God's Green Earth is the first studio album by Canadian country music artist Gord Bamford

Gord Bamford

Gord Bamford is a Canadian country music singer. He has released four albums and charted more than 20 singles on the Canadian country charts from 2000 to present. This total includes 8 songs that have charted on the Canadian Hot 100 chart, which began publication in 2007.-Early years:Bamford was...

. It was released in January 2001 by GWB Records and distributed by Royalty Records

Royalty Records

Royalty Records is a Canadian country music record label and distributor established in 1974.-Royalty artists:* Roy Acuff* After Tuesday* Colin Amey* Sharon Anderson* Eddy Arnold* Gord Bamford* Tommy Banks* Bobby Bare* Barnes/Hampton* Eli Barsi...

. Five songs were released from the project - "God's Green Earth," "24 x 24," "Where a Cowboy Likes to Roam," "Man of the House" and "Classic Country Song."

Critical reception

Fish Griwkowsky of Canadian Online Explorer

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gave the album a positive review. He said that Bamford has "put out a good album, one which can honestly be called country music." He calls the song "24 x 24" an obvious hit and states that Bamford sounds "alive and energetic." He goes on to say that he "wastes a little time on the ballads, a fact of life in this business, but uses the talented Duane Steele

Duane Steele

Duane Steele, is a Canadian country music country music artist. He has released five studio albums and one greatest hits album, and has charted multiple singles on the Canadian country singles charts, including the Number One hit "Anita Got Married" in 1996....

 to certain advantage as the songwriter on "Starting All Over Again". Peter North of Edmonton Journal

Edmonton Journal

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gave the album a positive review. He said that "if you didn't have a clue who this rugged looking singer and sometime songwriter was, all you would have to do is take a quick glance down the back cover of his God's Green Earth disc to understand that he's been plugged into the scene. For instance, names like Duane Steele, Gil Grand

Gil Grand

Gil Grand is a country music singer, best known for his hit "Famous First Words." Active since 1998, he has released three studio albums to date: 1998's Famous First Words, 2002's Burnin′ and 2006's Somebody's Someone...

, Ray Griff

Ray Griff

Ray Griff is a Canadian country music singer and songwriter from Vancouver, British Columbia. Griff began songwriting in the early 1960s and had early cuts by Johnny Horton, Jim Reeves, and others. Griff moved to Nashville in 1964 to pursue his music career full-time...

 and Steve Fox

Steve Fox (musician)

Steve Fox is a Canadian singer/songwriter. He was born in Brampton, Ontario and raised in Coquitlam, British Columbia, a suburb of Vancouver. He then moved to Toronto in the early 1980s to pursue a career in music...

 (not to mention Vernon Rust, Byron Hill

Byron Hill

Byron Hill , is an American songwriter from Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Working professionally in Nashville, TN for more than thirty years, his songs have been recorded by over 650 Country and Pop artists.-Music career:...

 and Odie Blackmon) are prominent on the songwriting credits, and none of those gentlemen hand their material over to just anyone."

Track listing

1. "24 x 24" (Steve Fox
   Steve Fox (musician)
   Steve Fox is a Canadian singer/songwriter. He was born in Brampton, Ontario and raised in Coquitlam, British Columbia, a suburb of Vancouver. He then moved to Toronto in the early 1980s to pursue a career in music...
   
   ) - 3:29
2. "God's Green Earth" (Odie Blackmon, Gil Grand
   Gil Grand
   Gil Grand is a country music singer, best known for his hit "Famous First Words." Active since 1998, he has released three studio albums to date: 1998's Famous First Words, 2002's Burnin′ and 2006's Somebody's Someone...
   
   , Byron Hill
   Byron Hill
   Byron Hill , is an American songwriter from Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Working professionally in Nashville, TN for more than thirty years, his songs have been recorded by over 650 Country and Pop artists.-Music career:...
   
   ) - 2:56
3. "Where a Cowboy Likes to Roam" (Gord Bamford, Blake Bell) - 4:09
4. "Man of the House" (Vernon Rust) - 4:20
5. "Starting All Over Again" (Roy Hurd, Duane Steele
   Duane Steele
   Duane Steele, is a Canadian country music country music artist. He has released five studio albums and one greatest hits album, and has charted multiple singles on the Canadian country singles charts, including the Number One hit "Anita Got Married" in 1996....
   
   ) - 3:12
6. "Wish I Did What He Did" (Grand, Hill, Simone Legrandeur) - 2:39
7. "State I'm In" (Jim Robbinson, Steele) - 2:41
8. "There's a Ring to It" (Ray Griff
   Ray Griff
   Ray Griff is a Canadian country music singer and songwriter from Vancouver, British Columbia. Griff began songwriting in the early 1960s and had early cuts by Johnny Horton, Jim Reeves, and others. Griff moved to Nashville in 1964 to pursue his music career full-time...
   
   , Craig Young) - 3:22
9. "Classic Country Song" (Cyril Rawson, Steele) - 3:06
10. "Chevy Truck" (Matthew Atkins, Bamford, Bell) - 3:48

External links

• [ allmusic ((( God's Green Earth > Overview )))]