussion
  • J.T. Cure – bass guitar, upright bass
  • Derek Mixon – drums, percussion
  • Mickey Raphael – harmonica
  • Chris Stapleton – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, mandolin, lead vocals
  • Morgane Hayes-Stapleton – background vocals
  • Robby Turner – pedal steel guitar
  • Michael Webb – Mellotron, organ, piano

Technical personnel

  • Steve Blackmon – assistant
  • Sorrel Brigman – assistant
  • Dave Cobb – producer
  • Becky Fluke – photography
  • Mary Hooper – design
  • Pete Lyman – mastering
  • Drew Long – assistant
  • Vance Powell – engineer, mixing
  • Ed Spear – assistant
  • Chris Stapleton – producer
  • Shane Stern – production coordination

Chart performance[edit]

Weekly charts[edit]

Chart (2015–16)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[52]47
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[53]53
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[54]4
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[55]13
Scottish Albums (OCC)[56]93
UK Albums (OCC)[57]67
US Billboard 200[58]1
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[59]1
US Folk Albums (Billboard)[60]1

Year-end charts[edit]

Chart (2015)Position
US Billboard 200[61]68
US Top Country Albums[62]9
Chart (2016)Position
Canadian Albums Chart[63]14
US Billboard 200[64]7
US Top Country Albums[20]1
Chart (2017)Position
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[65]48
US Billboard 200[66]19
US Top Country Albums[21]1
Chart (2018)Position
US Billboard 200[67]34

Certifications[edit]

RegionCertificationCertified units/Sales
Canada (Music Canada)[68]Gold40,000^
United States (RIAA)[16]3× Platinum2,471,500[2]

^shipments figures based on certification alone

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Release history[edit]

List of release dates, showing region, edition, formats, label, and reference
RegionDateEdition(s)Format(s)LabelRef.
VariousMay 5, 2015StandardMercury Nashville[69]
United KingdomMarch 4, 2016VinylDecca[70]
United StatesMay 26, 2015Mercury Nashville[71]

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External links[edit]

  • Traveller at Discogs (list of releases)
  • 'Fire Away' on YouTube

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