Country Junkie
Studio album by
Gord Bamford
ReleasedOctober 8, 2013 (2013-10-08)
GenreCountry
LabelCache/Sony Music Canada
ProducerGord Bamford
Byron Hill
Gord Bamford chronology
Is It Friday Yet?
(2012)		 Country Junkie
(2013)		 Christmas in Canada
(2013)
Singles from Country Junkie
  1. "When Your Lips Are So Close"
    Released: September 9, 2013
  2. "Unreal"
    Released: January 15, 2014
  3. "Where a Farm Used to Be"
    Released: May 2014
  4. "Groovin' with You"
    Released: October 2014
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Where a Farm Used to Be"Gord Bamford, Phil O'Donnell, Buddy Owens2:56
2."When Your Lips Are So Close"Gord Bamford, Brent Baxter, Byron Hill3:00
3."The Truth"Gord Bamford, Byron Hill, Cyril Rawson3:45
4."Unreal"Gord Bamford, O'Donnell, Owens3:29
5."One Makes Me Want Another"Gord Bamford, Brice Long, Byron Hill2:51
6."Daughterville"Gord Bamford, Byron Hill2:42
7."She Gets Me"Gord Bamford, Jake Mathews, Duane Steele3:19
8."That's How We Party"Gord Bamford, O'Donnell, Owens3:16
9."Groovin' with You"Jake Mathews, Duane Steele3:05
10."Blue Jeans"Gord Bamford, Marty Dodson, Byron Hill2:49
11."I Won't Regret That"Gord Bamford, Byron Hill, Dave Turnbull3:18
12."Saturday's Beer"Gord Bamford, Marty Dodson, Byron Hill3:52
13."Country Junkie" (featuring Joe Diffie)Gord Bamford, Byron Hill3:02
14."Nights Like You"Gord Bamford, Brent Baxter, Byron Hill2:48

Chart performance

Album

Chart (2013) Peak
position
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[6] 11

Singles

Year Single Peak chart
positions
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. 1 2 Blumhagen, Dustin. "Gord Bamford – Country Junkie". Country Standard Time. Retrieved November 21, 2013.
  2. 1 2 Russell-Metcalf, Shenieka (October 11, 2013). "Reviewed: Gord Bamford's "Country Junkie"". Top Country. Retrieved November 21, 2013.
  3. ↑ Stevenson, Jane (September 8, 2013). "Gord Bamford wins big at the Canadian Country Music Association Awards". Toronto Sun. Retrieved October 8, 2013.
  4. ↑ Stevenson, Jane (September 7, 2013). "Pleasantly surprised". Toronto Sun. Retrieved October 8, 2013.
  5. ↑ Kinos-Goodin, Jesse (February 4, 2014). "Juno Awards 2014: meet the nominees". CBC Music. Retrieved March 12, 2014.
  6. ↑ "Gord Bamford Chart History (Canadian Albums)". Billboard.
  7. ↑ "Gord Bamford Album & Song Chart History - Canada Country". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved November 20, 2013.
  8. ↑ "Gord Bamford Album & Song Chart History - Billboard Canadian Hot 100". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved November 20, 2013.
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