Professional golfer turned full-time redneck country-rapper Colt Ford settles into his backwoods groove on his fourth album, Declaration of Independence.
The title is a bit defiant and so is the album, Ford boasting how he's a "shotgun toter/Republican voter" on the opening "Answer to No One," a cut that shamelessly cops from Kid Rock and sets the pace for the rest of the album.
Ford is certainly more country than Kid, something that the never-ending parade of country stars makes plain, but he certainly has a hard rock streak, going so far as to invert the riff from White Stripes' "Seven Nation Army" for his "Dancin' While Intoxicated (DWI)." This helps accentuate his swagger, a swagger that's in full effect here as he brags about the country and everything that comes with it -- the Jack, the trucks, the girls, and the guns.
Ford weaves some sentiment into the boasting and it's nearly as effective as the party rockers...if you can embrace Ford's big-boned bravado.
Over the course of an album it gets slightly wearying, but taken in doses it has its appeal and he's a little more musically adept than he initially seems, blending to the styles of Darius Rucker, Kix Brooks, Jason Aldean, or Montgomery Gentry.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Answer to No OneColt Ford, Noah Gordon, Mike Hartnett, Shannon Houchins | Colt Ford | Play | 03:32 | 8 MB | 25 MB |
| 2 | Drivin' Around SongC. Tompkins, Craig Wiseman | Colt Ford | Play | 03:40 | 8 MB | 25 MB |
| 3 | All InColt Ford, Noah Gordon, Mike Hartnett, Shannon Houchins | Colt Ford | Play | 03:16 | 7 MB | 24 MB |
| 4 | LuckyColt Ford, Craig Wiseman | Colt Ford | Play | 03:09 | 7 MB | 23 MB |
| 5 | BackColt Ford, Noah Gordon, Mike Hartnett, Shannon Houchins | Colt Ford, Jake Owen | Play | 04:02 | 9 MB | 29 MB |
| 6 | Dancin' While Intoxicated (DWI)Colt Ford, DJ KO, Lex Lipsitz | Colt Ford | Play | 03:55 | 9 MB | 27 MB |
| 7 | It's AllColt Ford, Jeffrey Steele | Colt Ford | Play | 03:43 | 8 MB | 25 MB |
| 8 | Hugh Damn RightColt Ford, Craig Wiseman | Colt Ford | Play | 03:43 | 8 MB | 27 MB |
| 9 | Room at the BarColt Ford, Terry Smith | Colt Ford | Play | 03:19 | 7 MB | 21 MB |
| 10 | All of My TomorrowsD. Bradley, Colt Ford, Noah Gordon | Colt Ford | Play | 03:09 | 7 MB | 22 MB |
| 11 | Happy in HellColt Ford, DJ KO | Colt Ford | Play | 03:58 | 9 MB | 29 MB |
| 12 | Way Too EarlyColt Ford, Ben Hayslip | Colt Ford | Play | 02:46 | 6 MB | 19 MB |
| 13 | Angels And Demons | Colt Ford, Lamar Williams Jr | Play | 06:38 | 15 MB | 47 MB |
| 14 | Ain't Out Of The Woods Yet | Colt Ford, Montgomery Gentry | Play | 03:04 | 7 MB | 22 MB |
| 15 | 50-50 | Colt Ford | Play | 02:50 | 6 MB | 20 MB |
| 54 mins | 126 MB | |||||
| 54 mins | 392 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jason Aldean | Featured Artist |
| 2 | Shaun Balin | Electric Fiddle, Fiddle, Guitar (Acoustic) |
| 3 | Drew Bollman | Mixing Assistant |
| 4 | Boyz II Men | Featured Artist |
| 5 | D. Bradley | Composer |
| 6 | Kix Brooks | Featured Artist |
| 7 | Rick Brothers | Drums, Percussion |
| 8 | Laura Bell Bundy | Featured Artist |
| 9 | Paul Chapman | Bass |
| 10 | Justin Daniels | Vocal Engineer |
| 11 | Lee Davis | Overdub Engineer |
| 12 | Billy Decker | Digital Editing, Mixing, Overdub Engineer |
| 13 | Russell Dickerson | Featured Artist |
| 14 | DJ KO | Composer, Producer |
| 15 | Jason Domenech | Engineer |
| 16 | Dan Dugmore | Guitar (Steel) |
| 17 | Jimmy Dulin | Digital Editing, Overdub Engineer |
| 18 | Colt Ford | Composer, Primary Artist |
| 19 | The Colt Ford Vocal Group | Vocals (Background) |
| 20 | Justin Francis | Assistant Engineer |
| 21 | Noah Gordon | Composer, Digital Editing, Engineer, Executive Producer, Mastering, Overdub Engineer, Producer, Vocals (Background) |
| 22 | Mark Hagen | Engineer |
| 23 | Rob Hajacos | Fiddle |
| 24 | Mike Hartnett | Banjo, Composer, Digital Editing, Engineer, Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric), Loops, Overdub Engineer, Producer |
| 25 | Ben Hayslip | Composer |
| 26 | Craig Headen | Engineer |
| 27 | Brad Henderson | Guitar (Electric) |
| 28 | Shannon Houchins | Composer, Executive Producer, Producer |
| 29 | Dann Huff | Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric), Producer, Soloist |
| 30 | David Huff | Programming |
| 31 | Billy Hume | Mixing |
| 32 | Charlie Judge | Keyboards |
| 33 | JJ Lawhorn | Featured Artist |
| 34 | Lex Lipsitz | Composer, Overdub Engineer |
| 35 | LoCash Cowboys | Featured Artist |
| 36 | Nick "Ace" Lutz | Engineer |
| 37 | Montgomery Gentry | Featured Artist |
| 38 | John Morand | Vocal Recording |
| 39 | Wanya Morris | Featured Artist |
| 40 | Gary Morse | Guitar (Steel) |
| 41 | Justin Niebank | Mixing |
| 42 | Cherie Oakley | Vocals |
| 43 | Jake Owen | Primary Artist |
| 44 | Danny Parks | Banjo |
| 45 | Phive Starr | Producer |
| 46 | Redneck Social Club | Featured Artist |
| 47 | Darius Rucker | Featured Artist |
| 48 | Brandon Schexnayder | Assistant Engineer |
| 49 | Jonathan Singleton | Featured Artist |
| 50 | Jonathan Singleton | Featured Artist |
| 51 | Corey Smith | Featured Artist |
| 52 | Terry Smith | Composer, Featured Artist, Producer |
| 53 | Jeffrey Steele | Additional Production, Composer, Featured Artist |
| 54 | Russell Terrell | Vocals (Background) |
| 55 | C. Tompkins | Composer |
| 56 | Dan "Five" Weller | E-Bow, Guitar (Electric) |
| 57 | Lamar Williams Jr. | Featured Artist |
| 58 | Craig Wiseman | Composer |
| 59 | Robert Wright | Vocals (Background) |
| 60 | Jonathan Yudkin | Fiddle |
| 61 | Michael Zuehsow | Engineer, Overdub Engineer |
JJ Lawhorn
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |