Nichols returns with "Never Gets Old"
Friday, July 28, 2017 – Joe Nichols releases his first album in four years today, "Never Gets Old." Nichols describes the disc as retro sounding, in contrast to most of the country fare today. Nichols worked with "Crickets" producer Mickey Jack Cones and longtime collaborator Brent Rowan. Fiddles and steel guitar are heard throughout the disc. The title track, penned by Steve Moakler and Connie Harrington, is the first single.
More news for Joe Nichols
- 11/15/24: Nichols forms foundation fighting veteran suicide
- 08/27/24: Nichols explores "Honky Tonks and Country Songs"
- 02/02/22: Nichols looks to Good Day for Living on tour
- 10/17/18: Nichols splits with Broken Bow
- 12/02/13: Nichols reaches the top
- 05/13/13: Nichols sets PR for adds for new single
- 10/31/12: Broken Bow forms new label, signs Joe Nichols
- 09/18/12: Nichols returns Down Under
CD reviews for Joe Nichols
Yes, it's more than a little ironic that the guy who had a big hit with "Tequila Makes Her Clothes Fall Off," opens an album with a song called "Brokenhearted," which complains about how country radio so rarely plays sad, brokenhearted songs. Then again, there's a time to weep and a time to rejoice. And Joe Nichols does a little of both on his "Good Day for Living" album.
To prove this point, Nichols follows his tearjerker opener with "I Got ...
Joe Nichols is best known by many as the guy that sings "Tequila Makes Her Clothes Fall Off," so it seems like more than mere coincidence how "Never Gets Old" opens with "Diamonds Make Babies," another song featuring a lyrical example of anthropomorphism. Such a lyrical tactic may grow tiresome quick, but hearing Nichols' resonant, traditional country singing voice will never ever get old.
Nichols is an extremely expressive singer, which is why he can sing ...
Joe Nichols suffers from a split personality. With a fine voice like his and songs from his past like Brokenheartsville, Nichols is strongly positioned to lay claim to being one of the very few last traditional country singers standing. There just aren't a whole lot of folks out there with the twang and phrasing (listen to how he holds the notes on the lead-off Just Let Me Fall in Love With You or the twang in Baby You're in Love With Me) out there like Nichols.
One of the prime ...
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