Country Junkie
Country Junkie | ||||
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Studio album by Gord Bamford | ||||
Released | October 8, 2013 | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Label | Cache/Sony Music Canada | |||
Producer |
Gord Bamford Byron Hill | |||
Gord Bamford chronology | ||||
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Singles from Country Junkie | ||||
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Professional ratings | |
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Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
Country Standard Time | [1] |
Top Country | [2] |
Country Junkie is the sixth studio album by Canadian country music artist Gord Bamford. It was released on October 8, 2013 by Cache/Sony Music Canada.[3] Bamford premiered the first single, "When Your Lips Are So Close", at the Canadian Country Music Association Awards in September 2013.[4]
Country Junkie was nominated for Country Album of the Year at the 2014 Juno Awards.[5]
Critical reception
Dustin Blumhagen of Country Standard Time gave the album a positive review, writing that "there are plenty of funny songs and party songs, but Bamford excels when he uses his voice to channel emotion into love ballads."[1] Shenieka Russell-Metcalf of Top Country gave the album four and a half stars out of five, saying that it "gives us a good mix of catchy songs […] and songs that hit close to our hearts."[2]
Track listing
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Where a Farm Used to Be" | Gord Bamford, Phil O'Donnell, Buddy Owens | 2:56 |
2. | "When Your Lips Are So Close" | Bamford, Brent Baxter, Byron Hill | 3:00 |
3. | "The Truth" | Bamford, Hill, Cyril Rawson | 3:45 |
4. | "Unreal" | Bamford, O'Donnell, Owens | 3:29 |
5. | "One Makes Me Want Another" | Bamford, Brice Long, Hill | 2:51 |
6. | "Daughterville" | Bamford, Hill | 2:42 |
7. | "She Gets Me" | Bamford, Jake Mathews, Duane Steele | 3:19 |
8. | "That's How We Party" | Bamford, O'Donnell, Owens | 3:16 |
9. | "Groovin' with You" | Mathews, Steele | 3:05 |
10. | "Blue Jeans" | Bamford, Marty Dodson, Hill | 2:49 |
11. | "I Won't Regret That" | Bamford, Hill, Dave Turnbull | 3:18 |
12. | "Saturday's Beer" | Bamford, Dodson, Hill | 3:52 |
13. | "Country Junkie" (featuring Joe Diffie) | Bamford, Hill | 3:02 |
14. | "Nights Like You" | Bamford, Baxter, Hill | 2:48 |
Chart performance
Album
Chart (2013) | Peak position |
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Canadian Albums (Billboard)[6] | 11 |
Singles
Year | Single | Peak chart positions | |
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CAN Country [7] |
CAN [8] | ||
2013 | "When Your Lips Are So Close" | 1 | 42 |
2014 | "Unreal" | 10 | 77 |
"Where a Farm Used to Be" | 8 | 77 | |
"Groovin' with You" | 17 | — | |
"—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||
References
- 1 2 Blumhagen, Dustin. "Gord Bamford – Country Junkie". Country Standard Time. Retrieved November 21, 2013.
- 1 2 Russell-Metcalf, Shenieka (October 11, 2013). "Reviewed: Gord Bamford's "Country Junkie"". Top Country. Retrieved November 21, 2013.
- ↑ Stevenson, Jane (September 8, 2013). "Gord Bamford wins big at the Canadian Country Music Association Awards". Toronto Sun. Retrieved October 8, 2013.
- ↑ Stevenson, Jane (September 7, 2013). "Pleasantly surprised". Toronto Sun. Retrieved October 8, 2013.
- ↑ Kinos-Goodin, Jesse (February 4, 2014). "Juno Awards 2014: meet the nominees". CBC Music. Retrieved March 12, 2014.
- ↑ "Gord Bamford – Chart history" Billboard Canadian Albums Chart for Gord Bamford.
- ↑ "Gord Bamford Album & Song Chart History - Canada Country". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved November 20, 2013.
- ↑ "Gord Bamford Album & Song Chart History - Billboard Canadian Hot 100". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved November 20, 2013.