Electric Barnyard

Electric Barnyard is the second studio album released by the Southern American country rock band The Kentucky Headhunters. Released in 1991, it was their second and final album to feature the original lineup of Greg Martin, Doug Phelps, Ricky Lee Phelps, Fred Young, and Richard Young. Doug and Ricky Lee would depart a year later to form the duo Brother Phelps.

Electric Barnyard
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 2, 1991
GenreCountry rock, southern rock
Length41:10
LabelMercury
ProducerThe Kentucky Headhunters
The Kentucky Headhunters chronology
Pickin' on Nashville
(1989)
Electric Barnyard
(1991)
Rave On!!
(1993)

The album features four covers: "Only Daddy That'll Walk the Line" (originally by Waylon Jennings), "With Body and Soul" (originally by Bill Monroe), "Spirit in the Sky" (originally by Norman Greenbaum) and "The Ballad of Davy Crockett", a 1950s pop standard. Their cover of "Only Daddy That'll Walk the Line" earned the band a Grammy Award nomination for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal in 1993 while the album as a whole was nominated for the same award in 1992.

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Track listing

All tracks are written by The Kentucky Headhunters (Greg Martin, Doug Phelps, Ricky Lee Phelps, Fred Young, Richard Young) except where noted.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."It's Chitlin' Time" 2:20
2."The Ballad of Davy Crockett"George Bruns, Tom W. Blackburn2:34
3."Only Daddy That'll Walk the Line"Ivy J. "Jimmy" Bryant3:10
4."With Body and Soul"Virginia Stauffer3:29
5."Diane"The Kentucky Headhunters, Jeff Davis3:11
6."16 & Single" 3:15
7."Wishin' Well"Anthony Kenney, F. Young, R. Young3:06
8."Spirit in the Sky"Norman Greenbaum4:21
9."Always Makin' Love" 2:39
10."Love Bug Crawl"Jack R. Foshee, James Bullington2:47
11."Big Mexican Dinner" 3:37
12."Kickin' Them Blues Around" 2:58
13."Take Me Back" 3:51
Total length:41:10

Personnel

Chart performance

Chart (1991) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 3
U.S. Billboard 200 29
Canadian RPM Top Albums 79
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