Real Things (Joe Nichols album)

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Real Things
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Studio album by
Joe Nichols
ReleasedAugust 21, 2007 (2007-08-21)
Recorded2007 at The Sound Kitchen, Curb Studios and Studio 44, Nashville, TN [1]
Genre Country
Length47:24
Label Universal South Records
Producer Brent Rowan
Mark Wright
Joe Nichols chronology
III
(2005)		Real Things
(2007)		 Old Things New
(2009)
Singles from Real Things
  1. "Another Side of You"
    Released: May 7, 2007
  2. "It Ain't No Crime"
    Released: December 13, 2007
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Entertainment Weekly A− [3]

Real Things is the fifth studio album by American country music artist Joe Nichols. It was released on August 21, 2007 by Universal South Records. It produced two singles on the US Billboard Hot Country Songs charts with "Another Side of You", which peaked at number 17, and "It Ain't No Crime", which reached number 16.

Contents

This album also contains four songs that were previously recorded by other artists. "She's All Lady" was previously recorded by Jamey Johnson on his 2006 debut The Dollar , and "Ain't Nobody Gonna Take That from Me" was previously recorded by Collin Raye on his 2001 album Can't Back Down . "Let's Get Drunk and Fight" was recorded by Aaron Lines on his 2007 album Moments That Matter , from which it was released as a single. Finally, "If I Could Only Fly" is a cover of a Blaze Foley song. "Who Are You When I'm Not Looking" was recorded by Blake Shelton on his album All About Tonight and was released as the second single from that album.

Brent Rowan produced the entire album, working with Mark Wright on all tracks except "Ain't Nobody Gonna Take That from Me" and "If I Could Only Fly".

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Real Things"John Brown, Billy Dean 3:08
2."Another Side of You" Carson Chamberlain, Jamey Johnson 3:00
3."Who Are You When I'm Not Looking" John Wiggins, Earl Bud Lee3:06
4."Comin' Back in a Cadillac"Ben Daniels, Clint Daniels, Rob McNelley, Lynn Hutton3:40
5."My Whiskey Years" Tom Hambridge, Jeffrey Steele 3:59
6."It Ain't No Crime" Tony Martin, Tom Shapiro, Mark Nesler 3:37
7."All Good Things" Dean Dillon, Scotty Emerick 3:05
8."Let's Get Drunk and Fight" Chris Lindsey, Aimee Mayo, Troy Verges, Aaron Lines 4:03
9."Ain't Nobody Gonna Take That from Me" Rivers Rutherford, Sam Tate, Annie Tate3:57
10."She's All Lady"Johnson, Dallas Davidson 3:44
11."The Difference Is Night and Day" Walt Aldridge, Joe Nichols, John Paul White 3:12
12."All I Need Is a Heart"Emerick, John Scott Sherrill 3:45
13."If I Could Only Fly" (duet with Lee Ann Womack)Blaze Foley4:59
Total length:47:15

Personnel

Amalgamated from liner notes [1]

Universal Records South Family Singers sing on "Let's Get Drunk and Fight"

Chart performance

Album

Chart (2007)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums2
U.S. Billboard 20023

Singles

YearSinglePeak chart
positions
US Country US
2007"Another Side of You"1799
"It Ain't No Crime"16105

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References

  1. 1 2 Real Things (CD). Joe Nichols. Universal South. 2007. B0008888.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  2. ↑ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Real Things review". Allmusic . Retrieved July 17, 2011.
  3. ↑ Nash, Alanna (August 24, 2007). "Real Things review". Entertainment Weekly . Retrieved July 17, 2011.
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