A Six Pack to Go

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]

A Six Pack to Go
Studio album by
Hank Thompson
Released1966
GenreCountry
LabelCapitol
ProducerKen Nelson
Hank Thompson chronology
Luckiest Heartache in Town
(1966)		 A Six Pack to Go
(1966)		 Breakin' the Rules
(1966)

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.
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