Countrified (John Anderson album)

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."

Countrified
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 6, 1986
GenreCountry
Length36:16
LabelWarner Bros. Nashville
ProducerJim 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
AllMusic[1]
Christgau's Record GuideB−[2]

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 White3:02
6."Honky Tonk Crowd"Larry Cordle, Lionel Delmore3:43
7."The Fighting Side of Me"Merle Haggard3:02
8."Wife’s Little Pleasures"Buck Moore, Tony Stampley, Mentor Williams4:03
9."You Can’t Judge a Book (By the Cover)"Willie Dixon4:24
10."Peace in the Valley"Rev. Thomas A. Dorsey3:43

Chart performance

Album

Chart (1986) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 17

Singles

Year Single Peak positions
US Country CAN Country
1986 "Honky Tonk Crowd" 10 7
1987 "Countrified" 44 31
"What's So Different About You" 55

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.



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