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Joe Nichols gets a little loose on his third major-label album, appropriately titled III, as evidenced by the very title of its first single, "Tequila Makes Her Clothes Fall Off." It's a silly name and would seem like a throwaway novelty, but it's not only genuinely funny, Nichols delivers it with sly humor and a low-key swagger that shows more character, as a vocalist, than he did on his previous albums. And that's the key to this album -- it's the first time that Nichols displays some genuine on-record personality that sets him apart from the Music City machine. While he still has a couple of generic numbers here, by and large the material is much stronger, bearing a harder country edge than the songs on his previous album, Revelation. Since Nichols has always had an appealing twang to his baritone, this harder country bent suits him well, particularly because it's not only present on straight-ahead country numbers like the two-step "Honky Tonk Girl" or Steve Earle's mournful "My Old Friend the Blues," Nichols also gives such softer, '70s-styled numbers like "Talk Me out of Tampa" a touch of grit, which is something he couldn't do on his previous albums. He's managed to steer away from the suburban country tract he was on and head back toward the country, which has made his music livelier and quite entertaining. Nichols still isn't a traditionalist on the level of his clear idol Alan Jackson -- the subjects, sound, and feel are more modern than traditional -- but he manages to strike a good balance of classic and contemporary here on III, which not only makes it his best album to date, but the first to suggest that he's carved out a distinctive niche for himself.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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John Hobbs, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Larry Paxton, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Byron Hill, ComposerLyricist - Mike Dekle, ComposerLyricist - Randy McCormick, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Dan Dugmore, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Kenny Greenberg, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - B. James Lowry, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Rich Hanson, Assistant Mixer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chad Cromwell, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - BILLY SHERRILL, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - BUDDY CANNON, Producer - Kevin Beamish, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - STEVE GIBSON, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Rob Hajacos, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Liana Manis, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Beers, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mel Eubanks, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Wyatt Beard, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Nichols, MainArtist
℗ 2005 Universal South Records, LLC
Stuart Duncan, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Mark Nesler, ComposerLyricist - Billy Currington, ComposerLyricist - David Bryant, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - BYRON GALLIMORE, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Paul Franklin, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - B. James Lowry, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Erik Lutkins, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Julian King, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Steve Nathan, Organ, AssociatedPerformer - Shannon Forrest, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Bukovac, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Tony Martin, ComposerLyricist - Russell Terrell, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Gary Lunn, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jesse Chrisman, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Joe Nichols, MainArtist
℗ 2005 Universal South Records, LLC
John Hobbs, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Wes Hightower, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Larry Paxton, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - John Wayne Wiggins, ComposerLyricist - Randy McCormick, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Gary Hannan, ComposerLyricist - Dan Dugmore, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Kenny Greenberg, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - B. James Lowry, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Rich Hanson, Assistant Mixer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chad Cromwell, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - BILLY SHERRILL, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - BUDDY CANNON, Producer - Kevin Beamish, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - STEVE GIBSON, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Rob Hajacos, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Beers, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mel Eubanks, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Wyatt Beard, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Nichols, MainArtist
℗ 2005 Universal South Records, LLC
Wes Hightower, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Larry Franklin, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Don Sampson, ComposerLyricist - David Hungate, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - David Bryant, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - BEN FOWLER, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Casey Beathard, ComposerLyricist - Robby Turner, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bryan Sutton, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Shannon Forrest, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - ED SEAY, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Gordon Mote, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Brent Rowan, Producer, Electric Guitar, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Shawn Simpson, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Joe Nichols, MainArtist
℗ 2005 Universal South Records, LLC
Mark D. Sanders, ComposerLyricist - Wes Hightower, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Carson Chamberlain, ComposerLyricist - David Hungate, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - David Bryant, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dan Dugmore, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - BEN FOWLER, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Aubrey Haynie, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Bryan Sutton, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Shannon Forrest, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - ED SEAY, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Gordon Mote, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Brent Rowan, Producer, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Shawn Simpson, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Joe Nichols, MainArtist
℗ 2005 Universal South Records, LLC
John Hobbs, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Anderson, ComposerLyricist - Larry Paxton, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Randy McCormick, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Dan Dugmore, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Kenny Greenberg, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - B. James Lowry, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Rich Hanson, Assistant Mixer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chad Cromwell, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - BILLY SHERRILL, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - BUDDY CANNON, Producer - Kevin Beamish, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Kirk "Jelly Roll" Johnson, Harmonica, AssociatedPerformer - STEVE GIBSON, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Rob Hajacos, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Liana Manis, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Harley Allen, ComposerLyricist - Steve Beers, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mel Eubanks, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Wyatt Beard, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Nichols, MainArtist
℗ 2005 Universal South Records, LLC
Wes Hightower, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Allen, ComposerLyricist - Morgane Hayes, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - David Bryant, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - BEN FOWLER, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Terry Crisp, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Aubrey Haynie, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Shannon Forrest, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - ED SEAY, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Gordon Mote, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Brent Rowan, Producer, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Shawn Simpson, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Joe Nichols, MainArtist
℗ 2005 Universal South Records, LLC
Tim Lauer, Organ, AssociatedPerformer - David Hungate, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Al Perkins, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - David Bryant, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - BEN FOWLER, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Steve Earle, ComposerLyricist - Bryan Sutton, Mandolin, AssociatedPerformer - Shannon Forrest, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - ED SEAY, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Gordon Mote, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Brent Rowan, Producer, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Shawn Simpson, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Joe Nichols, MainArtist
℗ 2005 Universal South Records, LLC
Stuart Duncan, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Wendell Mobley, ComposerLyricist - Jim Collins, ComposerLyricist - David Bryant, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - BYRON GALLIMORE, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Paul Franklin, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - B. James Lowry, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Brent Mason, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Erik Lutkins, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Julian King, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Steve Nathan, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Shannon Forrest, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Tony Martin, ComposerLyricist - Russell Terrell, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Gary Lunn, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jesse Chrisman, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Joe Nichols, MainArtist
℗ 2005 Universal South Records, LLC
Steve Dean, ComposerLyricist - Stuart Duncan, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Wes Hightower, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - David Hungate, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Will Nance, ComposerLyricist - David Bryant, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - BEN FOWLER, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bryan Sutton, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Shannon Forrest, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - ED SEAY, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Gordon Mote, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Brent Rowan, Producer, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Shawn Simpson, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Joe Nichols, Background Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2005 Universal South Records, LLC
Stuart Duncan, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Wes Hightower, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Donny Lowery, ComposerLyricist - David Hungate, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - David Bryant, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - BEN FOWLER, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Robby Turner, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bryan Sutton, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Shannon Forrest, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - ED SEAY, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Gordon Mote, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Brent Rowan, Producer, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Shawn Simpson, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Joe Nichols, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2005 Universal South Records, LLC
Albumbeschreibung
Joe Nichols gets a little loose on his third major-label album, appropriately titled III, as evidenced by the very title of its first single, "Tequila Makes Her Clothes Fall Off." It's a silly name and would seem like a throwaway novelty, but it's not only genuinely funny, Nichols delivers it with sly humor and a low-key swagger that shows more character, as a vocalist, than he did on his previous albums. And that's the key to this album -- it's the first time that Nichols displays some genuine on-record personality that sets him apart from the Music City machine. While he still has a couple of generic numbers here, by and large the material is much stronger, bearing a harder country edge than the songs on his previous album, Revelation. Since Nichols has always had an appealing twang to his baritone, this harder country bent suits him well, particularly because it's not only present on straight-ahead country numbers like the two-step "Honky Tonk Girl" or Steve Earle's mournful "My Old Friend the Blues," Nichols also gives such softer, '70s-styled numbers like "Talk Me out of Tampa" a touch of grit, which is something he couldn't do on his previous albums. He's managed to steer away from the suburban country tract he was on and head back toward the country, which has made his music livelier and quite entertaining. Nichols still isn't a traditionalist on the level of his clear idol Alan Jackson -- the subjects, sound, and feel are more modern than traditional -- but he manages to strike a good balance of classic and contemporary here on III, which not only makes it his best album to date, but the first to suggest that he's carved out a distinctive niche for himself.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 11 track(s)
- Total length: 00:36:43
- Main artists: Joe Nichols
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Show Dog Universal Music
- Genre: Blues/country/folk Country
© 2005 Universal South Records, LLC ℗ 2005 Universal South Records, LLC
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