12 Golden Country Greats is the fifth studio album by the American rock band Ween, and their third on Elektra Records.

[3] Later, Ween assembled some of the session musicians again into a touring band dubbed The Shit Creek Boys.

The only instrumental parts recorded by the core members of Ween were guitar solos by Dean and Gene on "I Don't Wanna Leave You on the Farm" and "Fluffy", respectively.

[3] In the tradition of country music, during "Powder Blue", Gene introduces each member of the band, who then plays a short solo on their instrument.

Repressings contain a cropped version of the track that ends abruptly at 3:13, after the introduction: "Ladies & Gentlemen, I'd like to present Muhammad Ali" (who is no longer heard).

Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic called it "as satisfying as any of their records, and gutsier, too", despite interpreting "Mister Richard Smoker" as being homophobic, and awarded the album 4 stars out of 5.

Ethan Smith of Entertainment Weekly, on the other hand, railed against the album, describing the songs as being "notable more for their homophobia, misogyny, and racism than for anything funny", and gave it a C−.