A Six Pack to Go

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A Six Pack to Go
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Studio album by
Released1966
Genre Country
Label Capitol
Producer Ken Nelson
Hank Thompson chronology
Luckiest Heartache in Town
(1966)
A Six Pack to Go
(1966)
Breakin' the Rules
(1966)

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

Side A

  1. "A Six Pack to Go"
  2. "Honky Tonk Town"
  3. "Hangover Heart"
  4. "Beer Barrel Polka"
  5. "Drunkard's Blues"
  6. "Bubbles in My Beer"

Side B

  1. "Hangover Tavern"
  2. "The Wild Side of Life"
  3. "Bartender's Polka"
  4. "Anybody's Girl"
  5. "Warm Red Wine"
  6. "A Broken Heart and a Glass of Beer"

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References

  1. "Hank Thompson And His Brazos Valley Boys - A Six Pack to Go". Discogs. Retrieved December 19, 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 "A Six Pack to Go". AllMusic . Retrieved December 18, 2020.
  3. Joel Whitburn's Top Country Albums 1964-1997. Record Research Inc. 1997. p. 174. ISBN   0898201241.