For the Country
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| For the Country | ||||
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| Released | 1987 | |||
| Genre | Guitar pop, folk rock, country rock | |||
| Label | Big Time | |||
| Producer | Hugh Jones | |||
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For the Country is the third album by the American band Dumptruck, released in 1987.[1][2] The first single was "Going Nowhere".[3] The band supported the album with North American and European tours.[4][5] It sold around 35,000 copies in its initial release, prior to Dumptruck's lawsuit against Big Time Records.[6] For the Country was reissued in 2003.[7]
Produced by Hugh Jones, the album was recorded in Wales.[8][9] The band lost two members prior to the recording sessions, with Kevin Salem and Tom Shad joining on guitar and bass, respectively.[3] Salem was attracted to the band because they encouraged an expansive Neil Young-sprawl to his playing.[10] Singer and guitar player Seth Tiven, who was influenced primarily by the songwriting of Phil Ochs and the Stooges, wrote most of the songs, and felt that the band was more open to trying new things in the studio.[3] Tiven thought that he wrote more when he was depressed.[8] B. J. Cole contributed on pedal steel.[11]
