A Six Pack to Go
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| Released | 1966 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Label | Capitol | |||
| Producer | Ken Nelson | |||
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A Six Pack to Go is an album by country music artist Hank Thompson and His Brazos Valley Boys. It was released in 1966 by Capitol Records (catalog no. T-2460). Ken Nelson was the producer.[1] The album consists of 12 songs related to drinking.[2]
The album debuted on Billboard magazine's Top Country Albums chart on April 16, 1966, peaked at No. 19, and remained on the chart for a total of eight weeks.[3]
AllMusic gave the album a rating of five stars.[2] Reviewer Thom Jurek praised Merle Travis's guitar playing and concluded: "While the songs have a cherry feel to them, this is one dark record, and there is no redemption anywhere present. A classic."[2]
Track listing[edit]
Side A
- "A Six Pack to Go"
- "Honky Tonk Town"
- "Hangover Heart"
- "Beer Barrel Polka"
- "Drunkard's Blues"
- "Bubbles in My Beer"
Side B
- "Hangover Tavern"
- "The Wild Side of Life"
- "Bartender's Polka"
- "Anybody's Girl"
- "Warm Red Wine"
- "A Broken Heart and a Glass of Beer"
References[edit]
- ^ "Hank Thompson And His Brazos Valley Boys - A Six Pack to Go". Discogs. Retrieved December 19, 2020.
- ^ a b c "A Six Pack to Go". AllMusic. Retrieved December 18, 2020.
- ^ Joel Whitburn's Top Country Albums 1964-1997. Record Research Inc. 1997. p. 174. ISBN 0898201241.