Let There Be Country

{{Infobox album

| name = Let There Be Country

| type = studio

| artist = Marty Stuart

| cover = Marty LTBC.jpg

| alt =

| released = August 1992

| recorded = 1987

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Country

| length =

| label = Columbia

| producer = {{hlist|David R. Ferguson (uncredited){{cite web|url=https://martystuart.net/blogs/news/marty-stuart-shares-cover-of-charlie-craig-and-keith-stegall-s-matches-seventh-single-off-songs-i-sing-in-the-dark|title=MARTY STUART REPRISES "MATCHES," ORIGINALLY RECORDED FOR HIS 1987 ALBUM LET THERE BE COUNTRY, FOR SONGS I SING IN THE DARK|date=September 28, 2021|accessdate=March 16, 2024}}|Marty Stuart}}

| prev_title = This One's Gonna Hurt You

| prev_year = 1992

| next_title = Love and Luck

| next_year = 1994

}}

Let There Be Country is the seventh studio album by country singer Marty Stuart, released in 1992, though it was technically the fourth album he recorded, cut between his self-titled album and Hillbilly Rock.

Let There Be Country was recorded in 1987,{{cite web|url=http://www.martystuart.com/Let%20There%20Be%20Country.htm|title=Let There Be Country - Album Reviews|publisher=Marty Stuart Fan Page|access-date=March 16, 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nodepression.com/album-reviews/marty-stuart-let-there-be-country/|title=Marty Stuart - Let There Be Country|publisher=No Depression|access-date=March 16, 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://martystuart.net/blogs/news/marty-stuart-shares-cover-of-charlie-craig-and-keith-stegall-s-matches-seventh-single-off-songs-i-sing-in-the-dark|title=MARTY STUART REPRISES "MATCHES," ORIGINALLY RECORDED FOR HIS 1987 ALBUM LET THERE BE COUNTRY, FOR SONGS I SING IN THE DARK|date=September 28, 2021|accessdate=March 16, 2024}} but Columbia Records refused to release it. When Stuart later gained a larger following and became increasingly popular after the releases of Hillbilly Rock and Tempted under MCA Records, Columbia then saw fit to release this album in 1992.

The track "I'll Love You Forever (If I Want To)" was later recorded as "Don't Tell Me What to Do" by Pam Tillis on her 1991 album Put Yourself in My Place.{{cite journal|year=1992|title=No title|journal=The Journal of Country Music|volume=15-16|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=s3IJAQAAMAAJ&q=%22marty+stuart%22+%22i%27ll+love+you+forever%22}}