THE RECORD COLLECTION / ARCHIVE EDITION

Higher

Chris Stapleton

Chris Stapleton · The fourteen-song 2023 record and the collaborators behind it.

Chris Stapleton singing and playing acoustic guitar at the 2020 Gershwin Prize concert, with blue stage lights behind him.
Photo: Shawn Miller / Library of Congress · CC0 1.0 · Cropped for display Artist photograph; not album artwork.

Higher was released on November 10, 2023 through Mercury Nashville. Chris Stapleton’s official announcement names Dave Cobb, Morgane Stapleton, and Chris Stapleton as its producers. The album was recorded at RCA Studio A in Nashville.

The standard track list contains fourteen songs. “White Horse,” its first single, had arrived in July. That gives a listener two ways in: begin with the single that introduced the record or use the album sequence, starting with “What Am I Gonna Do.” Neither choice requires a score or somebody else’s verdict.

The accompanying review notebook remains a draft because a sourced release description is not a substitute for a critic’s listening notes. This page supplies documented context and official links. The editorial sleeve treatment is not a reproduction of the commercial cover.

Track listing

Track titles from the credited release source.

  1. 01What Am I Gonna Do
  2. 02South Dakota
  3. 03Trust
  4. 04It Takes a Woman
  5. 05The Fire
  6. 06Think I’m in Love with You
  7. 07Loving You on My Mind
  8. 08White Horse
  9. 09Higher
  10. 10The Bottom
  11. 11The Day I Die
  12. 12Crosswind
  13. 13Weight of Your World
  14. 14Mountains of My Mind
Sources & notes4 sources

Facts last checked September 22, 2026. This is a sourced archive sample; it is not a current release announcement.

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