| Country Junkie | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Gord Bamford |
| Cover: | CountryJunkie.jpg |
| Genre: | Country |
| Label: | Cache/Sony Music Canada |
| Producer: | Gord Bamford Byron Hill |
| Prev Title: | Is It Friday Yet? |
| Prev Year: | 2012 |
| Next Title: | Christmas in Canada |
| Next Year: | 2013 |
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.[1] Bamford premiered the first single, "When Your Lips Are So Close", at the Canadian Country Music Association Awards in September 2013.[2]
Country Junkie was nominated for Country Album of the Year at the 2014 Juno Awards.[3]
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." 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."
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| CAN Country [4] | CAN [5] | ||
| 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 | |||