County Line (High Valley album)

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County Line
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Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 14, 2014 (2014-10-14)
Genre Country
Length32:11
Label Open Road
Producer Seth Mosley
High Valley chronology
Love Is a Long Road
(2012)
County Line
(2014)
Dear Life
(2016)
Singles from County Line
  1. "Rescue You"
    Released: October 15, 2013
  2. "County Line"
    Released: August 12, 2014
  3. "Make You Mine"
    Released: December 8, 2014
  4. "She's with Me"
    Released: May 13, 2015
  5. "Come on Down"
    Released: September 29, 2015
  6. "Be You"
    Released: March 10, 2016

County Line is the fourth studio album by Canadian country music group High Valley. It was released on October 14, 2014 by Open Road Recordings. [1] [2] The record is their first to be released as a duo, following the departure of Bryan Rempel. It includes the top-10 country radio singles "Rescue You", "County Line", "Make You Mine", "She's with Me", "Come on Down" and "Be You".

Contents

Critical reception

Markos Papadatos of Digital Journal gave the album four and a half stars out of five, writing that "Brothers Brad and Curtis Rempel are exceptional on this new album. They soar on harmonies where the listener can recall Rascal Flatts and Diamond Rio." [3] Shenieka Russell-Metcalf of Top Country wrote that "Brad and Curtis didn't miss a beat with this 10 track album. They have a great mix of content, great harmonies and strong lyrical content." [4]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."County Line"Seth Mosley, Brad Rempel, Ben Stennis3:29
2."Make You Mine" (featuring Ricky Skaggs)Mosley, Rempel, Stennis3:31
3."Be You"Mosley, Rempel, Stennis3:07
4."Fathers and Sons"Blake Bollinger, Travis Meadows, Rempel3:04
5."Farm Girl" Jim Beavers, Rempel, Deric Ruttan 3:09
6."Why God Made a River"Mosley, Don Poythress, Rempel2:58
7."She's with Me"Mosley, Rempel, Stennis3:07
8."Come on Down"Jared Crump, Rempel, Fred Wilhelm3:22
9."While the Gettin's Good" Dave Berg, Deanna Bryant, Tommy Lee James 3:49
10."Rescue You"Rempel, Stennis2:35
Total length:32:11

Chart performance

Singles

YearSinglePeak chart
positions
CAN Country
[5]
CAN
[6]
2013"Rescue You"1080
2014"County Line"870
"Make You Mine"558
2015"She's with Me"670
"Come on Down"377
2016"Be You"10
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

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