Country Junkie | ||||
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Released | October 8, 2013 | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Label | Cache/Sony Music Canada | |||
Producer | Gord Bamford Byron Hill | |||
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Singles from Country Junkie | ||||
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Source | Rating |
Country Standard Time | [1] |
Top Country |
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]
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]
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" | Gord Bamford, Brent Baxter, Byron Hill | 3:00 |
3. | "The Truth" | Gord Bamford, Byron Hill, Cyril Rawson | 3:45 |
4. | "Unreal" | Gord Bamford, O'Donnell, Owens | 3:29 |
5. | "One Makes Me Want Another" | Gord Bamford, Brice Long, Byron Hill | 2:51 |
6. | "Daughterville" | Gord Bamford, Byron Hill | 2:42 |
7. | "She Gets Me" | Gord Bamford, Jake Mathews, Duane Steele | 3:19 |
8. | "That's How We Party" | Gord Bamford, O'Donnell, Owens | 3:16 |
9. | "Groovin' with You" | Jake Mathews, Duane Steele | 3:05 |
10. | "Blue Jeans" | Gord Bamford, Marty Dodson, Byron Hill | 2:49 |
11. | "I Won't Regret That" | Gord Bamford, Byron Hill, Dave Turnbull | 3:18 |
12. | "Saturday's Beer" | Gord Bamford, Marty Dodson, Byron Hill | 3:52 |
13. | "Country Junkie" (featuring Joe Diffie) | Gord Bamford, Byron Hill | 3:02 |
14. | "Nights Like You" | Gord Bamford, Brent Baxter, Byron Hill | 2:48 |
Chart (2013) | Peak position |
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Canadian Albums (Billboard) [6] | 11 |
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 | |||
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