Back to the Country is an album by the American musician Johnny Shines, released in 1991.

[5] Recorded at Loma Ranch Studios, in Fredericksburg, Texas, the album was produced by Edward Chmelewski, Jerry Del Giudice, and Johnny Nicholas.

[12] The Houston Chronicle called the album a "down-home selection of gut-bucket Delta blues that makes no apologies for its likeness to Robert Johnson... Shines is in great form, and the music is at once ageless and fresh, too authentic to have to be reinvented.

"[18] The Washington Post noted that "Pryor's pungent harmonica is another asset, as is John Nicholas's deft guitar work, and except for some mediocre songs, the album's lulls are far and few between.

"[12] The Philadelphia Inquirer opined that Shines's "flat, grim delivery on 'Trouble in Mind' gives lie to the lyric's optimism.