Joe Nichols (album)

Joe Nichols is the debut studio album of American country music artist of the same name. It was released on August 27, 1996 by Intersound Records, it produced the singles "Six of One, Half a Dozen of the Other", "I Hate the Way I Love You", "To Tell You the Truth, I Lied", and "Wal-Mart Parking Lot Social Club". None of these singles charted on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts in the U.S., but "Six of One, Half a Dozen (Of the Other)" reached number 74 on the RPM Top Country Tracks charts in Canada. It also reached #63 on the Cash Box Country Singles Chart. "She Could Care Less" was previously recorded by Shenandoah on their 1994 album In the Vicinity of the Heart.

Joe Nichols
Studio album by Joe Nichols
Released	August 27, 1996
Studio	Muscle Shoals Sound, Muscle Shoals, Alabama Sixteenth Avenue Sound, Nashville
Genre	Country
Length	34:24
Label	Intersound Records
Producer	Randy Edwards, Todd Wilkes
Joe Nichols chronology
Joe Nichols (1996) Man with a Memory (2002)
Alternative cover (Six of One, Half Dozen of the Other)
2002 re-release on Row Music Group
Alternative cover (The Early Years)
2003 re-release cover on Infinity Nashville
Singles from Joe Nichols
"Six of One, Half a Dozen of the Other" Released: 1996 "Wal-Mart Parking Lot Social Club" Released: 1996 "To Tell You the Truth, I Lied" Released: 1996 "I Hate the Way I Love You" Released: 1997

Release history

The album was re-issued twice: first in 2002 as Six of One, Half Dozen of the Other on Row Music Group, and again in 2003 as The Early Years on Infinity Nashville. The 2003 re-issue featured the tracks in a different order, as well as a bonus DVD featuring four videos.^[1]

Critical reception

David Sokol of New Country magazine rated the album two-and-a-half stars out of five. He compared Nichols's vocal delivery to that of Garth Brooks and thought the songs were "delivered with poise and integrity", although he also thought the album was strongly targeted to teen-aged fans.^[2]

Under its reissue title of The Early Years, Stewart Mason of AllMusic wrote, "The songs are solid post-Alan Jackson mid-'90s Nashville country with a little more depth than the average hat act of the era, and there are a few minor gems here like the dryly humorous 'Wal-Mart Parking Lot' and the fine country-rocker 'She Could Care Less.'"^[1]

Track listing (Joe Nichols and Six of One, Half Dozen of the Other)

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Leave the Past Behind"	Randy Edwards Lee Ogle	4:09
2.	"She Could Care Less"	Billy Lawson	3:16
3.	"In Spite of Myself"	Doug DeJoe Keith Follesé	3:22
4.	"Six of One, Half a Dozen of the Other"	DeJoe Follesé	3:13
5.	"To Tell You the Truth, I Lied"	Tommy Curry Edwards Larry Rainwater	3:18
6.	"Independent Girl"	Joe Nichols Edwards	3:20
7.	"I Hate the Way I Love You"	Buck Moore Steve Clark Johnny MacRae	3:05
8.	"Wal-Mart Parking Lot Social Club"	Bud McGuire Marty Raybon Troy Seals	3:11
9.	"Old Cheyenne"	B. McGuire Billy Bob Shane	3:49
10.	"I'm Not That Kind of Guy"	Mike McGuire	3:41

Track listing (The Early Years)

CD

No.	Title	Length
1.	"She Could Care Less"
2.	"Six of One, Half a Dozen (Of the Other)"
3.	"Wal-Mart Parking Lot"
4.	"To Tell You the Truth, I Lied"
5.	"I Hate the Way I Love You"
6.	"Independent Girl"
7.	"In Spite of Myself"
8.	"I'm Not That Kind of Guy"
9.	"Old Cheyenne"
10.	"Leave the Past Behind"

DVD

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Six of One, Half a Dozen (Of the Other)"
2.	"Wal-Mart Parking Lot"
3.	"To Tell You the Truth, I Lied"
4.	"I Hate the Way I Love You"

Personnel

Adapted from AllMusic:^[3]

• Spady Brannan - bass guitar
• Jim Collins - backing vocals
• Thomas Flora - backing vocals
• Larry Franklin - fiddle
• Dennis Holt - drums
• Chris Leuzinger - electric guitar
• B. James Lowry - acoustic guitar
• Terry McMillan - harmonica
• Steve Nathan - keyboards
• Scott Sanders - steel guitar
• Joe Nichols - lead vocals

Chart performance

Singles

Year	Single	Peak positions
		CAN Country
1996	"Six of One, Half a Dozen of the Other"	74
	"Wal-Mart Parking Lot Social Club"	—
	"To Tell You the Truth, I Lied"	—
1997	"I Hate the Way I Love You"	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart