Electric Barnyard
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{{Infobox album
| name = Electric Barnyard
| type = studio
| artist = the Kentucky Headhunters
| cover = electricbarnyard.jpg
| alt =
| released = April 2, 1991
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio = The Soundshop, Nashville, TN
| genre = Country rock, Southern rock
| length = 41:10
| label = Mercury
| producer = The Kentucky Headhunters
| prev_title = Pickin' on Nashville
| prev_year = 1989
| next_title = Rave On!!
| next_year = 1993
}}
Electric Barnyard is the second studio album by the American country rock band the Kentucky Headhunters, released in 1991. It was their 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.
The album contains 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. "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; the album was nominated for the same award in 1992.
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{rating|3.5|5}}{{cite web |title=Electric Barnyard Review by Brian Mansfield |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/electric-barnyard-mw0000674539 |website=AllMusic |access-date=26 January 2023}}
| rev2 = Entertainment Weekly
| noprose = yes
}}
Track listing
{{Track listing
| total_length = 41:10
| all_writing = The Kentucky Headhunters (Greg Martin, Doug Phelps, Ricky Lee Phelps, Fred Young, Richard Young), except where noted.
| title1 = It's Chitlin' Time
| length1 = 2:20
| title2 = The Ballad of Davy Crockett
| writer2 = George Bruns, Tom W. Blackburn
| length2 = 2:34
| title3 = Only Daddy That'll Walk the Line
| writer3 = Ivy J. "Jimmy" Bryant
| length3 = 3:10
| title4 = With Body and Soul
| writer4 = Virginia Stauffer
| length4 = 3:29
| title5 = Diane
| writer5 = The Kentucky Headhunters, Jeff Davis
| length5 = 3:11
| title6 = 16 & Single
| length6 = 3:15
| title7 = Wishin' Well
| writer7 = Anthony Kenney, F. Young, R. Young
| length7 = 3:06
| title8 = Spirit in the Sky
| writer8 = Norman Greenbaum
| length8 = 4:21
| title9 = Always Makin' Love
| length9 = 2:39
| title10 = Love Bug Crawl
| writer10 = Jack R. Foshee, James Bullington
| length10 = 2:47
| title11 = Big Mexican Dinner
| length11 = 3:37
| title12 = Kickin' Them Blues Around
| length12 = 2:58
| title13 = Take Me Back
| length13 = 3:51
}}
Personnel
;The Kentucky Headhunters
- Greg Martin – electric guitar, slide guitar
- Doug Phelps – bass guitar, background vocals
- Ricky Lee Phelps – lead vocals, harmonica, percussion
- Fred Young – drums, percussion
- Richard Young – rhythm guitar
Charts
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=Weekly charts=
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| scope="col"| Chart (1991)
! scope="col"| Peak |
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| scope="row"| Canadian Albums (RPM)
| 79 |
| scope="row"| US Billboard 200{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/search?artistname=The+Kentucky+Headhunters&charttitle=&label=&chartcode=TLP|title=The Kentucky Headhunters, TLP|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=May 28, 2021|url-access=subscription}}
| 29 |
| scope="row"| US Top Country Albums (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/search?artistname=The+Kentucky+Headhunters&charttitle=&label=&chartcode=CLP|title=The Kentucky Headhunters, CLP|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=May 28, 2021|url-access=subscription}}
| 3 |
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=Year-end charts=
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| scope="col"| Chart (1991)
! scope="col"| Position |
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| scope="row"| US Top Country Albums (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1991/top-country-albums|title=Top Country Albums – Year-End 1991|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=May 28, 2021}}
| 28 |
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References
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{{The Kentucky Headhunters}}
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