Love Their Country is the fifth studio album

Album

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, and sixth overall by Me First and the Gimme Gimmes

Me First and the Gimme Gimmes

Me First and the Gimme Gimmes is a punk rock supergroup and cover band that formed in 1995. The Gimmes work exclusively as a cover band. The band is named after a children's book of the same name by Gerald G. Jampolsky and Diane V. Cirincione...

. It was released on October 17, 2006 by Fat Wreck Chords

Fat Wreck Chords

Fat Wreck Chords is a San Francisco, California based independent record label, focused on punk rock. It was started by Fat Mike and his ex-wife, Erin, in 1990....

. The album consists of cover versions of country and western

Country music

Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...

 songs.

Prior to its release, a Fat Wreck Chords press release had stated that the album would range from "the Dixie Chicks

Dixie Chicks

The Dixie Chicks are an American country band which has also successfully crossed over into other genres. The band is composed of founding members Martie Erwin Maguire and Emily Erwin Robison, and lead singer Natalie Maines...

 to Garth [Brooks], Hank [Williams] Sr. to [Johnny] Cash." A cover of the "(Ghost) Riders in the Sky

Riders in the Sky: A Cowboy Legend

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" was featured on iFloyd, a sampler released by Fat Wreck Chords.

Like their previous four albums, The Gimmes interpolate punk rock classics in their covers. Willie Nelson

Willie Nelson

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's "On the Road Again

On the Road Again (Willie Nelson song)

"On the Road Again" is a song made famous by country music singer Willie Nelson, and is part of the soundtrack to the 1980 movie Honeysuckle Rose....

" uses the intro riff of "Astro Zombies" by The Misfits; "Sunday Morning Coming Down

Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down

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" adapts its arrangement from The Clash

The Clash

The Clash were an English punk rock band that formed in 1976 as part of the original wave of British punk. Along with punk, their music incorporated elements of reggae, ska, dub, funk, rap, dance, and rockabilly...

's rendition of "Police and Thieves

Police and Thieves

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," while "East Bound And Down" includes some of The Damned's "Love Song."

Track listing