Ride Through the Country is the debut album released by country rap artist Colt Ford

Colt Ford

Jason Farris Brown known professionally as Colt Ford, is an American country music artist and former professional golfer. He has released three albums via his own Average Joe's label, and has charted four singles on the Hot Country Songs charts...

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

John Michael Montgomery

John Michael Montgomery is an American country music artist. He has produced more than thirty singles on the Billboard country charts, including two of Billboard’s Number One country singles of the year: "I Swear" and "Sold "...

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

Jamey Johnson

Jamey Johnson is an American Grammy Award nominated country music artist. Signed to BNA Records in 2005, Johnson made his debut with his single "The Dollar," the title track to his 2006 album The Dollar...

 on "Cold Beer".
"Dirt Road Anthem

Dirt Road Anthem

"Dirt Road Anthem" is the title of a song written by American country music artists Colt Ford and Brantley Gilbert , both of whom recorded their own versions of the song. Jason Aldean re-recorded the song for his 2010 album My Kinda Party, and released it as the third single from the album in April...

" was later covered by co-writer Brantley Gilbert

Brantley Gilbert

Brantley Gilbert is an American country rock music singer-songwriter. He has released two albums, both on the Average Joe's Entertainment Group label. His songs have also been recorded by Colt Ford and Jason Aldean. In February 2011, he left Average Joe's label to join Valory Music Group, where he...

 on his album Halfway to Heaven

Halfway to Heaven (album)

Halfway to Heaven is the second studio album by Brantley Gilbert. Produced by The Atom Brothers, it was originally released on March 16, 2010 via Average Joe's Entertainment....

, and once again by Jason Aldean

Jason Aldean

Jason Aldine Williams is an American country music singer, known professionally as Jason Aldean. Since 2005, Aldean has recorded for Broken Bow Records, an independent record label for which he has released four albums and twelve singles...

 for his album My Kinda Party

My Kinda Party

Michael McCall with the Associated Press lauded Aldean for his "fresh sound" on the album saying he "stands at the forefront of a movement combining country themes with hard-rock chords"...

, both from 2010.

Critical reception

Matt Bjorke of Roughstock compared the album to a Cowboy Troy

Cowboy Troy

Troy Lee Coleman III is an American musician, better known by his stage name Cowboy Troy, who performs country rap. He is a member of the MuzikMafia, an aggregation of country music singer-songwriters whose membership also includes Big & Rich, Gretchen Wilson and James Otto...

 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 Bubba Sparxxx

Bubba Sparxxx

Warren Anderson Mathis , known by his stage name Bubba Sparxxx, is an American Southern rapper. His biggest hit is "Ms. New Booty" featuring The Ying Yang Twins which peaked at #7 in the United States...

."

Track listing

Album

Chart (2009)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard 200	140
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	24
U.S. Billboard Top Heatseekers	2
U.S. Billboard Top Independent Albums	18
U.S. Billboard Top Rap Albums	12

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions
		US Country Hot Country Songs Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales...
2009	"No Trash in My Trailer"	—
	"Ride Through the Country"	57
2010	"Cold Beer"	53
"—" denotes releases that did not chart