Country! Country!

Country! Country! is the fourth studio album by American singer-songwriter Hardy. Released on September 26, 2025, the album marks a return to country music for Hardy, after exploring rock on his second album, The Mockingbird & the Crow, and more fully exploring the sound on his most recent album, Quit!!.^[1] Artists featured on the album include Ernest and Stephen Wilson Jr.

In April 2025, following two non-traditional album releases, Hardy (Live from Red Rocks) and Hardy (Amazon Music Songline), Hardy announced his upcoming Country! EP, alongside an announcement of two songs releasing on April 11, "Favorite Country Song" and "Buck on the Wall".^[2] The full Country! EP was released on May 2, 2025, containing five songs. Following the release, "Favorite Country Song" was sent to country radio as the only single from the EP.^[3]

In July 2025, Hardy teased a new song on his social media, eventually revealed to be titled "Bottomland".^[4] On July 30, 2025, Hardy announced his fourth studio album, Country! Country!, to release on September 26, 2025.^[5] In turn, "Bottomland", was released on August 1. On August 15, Hardy revealed the full tracklist via social media, simultaneously revealing two features, Ernest and Stephen Wilson Jr.^[6] On August 20, 2025, Hardy teased the third track off the album, "Bro Country" featuring singer-songwriter Ernest.^[7] A few days later it was announced that "Bro Country" would be released August 29, 2025, as the next single from the album.^[8]

Track listing

*Country! Country!* track listing
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Country Country"	Michael Hardy David Garcia Ashley Gorley	3:58
2.	"Favorite Country Song"	Hardy Zach Abend Beau Bailey Gorley Taylor Phillips Nate Smith	3:13
3.	"Bro Country" (featuring Ernest)	Hardy Mark Holman Ernest Keith Smith	4:45
4.	"Luckiest Man Alive"	Hardy Gorley Ben Johnson Hunter Phelps	2:59
5.	"Car That Drove You Away"	Abend Drew Parker Matt Roy Geoff Warburton	3:04
6.	"Girl with a Gun"	Hardy Greylan James Jordan Schmidt Carson Wallace	3:04
7.	"Buck on the Wall"	Hardy Matt Dragstrem Jeb Gipson Jameson Rodgers	3:04
8.	"I'd Go Crazy Too"	Hardy Phelps	3:30
9.	"Take the Country and Run"	Hardy Garcia Gorley	3:37
10.	"Goodbye"	Hardy Jessie Jo Dillon Cam Montgomery Phelps	3:21
11.	"Bedrooms in the Sky" (featuring Stephen Wilson Jr.)	Hardy Abend Phelps	3:38
12.	"Bottomland"	Hardy Abend Smith Ahnquist Dillon Phelps	3:04
13.	"Who Don't"	Hardy Abend Dillon James	3:01
14.	"Country in Me"	Hardy Gorley Johnson Parker	3:24
15.	"Gun to My Head"	Hardy Ahnquist Kyle Clark Holman	3:48
16.	"Keep It Country"	Hardy Ahnquist Garcia Phelps	3:36
17.	"Y'all Need Jesus"	Hardy Abend Dillon Parker	2:52
18.	"Dog Years"	Hardy	4:16
19.	"We're All Gonna Die"	Hardy Dillon Dragstrem Phelps	3:00
20.	"Everybody Does"	Hardy	3:55
Total length:			69:00

Personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal.^[9]

Musicians

Michael Hardy – vocals (all tracks), background vocals (tracks 4, 13); foot stomps, hand claps (14)
Derek Wells – electric guitar (1–11, 13–20); foot stomps, hand claps (14)
Jimmie Lee Sloas – bass (1–11, 13–19); foot stomps, hand claps (14)
Wes Hightower – background vocals (1–11, 13–19)
Jerry Roe – drums (1–11, 13–17, 19), tambourine (4, 8, 10, 19); foot stomps, hand claps (14)
Alex Wright – Hammond B3 (1–3, 13, 17), keyboards (1, 3, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14, 16–19), Wurlitzer electronic piano (2), bass synthesizer (11); foot stomps, hand claps (14)
Bryan Sutton – acoustic guitar (1, 2, 4–7, 9–11, 13–18), banjo (1, 13, 17), mandolin (2, 4, 5, 17, 18), guitar (4, 7, 11, 13), electric guitar (13); Dobro guitar, foot stomps, hand claps (14)
Ilya Toshinskiy – acoustic guitar (3, 8, 19)
Joey Moi – drum programming (3)
Ernest – vocals (3)
Dave Cohen – Hammond B3, Wurlitzer electronic piano (4); keyboards (5, 7, 10, 15); harpsichord, upright piano (10)
David Garcia – programming (9)
Jacob Durrett – programming (9)
Stephen Wilson Jr. – vocals (11)
Zach Abend – programming (12)
Mark Holman – programming (15)
Matt Dragstrem – programming (19)

Technical

Joey Moi – production, mixing (1–11, 13–20)
Zach Abend – production, mixing, engineering, digital editing (12)
Ted Jensen – mastering
Ryan Yount – engineering (1, 2, 4–11, 13–18), digital editing (all tracks), engineering assistance (3, 19)
Josh Ditty – engineering, digital editing (3, 19)
Bryan Sutton – engineering (20)
Michael Hardy – vocal engineering
Eivind Nordland – digital editing
Matt McCartney – digital editing
Scott Cooke – digital editing
Austin Brown – engineering assistance (1, 2, 5, 6, 10, 13–18)
Katelyn Prieboy – engineering assistance (1, 2, 6, 7, 10, 11, 13, 14, 16–18)
Sean Badum – engineering assistance (3, 8, 19)
Chris Ashburn – engineering assistance (4, 9)
Grant Wilson – engineering assistance (4, 9)
Carlos Chavez – engineering assistance (5, 15)
Ethan Shull – engineering assistance (7, 11)
Ally Gecewicz – production coordination

Chart (2025)	Peak position
Australian Country Albums (ARIA)^[10]	16
Canadian Albums (Billboard)^[11]	94
US Billboard 200^[12]	22
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[13]	4

v t e Hardy
Discography
Studio albums	A Rock (2020) The Mockingbird & the Crow (2023) Quit!! (2024) Country! Country! (2025)
Live albums	Hardy (Live from Red Rocks) (2025)
Mixtapes	Hixtape, Vol. 1 (2019)
Singles	"Rednecker" "One Beer" "Give Heaven Some Hell" "Wait in the Truck" "Truck Bed" "Quit!!" "Rockstar" "Psycho" "Favorite Country Song"
Featured singles	"Some Things Never Change" "Beers on Me" "The Worst Country Song of All Time"
Other songs	"Blurry" "Come Back as a Redneck" "Never Met Anyone Like You"

Country! Country!

Track listing

Personnel

Musicians

Technical

Charts

References

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