''Ride Through the Country'' is the debut album released by

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artist

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. It was released on December 2, 2008, on the independent Average Joe's label. It features guest appearances by

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on the title track (which was released as the album lead-off single) as well as an appearance from

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on "Cold Beer". " Dirt Road Anthem" was later covered by co-writer

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on his album '' Halfway to Heaven'', and once again by

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'', both from 2010. As of August 6, 2014, the album has sold over 1,000,000 copies in the United States without the benefit of a major radio single.

Critical reception

Matt Bjorke of ''Roughstock'' compared the album to a

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album. Bjorke stated "Cowboy Troy's fun music often felt like a novelty, Colt Ford's ''Ride Through The Country'' is an underground, indie rap album that recalls southern rapper

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Track listing

Revisited album

The album was re-released on five years later as ''Ride Through the Country (Revisited)'' on September 30, 2013, with new versions as well the original versions of the hit songs.

Personnel

*Kelly Back-

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- vocals on "Gangsta of Love" *Gary Burnette- electric guitar *Carmelita Diane Davis- background vocals *Tiffany Davis- background vocals *David Warner Ellis-

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fiddle A fiddle is a Bow (music), bowed String instrument, string musical instrument, most often a violin or a bass. It is a colloquial term for the violin, used by players in all genres, including European classical music, classical music. Althou ...

- lead vocals *

acoustic guitar An acoustic guitar is a musical instrument in the string family. When a string is plucked, its vibration is transmitted from the bridge, resonating throughout the top of the guitar. It is also transmitted to the side and back of the instrument, ...

and vocals on "Dirt Road Anthem" *Kevin "Swine" Grantt-

bass guitar The bass guitar (), also known as the electric bass guitar, electric bass, or simply the bass, is the lowest-pitched member of the guitar family. It is similar in appearance and construction to an Electric guitar, electric but with a longer nec ...

*Lindsey Hager- vocals on "Never Thought" *Rob Hajacos- fiddle *

- vocals on "Cold Beer" and "Saddle Up" *Wayne Killius-

drums The drum is a member of the percussion instrument, percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel–Sachs classification system, it is a membranophones, membranophone. Drums consist of at least one Acoustic membrane, membrane, c ...

*Sunny Ledford- vocals on "Waffle House" *Catherine Styron Marx- keyboards,

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- electric guitar and vocals on "Ride Through the Country" *Anthony Randolph- piano *Scotty Sanders-

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*Paul Scholton- drums *Cory Sellers- background vocals *Michael Spriggs- acoustic guitar *Jason Sylvain- background vocals *

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- drums

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Singles

References

{{Authority control 2009 debut albums Colt Ford albums Average Joes Entertainment albums