Current ACM Entertainer of the Year, Chris Stapleton is back with his 5th studio album, Higher, via Mercury Nashville. The record was released November 10th on limited edition Opaque Bone Colored double vinyl LP (pressed on 180 Gram Vinyl) and CD. It follows Stapleton’s 2020’s acclaimed Starting Over, which went on to win three awards at the 67th Annual GRAMMYs: Best Country Album, Best Country Solo Performance (“You Should Probably Leave”) and Best Country Song (“Cold”) in addition to earning Album of the Year honors at both the CMA and ACM Awards. Stapleton was named the ACM's Artist-Songwriter of the Decade. In 2023, Rolling Stone ranked Stapleton at number 170 on its list of the 200 Greatest Singers of All Time.

Produced by Dave Cobb, Morgane Stapleton, and Stapleton, Higher was recorded at Nashville’s RCA Studio A. Across its 14 songs, Stapleton showcases his supernatural voice and musical versatility with songs that span genres and defy easy categorization. Alongside Stapleton (vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, slide electric guitar), the album features Cobb (acoustic guitar, eclectic guitar), J.T. Cure (bass), Paul Franklin (pedal steel), Derek Mixon (drums), Morgane (background vocals, synthesizer, tambourine), and Lee Pardini (organ, piano).

Preorders placed for local pickup will be available at Grimey’s as of Friday, November 10th.

Preorders for mail order have shipped out from Grimey’s as of Friday, November 10th. 

Tracklisting

 SIDE A:

1. What Am I Gonna Do

2. South Dakota

3. Trust

4. It Takes A Woman

SIDE B:

1. The Fire

2. Think I’m In Love with You

3. Loving You on My Mind

SIDE C:

1. White Horse

2. Higher

3. The Bottom

4. The Day I Die

SIDE D:

1. Crosswind

2. Weight of Your World

3. Mountains of My Mind