Real Things

Joe Nichols - Real Things

Real Things
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Artist: Joe Nichols
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2007-08-21
Music Label: Universal South
Soundtracks:
  1. Real Things
  2. Another Side of You
  3. Who are You When I'm Not Looking
  4. Comin Back in a Cadillac
  5. My Whiskey Years
  6. It Ain't No Crime
  7. All Good Things
  8. Let's Get Drunk and Fight
  9. Ain't Nobody Gonna Take That From Me
  10. She's All Lady
  11. The Difference is Night and Day
  12. All I Need is a Heart
  13. If I Could Only Fly (with Lee Ann Womack)

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Free Music Review: When it all comes together..
Hit: 5 Stars

Real things. Such an appropriate title. This record, unlike so many other pop/country releases you see week after week, is the real thing.

Joe Nichols gets a little bit of that naive, wide eyed, Rogers, Arkansas boy back with his latest release. Of all country releases this year, nothing can hold a candle to Real things.

From the very get-go of the title track, Nichols hooks you, and begins to reel you in with his smooth baritone. It is almost as if he is telling you his life story throughout every track.

With the sweet tenderness of "Another side of you" to the raucous honky tonkin "Comin back in a cadillac" Nichols leaves no feeling and emotion unturned. He seems to soothe and salve his own soul in the ballad "My whiskey years".

Nichols continues to show that he can let his vocal restraint go sometimes with the non-traditional sure fire hit "It aint no crime". But the best tracks are when he does show that restraint. Nichols does a great job of revving you up, and then slowing you back down with this offering. Going from the witty "Lets get drunk and fight" to the seemingly solemn "All I need is a heart" is proof alone if you dont believe me.

Nichols closes it all out with cult hero Blaze Foley's "If i could only fly" with Lee Ann Womack. A tune anyone who has ever loved can definately identify with. Nichols seems as if he is talking to you, and you cant help but listen.

Nichols all in all hits a home run with Real Things. On a scale of 5 stars, I give it about 12. In a world of country music where some folks just seem to pay lip service to country music's history and traditions, Joe Nichols uses it as his foundation. While it may not sell 4 million copies, Real Things is the best release of his career, and probably of the year.

However I believe we will all see Joe Nichols in country music's spotlight here in 2008, and well deservedly so. And when it all comes together, it will be something you dont want to miss.

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On his fourth album, Joe Nichols has ample opportunity to showcase his vocal subtlety and soulfulness, which weren't much in evidence on his novelty smash "Tequila Makes Her Clothes Fall Off." The acoustic arrangements and largely midtempo material puts the emphasis throughout on his weathered baritone, as Nichols balances his sensitive side--on the romantic "Another Side of You" and "She's All Lady" and the heartbreak "All Good Things"--with his good-ol'-boy side, on the uptempo "Comin' Back in a Cadillac," the anti-busybody "It Ain't No Crime" and the barroom singalong of "Let's Get Drunk and Fight" (a cut that recalls a notorious early Jimmy Buffett song). The bittersweet balladry of "My Whiskey Years" is reflective of the album's uncommon emotional depth, while the closing "If I Could Only Fly" (by the late Austin cult hero Blaze Foley) shows the artist's range. --Don McLeese
It's been five years since Joe Nichols took country music by storm, staking his own unique claim to time-honored tradition with his unforgettable debut single, "The Impossible." Today, Nichols is well established as one of country's most familiar and unforgettable voices.

With his third CD, Real Things, Nichols has outdone himself once again, crafting a record that, song-for-song, performance-for performance, never lets up and never lets go. With the debut single "Another Side Of You" already igniting at radio, Nichols fans are getting a taste of what's to come - a country album full of real songs, sung by a real artist, who's always been and always will be all about nothing but the REAL THINGS.


It's been five years since Joe Nichols took country music by storm, staking his own unique claim to time-honored tradition with his unforgettable debut single, The Impossible. In the interim, Nichols has chosen to grow his career the old-fashioned way, touching millions of fans through non-stop touring with artists like Alan Jackson, Brooks and Dunn and Toby Keith, and releasing hit after hit, including three No. 1's and seven Top 10 singles, two Gold Records certifications with sales close to 2 million. Today, Nichols is well established as one of country's most familiar and consistently unforgettable voices. Nichols has outdone himself once again, crafting a record that, song-for-song, performancefor- performance, never lets up and never lets go. With the debut single Another Side of You already igniting at radio, Nichols' fans are getting a taste of what's to come a country album full of real songs, sung by a real artist, who's always been and always will be all about nothing but the REAL THINGS.

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