A Six Pack to Go

A Six Pack to Go
Studio album by Hank Thompson
Released	1966
Genre	Country
Label	Capitol
Producer	Ken Nelson
Hank Thompson chronology
Luckiest Heartache in Town (1966) A Six Pack to Go (1966) Breakin' the Rules (1966)

A Six Pack to Go is an album by country music artist Hank Thompson and His Brazos Valley Boys. It was released in 1966 by Capitol Records (catalog no. T-2460). Ken Nelson was the producer.^[1] The album consists of 12 songs related to drinking.^[2]

The album debuted on Billboard magazine's Top Country Albums chart on April 16, 1966, peaked at No. 19, and remained on the chart for a total of eight weeks.^[3]

AllMusic gave the album a rating of five stars.^[2] Reviewer Thom Jurek praised Merle Travis's guitar playing and concluded: "While the songs have a cherry feel to them, this is one dark record, and there is no redemption anywhere present. A classic."^[2]

Track listing

Side A

1. "A Six Pack to Go"
2. "Honky Tonk Town"
3. "Hangover Heart"
4. "Beer Barrel Polka"
5. "Drunkard's Blues"
6. "Bubbles in My Beer"

Side B

1. "Hangover Tavern"
2. "The Wild Side of Life"
3. "Bartender's Polka"
4. "Anybody's Girl"
5. "Warm Red Wine"
6. "A Broken Heart and a Glass of Beer"

References

1. "Hank Thompson And His Brazos Valley Boys - A Six Pack to Go". Discogs. Retrieved December 19, 2020.
2. "A Six Pack to Go". AllMusic. Retrieved December 18, 2020.
3. Joel Whitburn's Top Country Albums 1964-1997. Record Research Inc. 1997. p. 174. ISBN 0898201241.