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• From A Room: Volume 1, released in May 2017, is Chris Stapletons second studio album, recorded at Nashvilles RCA Studio A and co-produced with Dave Cobb. The title references the very room where the sessions took place, underscoring the albums commitment to authenticity and roots. Blending country, blues, and roots rock, the record maintains a lean, focused approach: nine songs delivered in about 32 minutes, each emphasizing emotional communication over grand spectacle. Stapletons songwritinglargely co-written with longtime collaboratorsoften explores regret, longing, and resilience, framed by sparse arrangements that foreground his voice and guitar.

  Standout tracks such as Broken Halos, Either Way, Second One to Know, and I Was Wrong showcase both breadth and restraint: Stapleton moves fluidly from intimate balladry to gritty blues-tinged fare. The stripped-down Either Way, featuring only acoustic guitar, highlights his vulnerability, while Second One to Know brings gritty electric edge to the proceedings. Though the album does not aim for sweeping cohesion, each moment feels carefully chosen, and its restraint gives it emotional weight. *From A Room: Volume 1* won the Grammy for Best Country Album and solidified Stapletons reputation as a modern torchbearer for the intersection of soul, country, and roots music.

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  “As good as each of these songs is individually — and there isn’t a bad song in the bunch — what’s best about From A Room: Volume 1 is how it holds together. There’s no grand concept here: it’s just a collection of good tunes, delivered simply and soulfully, and that’s more than enough.” AllMusic

  The focus of From A Room: Volume 1 is on individual moments, not on how its songs work together as a whole its easy to get lost in the simple pleasures of I Was Wrong or the rowdy electric guitar riffs of Second One to Know. Slant Magazine

  Nashville institution Chris Stapleton followed his 2015 breakthrough with two new albums this year. They showcase his omnivorous approach to country music in all its dignified melancholy. Pitchfork

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  AllMusic rating: AllMusic users: (288 votes) Read the AllMusic.com review

• Artist: Chris Stapleton Label: Mercury Nashville Format: LP Units: 1 Country: Europe Genre: Country Style: Country

• A1 Broken Halos
  A2 Last Thing I Needed, First Thing This Morning
  A3 Second One To Know
  A4 Up To No Good Livin’
  A5 Either Way
  B1 I Was Wrong
  B2 Without Your Love
  B3 Them Stems
  B4 Death Row