Throw Down (album)

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Throw Down
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Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 27, 2013 (2013-08-27)
Genre Country
Length38:36
Label RGK/Open Road
Producer Jeff Coplan
Tim Hicks chronology
Throw Down
(2013)
5:01
(2014)
Singles from Throw Down
  1. "Get By"
    Released: December 2012
  2. "Hell Raisin' Good Time"
    Released: May 2013
  3. "Buzz, Buzz, Buzzing"
    Released: September 2013
  4. "Got a Feeling"
    Released: January 2014
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Throw Down is the debut studio album by Canadian country music artist Tim Hicks. It was released on August 27, 2013 via RGK Entertainment Group/Open Road Recordings. [2] It debuted at number 16 on the Billboard Canadian Albums Chart for the week of September 14, 2013. [3]

Contents

Throw Down was nominated for Country Album of the Year at the 2014 Juno Awards. [4]

Critical reception

Kayla Tinson of Top Country gave the album four stars out of five, writing that it is "aptly named, packed full of fun-inducing party songs you’ll want to listen to again and again." [1]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Hell Raisin' Good Time"Jeff Coplan, Tim Hicks, Casey Marshall, Neil Sanderson 3:04
2."Get By"Shawn Hamm, Hicks, Tyler Hubbard, Brian Kelley, Marshall, Sanderson3:12
3."Just Add Water"Coplan, Hicks3:12
4."Buzz, Buzz, Buzzing"Jaron Boyer, Ben Stennis3:17
5."Got a Feeling" (featuring Blackjack Billy)Noll Billings, Coplan, Hicks3:16
6."Long Way Jose"Larry Haack, Hicks3:16
7."Stronger Beer"Coplan, Hicks3:03
8."Sure Ain't Tough Tonight"Coplan, Hicks3:22
9."Nothing On You and Me"Coplan, Hicks, Marshall, Sanderson3:10
10."Greasy John Deere Cap"Rob Harris, Greg Johnson2:45
11."Can't Get Enough"Hicks, Jason Matthews, Steve Pasch3:18
12."Cheers to You" Jason Blaine, Coplan, Hicks3:41
Total length:38:36

Chart performance

Album

Chart (2013)Peak
position
Canadian Albums (Billboard) [5] 16

Singles

YearSinglePeak chart
positions
CAN Country
[6]
CAN
[7]
2012"Get By"957
2013"Hell Raisin' Good Time"959
"Buzz, Buzz, Buzzing"894
2014"Got a Feeling"1462

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