'' Thanks for Listening '' is the fifth

studio album An album is a collection of audio recordings issued on compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl, audio tape, or another medium such as Digital distribution#Music, digital distribution. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early ...

by American country rap artist Colt Ford. Released on July 1, 2014 via

Average Joe's Entertainment Average Joes Entertainment Group is an American record label specializing in alternative country, country rap and country music. The label was founded in 2008 by country rap artist Jason "Colt Ford" Brown and producer Shannon Houchins. Ford has ...

, the album features singles "Workin' On","Crank It Up", "The High Life". and "Dirty Side".

Content

The album was mostly produced by Shannon "Fat Shan" Houchins and Noah Gordon, except for tracks 3, 5, and 10, which were produced by Phivestarr Productions (Jared Sciullo and DJKO), and track 8, which was produced by Kevin Kadish.

Promotion

Along with the release of the album, a comic book included in the deluxe package of the available at

Walmart Walmart Inc. (; formerly Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.) is an American multinational retail corporation that operates a chain of hypermarkets (also called supercenters), discount department stores, and grocery stores from the United States, headquarter ...

was released entitled ''The Average Joes'' — a reference to Ford's record label — which features Ford and others involved with his record company saving the world and fighting crime.

Critical reception

Giving it 3.5 stars out of 5, Steve Leggett of

Allmusic AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on musicians and bands. Initiated in 1991, the databas ...

wrote that "There isn't much Nashville about Ford, but he certainly understands how things work, and most importantly, he understands his audience, realizing that, while radio segments music into styles, audiences don't".

Commercial performance

The album debuted at number ten on the ''Billboard'' 200 selling 23,000 copies. It also debuted at No. 2 on the Top Country album chart, and No. 1 on the Rap Albums as well as Independent Albums charts. It has sold 95,200 copies in the US as of March 2015. Sales figure give
here
/ref>

Track listing

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Singles

References

{{Authority control 2014 albums Colt Ford albums Average Joes Entertainment albums