Old Things New

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Old Things New
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Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 27, 2009 (2009-10-27)
Genre Country
Length41:08
Label Universal South Records
Producer Brent Rowan (tracks 3, 5, 6, 8-10)
Mark Wright (tracks 1, 2, 4, 7)
Joe Nichols chronology
Real Things
(2007)
Old Things New
(2009)
Greatest Hits
(2011)
Digital cover
Old things new alternate.jpeg
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Gimmie That Girl" Rhett Akins, Dallas Davidson, Ben Hayslip 3:05
2."It's Me I'm Worried About" Tony Martin, Mark Nesler, Tom Shapiro 3:10
3."Old Things New" Bill Anderson, Paul Overstreet, Buddy Cannon 3:52
4."Man Woman" Shawn Camp, Marv Green 3:32
5."Believers" Ashley Gorley, Wade Kirby, Bill Luther3:06
6."Cheaper Than a Shrink"Anderson, Cannon, Jamey Johnson 3:07
7."The Shape I'm In"Akins, Davidson, Hayslip3:10
8."This Bed's Too Big" Gary Burr, Victoria Shaw 3:39
9."We All Go Home"Jimmy Melton, Neal Coty, Michael Mobley3:38
10."An Old Friend of Mine"Rick Tiger, Brock Stalvey3:30

Personnel

Adapted from liner notes [4]

Chart performance

Album

Chart (2009)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums15
U.S. Billboard 20071

End of year charts

Chart (2010)Year-end
2010
US Billboard Top Country Albums 63 [5]

Singles

YearSinglePeak chart positions
US Country US CAN
2009"Believers"26
"Gimmie That Girl"13454
2010"The Shape I'm In"1791
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

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References

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  2. Keefe, Jonathan (2009-10-14). "Joe Nichols: Old Things New". Slant Magazine. Archived from the original on 2009-10-16. Retrieved 2009-10-16.
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