Countrified (John Anderson album)

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Countrified
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Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 6, 1986
Genre Country
Length36:16
Label Warner Bros. Nashville
Producer Jim Ed Norman
John Anderson chronology
Tokyo, Oklahoma
(1985)
Countrified
(1986)
Blue Skies Again
(1987)
Singles from Countrified
  1. "Honky Tonk Crowd"
    Released: August 4, 1986
  2. "Countrified"
    Released: December 1986
  3. "What's So Different About You"
    Released: March 1987
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Christgau's Record Guide B− [2]

Countrified is the eighth studio album by American country music artist John Anderson. It was released on October 6, 1986. It was his last studio album for Warner Bros. Records before leaving for MCA Nashville in 1987. The album featured "The Fightin' Side of Me", a song written and originally recorded by country singer Merle Haggard as well as a cover of the gospel standard "Peace in the Valley."

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Countrified"Tom Lazaros3:27
2."What’s So Different About You"John Anderson, Fred Carter Jr. 3:30
3."Yellow Creek"Ken McDuffie3:43
4."If I Could Have My Way"Anderson, Carter3:39
5."Do You Have a Garter Belt" Tony Joe White 3:02
6."Honky Tonk Crowd" Larry Cordle, Lionel Delmore3:43
7."The Fighting Side of Me" Merle Haggard 3:02
8."Wife’s Little Pleasures"Buck Moore, Tony Stampley, Mentor Williams 4:03
9."You Can’t Judge a Book (By the Cover)" Willie Dixon 4:24
10."Peace in the Valley" Rev. Thomas A. Dorsey 3:43

Chart performance

Album

Chart (1986)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums17

Singles

YearSinglePeak positions
US Country CAN Country
1986"Honky Tonk Crowd"107
1987"Countrified"4431
"What's So Different About You"55

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References

  1. Countrified at AllMusic
  2. Christgau, Robert (1990). "A". Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s . Pantheon Books. ISBN   0-679-73015-X . Retrieved August 16, 2020 via robertchristgau.com.