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10.0
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The Independent
Even among the country music gems already released this year, Stapleton’s feels like a small miracle
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8.0
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8.0 |
Uncut
Chris Stapleton rides roughshod over country music formulas on Starting Over, with assistance from a pair of Heartbreakers. Print edition only
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8.0
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8.0 |
All Music
Stapleton could use a bit of Petty's flair - there's not a lot of humor here, nor are there any flirtations with modern sounds - but his straight-ahead style nevertheless satisfies on Starting Over
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8.0
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8.0 |
American Songwriter
Starting Over finds Stapleton not only maintaining his momentum, but also opting for diversity as well
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7.8
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7.8 |
Spectrum Culture
It’s all delivered with a workmanlike confidence that is so effortless as to make what, elsewhere and in lesser hands, would be borderline mind-blowing simply par for the course
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7.0
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7.0 |
No Ripcord
Stapleton’s writing is solid, but his vocals, arrangements, and instrumentation imbue most of these songs with something remarkable
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7.0
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7.0 |
PopMatters
Starting Over doesn't do so much of what its title suggests as it builds on Chris Stapleton's solid foundation across rootsy music for another decisive step forward
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7.0
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7.0 |
Rolling Stone
The chill Nashville trailblazer feels at home in songs that echo his pop songwriting and his country roots
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6.0
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6.0 |
Slant Magazine
The album’s unvarnished style generally works, but there’s nowhere to hide when the singer drifts into the saccharine
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