A Sailor's Guide to Earth is the third studio album by American country music singer-songwriter Sturgill Simpson.

[2] Prior to the album's announcement, Simpson stated in an interview with GQ that "what's next is already finished... Quite honestly, I need about six months at home with my family.

[4] A week later, he published the music video for "Brace for Impact", which was directed by Matt Mahurin and contains the Grim Reaper, a hot rod coffin and sailboats.

[7] The song "Oh Sarah" was previously recorded by Simpson's former band Sunday Valley and appeared on their only full-length album, To the Wind and On To Heaven, in 2011.

1 on the Top Country Albums chart, selling 52,000 copies (55,000 units when tracks and streams are included) in its first week.