Suffer in Peace
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| Studio album by Tyler Farr | ||||
| Released | April 28, 2015 | |||
| Recorded | 2014–15 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 36:48 | |||
| Label | Columbia Nashville | |||
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| Spin | 6/10 |
Suffer in Peace is the second studio album by American country music artist Tyler Farr. It was released on April 28, 2015 via Columbia Nashville records. Following the success of his 2013 debut Redneck Crazy, Farr went to work on new material for his next project that had more darker and serious content. The album garnered mixed reviews from critics. Suffer in Peace debuted at numbers 2 and 4 on the Top Country Albums and Billboard 200 charts respectively and spawned three singles: "A Guy Walks Into a Bar", "Withdrawals" and "Better in Boots".
While touring with Brantley Gilbert and Jason Aldean on their respective tours for promotion on his debut album Redneck Crazy, Farr started performing material that would be part of his next record. He expressed wanting to move into a more traditional direction following the critical reception of the album's title track and "Whiskey in My Water" and the positive reviews given to "A Guy Walks Into a Bar". This gave him the mindset to work on material that was more than just typical country radio singles. Farr chose the album title Suffer in Peace because it had a dark underpinning to it and that there were two opposites in the words that make up the title. For the album's track listing, Farr co-wrote three songs and chose the rest based on what he felt represented his life and spoke to him as an artist.
Opening track "C.O.U.N.T.R.Y." was described by Farr as a "rural country anthem" that he could picture being played at a party in his hometown of Missouri. The song utilizes a swampy banjo groove that's described as sounding like "Hank Williams, Jr. backed by ZZ Top." "A Guy Walks Into a Bar" uses the bar joke as a setting for a brokenhearted man in a bar. Farr discovered the song during a writers' round that was being held at a bar he was at. One of the co-writers, Jonathan Singleton, was playing the song and was asked by Farr if he could record it. "Withdrawals" is a break-up song about relating that kind of pain to addiction. Farr said that this was the last song to be added to the album and he was fascinated by the demo consisting of a piano and drum loop as its overall sound. His vocal delivery over the production was something he chose that made it transition from a country song to full-on storytelling. "Damn Good Friends" is a duet with fellow country singer Jason Aldean about genuine bonding with a true friend reminiscent of Tracy Lawrence's "Find Out Who Your Friends Are". Farr got the idea to have Aldean on the track when he was working on it and thought that it rung true about his camaraderie with him over the past year.
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