High Top Mountain

High Top Mountain
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 11, 2013 (2013-06-11)
Recorded2012–13
Studio
GenreNeotraditional country
Length37:33
Label
ProducerDave Cobb
Sturgill Simpson chronology
High Top Mountain
(2013)
Metamodern Sounds in Country Music
(2014)
Singles from High Top Mountain
  1. "Life Ain't Fair and the World Is Mean"
    Released: October 22, 2012

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] The record is named after a cemetery near Jackson, Kentucky where many of his family are buried.[2]

  1. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Sturgill Simpson biography". AllMusic. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
  2. ^ Inman, Davis (26 April 2013). "Sturgill Simpson: Man Of The Hour". American Songwriter. Retrieved 28 September 2015.