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High Top Mountain is the debut studio album by American country music singer-songwriter Sturgill Simpson. The album was produced by Dave Cobb and was released on June 11, 2013. Simpson self-funded the album. [1]
- Neotraditional Country
Pure and uncompromising, devoid of gloss and fakery. High Top Mountain’s dozen instant classics evoke the sound of timeless country in its many guises and brings back the lyrical forthrightness and depth that permeated the music Simpson absorbed during his Kentucky childhood.
Jun 11, 2013 · Though Sturgill Simpson would start pushing hard at the boundaries of country music on his second album, his debut—High Top Mountain—is a solidly roots-conscious slab of hard country reverberating with echoes of classic honky tonk and '70s outlaw country.
Jun 1, 2013 · High Top Mountain by Sturgill Simpson released in 2013. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.
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Jun 11, 2013 · The Waylon comparisons already abound with High Top Mountain, in both style and sound, which shows you that the slightly more settled approach to the music did its job of emphasizing the best parts of Sturgill’s music instead of having them blurred out.
Mar 18, 2023 · For many traditional country fans, High Top Mountain is also the album of choice for them from the Sturgill Simpson catalog. Sturgill wrote the first 10 songs of the album himself, and then covered Ralph Stanley’s “Poor Rambler,” and “I’d Have to Be Crazy” made famous by Willie Nelson.
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Jun 11, 2013 · From furious honky-tonk and pre-outlaw country-rocking to spellbinding bluegrass pickin' and emotional balladry, the album serves as a one-stop guide to everything that made real country music ...
