| Wilderness | |
| Type: | Album |
| Artist: | C. W. McCall |
| Cover: | CWMcCallWilderness.jpg |
| Released: | 1976 |
| Genre: | Country |
| Length: | 33:37 |
| Label: | Polydor |
| Producer: | Chip Davis, Don Sears |
| Prev Title: | Black Bear Road |
| Prev Year: | 1975 |
| Next Title: | Rubber Duck |
| Next Year: | 1976 |
Wilderness is an album by country musician C. W. McCall, a pseudonym of singer and advertising executive Bill Fries, released on Polydor Records in 1976 (see 1976 in music). As its title suggests, it focuses on subjects connected with nature, the environment and humans' impact on them. "There Won't Be No Country Music (There Won't Be No Rock 'n' Roll)", for example, is a statement on the environment's bleak-looking future and the effects of over-commercialization bordering on propaganda. "Crispy Critters", on the other hand, is the humorous telling of a true tale involving a group of hippies riding into a town and being forced away and threatened by the mayor.
Like most works credited to C. W. McCall, Bill Fries provides vocals, and all songs are written by Fries and Chip Davis.
Album - Billboard (North America)
| Year | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | Country Albums | 9 |
| 1976 | Pop Albums | 143 |
Singles - Billboard (North America)
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | "There Won't Be No Country Music (There Won't Be No Rock 'N' Roll)" | Country Singles | 19 |
| 1976 | "Old Home Filler-up an' Keep on a-Truckin' Cafe" | Pop Singles | 73 |
| 1976 | "Crispy Critters" | Country Singles | 32 |
| 1976 | "Four Wheel Cowboy" | Country Singles | 88 |