Luke Combs thinks one artist’s album in particular is the perfect gateway into country music. The “Back in the Saddle” singer is currently on a press tour for his upcoming album The Way I Am, which is set to release March 20. The forthcoming project is expected to be a return to the old Luke Combs, musically speaking, and will deliver 22 songs to a fanbase that’s been waiting for new music (outside of Fathers and Sons) for quite some time. Getting the word out about the album led him to the popular YouTube series Track Star, where Jack Coyne interviews celebrities and artists in an on-the-street style while simultaneously testing their music knowledge. It’s a cool concept centered around music, and in the latest episode, Luke Combs was put to the test. After Coyne played the Brooks & Dunn track “Red Dirt Road,” he and Combs got to talking about the timelessness of Brooks & Dunn, and how their music could easily be dropped into the contemporary country of today. That led the host to ask the country music superstar about a definitive country music album: what project within the country music genre should non-country music listeners take a chance on? It didn’t take long for Luke Combs to think of an answer: “Gosh, there’s so many… I mean, Eric Church’s ‘Chief.'” Great answer. Luke Combs explained that there was just something about Eric Church’s third studio album (released in 2011) that connected with him. He thinks that very same thing could happen to those who don’t consider themselves fans of country music: “‘Chief’ is very digestible. There’s all this what’s country, what isn’t? What’s contemporary? What’s real country, or whatever? You could kind of get into (anything), but Chief was the album to me that rode the razor’s edge of the rock sound and the country sound perfectly. His first two albums to me are 10 of out 10 as well.” After shouting out Eric Church and his first three albums (the other two being Sinners Like Me and Carolina), Combs did have some other suggestions for albums to try out. The country music star said that anything by Brooks & Dunn could win over a non-country fan, and Combs even felt good enough about his upcoming album to throw The Way I Am in the running: “If you’ve never listened before, some of the Brooks & Dunn (albums). Give me a shot if you are out there. This one’s for you. Great album, I’ve heard.” Shameless plug… that’s what he’s there for. Oh, and before Combs and the Track Star host moved on to another portion of the video, the “Hurricane” singer laid out a beautiful argument for why people should give country music a chance. “There’s a lot of great albums out there, and I think country is more for everyone than everyone realizes or thinks. I think it’s been highly stigmatized for a long, long time (as) music for rednecks and people who live in middle America. And it is all of those things, but it’s not exclusively that thing. It’s for everyone. I mean, I would say six of biggest cities demographic wise for tickets and streaming wise are all international. The streaming age, I think, has ushered in the ability for people to hear music that maybe they wouldn’t have. And I think that’s a great thing.” Check it out: The post Luke Combs Reveals The One Country Album That Non-Country Fans Need To Listen To first appeared on Whiskey Riff.