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2013 studio album by Joe Nichols From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Crickets is the eighth studio album by American country music artist Joe Nichols, released on October 8, 2013 by Red Bow Records.[1] It includes a cover of Merle Haggard's "Footlights".[2][3] The album sold 12,330 albums its first week.
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| Released | October 8, 2013 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 55:25 | |||
| Label | Red Bow Records | |||
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Mickey Jack Cones produced the entire album, co-producing with Tony Brown on "Yeah" and "Billy Graham's Bible", and Derek George on all other tracks.
Crickets garnered generally positive reception from the ratings and reviews of music critics. Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic rated the album three stars out of five, remarking how "All of Crickets is peppered with these kind of off-hand references to the modern world, but Nichols' true tell is the bright, affable sound of the record, how it finds a cozy middle ground between his burnished signature and the hyper-stylized, over-sized country of new millennial sports bars."[4] In addition, Erlewine says "his true strengths are rooted in the past, not the present."[4] At Country Weekly, Jon Freeman graded the album a B, indicating how "At times, the overstuffed (at 16 tracks) album struggles to keep the memorable hooks coming, opting instead for generic tales of women on creek banks."[5] Also, Freeman writes that "the beloved neotraditionalist may surprise some listeners by trying on some contemporary clothes."[5] Markos Papadatos of Digital Journal graded the album an A+, highlighting how the listener "can really hear Nichols' heart on this album and his love for the country genre" because Nichols' "leaves his fans yearning for more."[6] Furthermore, Papadatos states Nichols' is "stronger than ever" on a release that "contains 16 songs", which "is a real treat and its production is brilliant."[6] At Roughstock, Ashley Cooke rated the album four stars out of five, calling Nichols' a "completely underrated" musician, and this is evidenced by the "jammed packed album with many different songs and while some of the songs do fall within the cliché of country music out there, the delivery is different", which this is done with a "sound [that] is authentic and his vocals are smooth."[7]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Just Let Me Fall in Love with You" |
| 3:50 |
| 2. | "Hard to Be Cool" |
| 3:06 |
| 3. | "Baby You're in Love with Me" |
| 2:51 |
| 4. | "Yeah" | 2:33 | |
| 5. | "Billy Graham's Bible" |
| 3:55 |
| 6. | "Better Than Beautiful" |
| 3:37 |
| 7. | "Gotta Love It" |
| 3:11 |
| 8. | "Sunny and 75" |
| 3:27 |
| 9. | "Y'ant To" | Justin Wilson | 2:52 |
| 10. | "Hee Haw" |
| 2:31 |
| 11. | "Love Has a Way" |
| 2:43 |
| 12. | "Smile on Smile" | 2:43 | |
| 13. | "Open Up a Can" |
| 3:17 |
| 14. | "Old School Country Song" | 4:45 | |
| 15. | "Footlights" | Merle Haggard | 4:13 |
| 16. | "Crickets" |
| 3:36 |
| Total length: | 55:25 | ||
| Chart (2013) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| US Billboard 200[8] | 17 |
| US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[9] | 3 |
| US Independent Albums (Billboard)[10] | 4 |
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | ||||
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| US Country | US Country Airplay | US | CAN Country [11] |
CAN | ||
| 2013 | "Sunny and 75" | 4 | 1 | 39 | 1 | 49 |
| 2014 | "Yeah" | 7 | 1 | 41 | 1 | 48 |
| "Hard to Be Cool" | 32 | 22 | — | 50 | — | |
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