Sixwire (album)

Sixwire
Studio album by Sixwire
Released	July 30, 2002
Genre	Country
Length	40:39
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer	Steve Mandile

Sixwire is the self-titled debut album by the American country music band Sixwire. It was released on June 30, 2002 (see 2002 in country music) on Warner Bros. Records Nashville. The album produced two singles for the band on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts in "Look at Me Now" and "Way Too Deep", which respectively reached numbers 30 and 55 on that chart. The album itself peaked at number 38 on the Top Country Albums chart and number 32 on Top Heatseekers. Lead singer Steve Mandile produced the album.

Robert L. Doerschuk of Allmusic gave the album two-and-a-half stars out of five, saying that the band's "collective sound is seamless, spirited, and predictable[…]and their songs reflect all the attributes of commercial country."^[1] Country Standard Time reviewer Brian Baker was more positive, saying that he did not consider the band's sound country in nature but adding, "Sixwire makes great pop music that occasionally offers up the sonic touchstones of country[…]and they sell it all with truly impressive vocal harmonies."^[2]

Track listing

1. "Way Too Deep" (Andy Childs, Steve Mandile) – 3:30
2. "I Hope She Comes Around" (Mandile) – 2:35
3. "Look at Me Now" (Mandile, Steve McClintock) – 3:26
4. "Saving Grace" (Childs, Mandile) – 3;26
5. "Say It Simple" (John Bettis, Childs, Mandile) – 3:36
6. "Please Believe" (Julie Corlew Adkison, Mandile) – 3:42
7. "Jack" (Childs, Mandile) – 4:13
8. "I Can't Help How I Feel" (Mandile) – 4:12
9. "Broken" (Mandile, Jeremy Stover) – 3:39
10. "I Heard That" (Childs, Mandile) – 3:27
11. "Brave Soul" (Childs, Mandile, Robb Houston, John Howard, Chuck Tilley) – 4:45

Personnel

As listed on CD backing card.^[3]

Sixwire

• Andy Childs – lead vocals, piano
• Robb Houston – rhythm guitar, background vocals
• John Howard – bass guitar
• Steve Mandile – electric guitar, acoustic guitar, background vocals
• Chuck Tilley – drums, percussion, timpani

Additional musicians

• Russ Pahl – steel guitar, banjo
• Dennis Wage – piano, Hammond organ, keyboards
• Jonathan Yudkin – fiddle, violin, viola, cello, harp, bells, mandolin, string arrangements

Chart performance

Chart (2002)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	38
U.S. Billboard Top Heatseekers	32

References

1. Doerschuk, Robert L. "Sixwire review". Allmusic. Retrieved 18 January 2010.
2. Baker, Brian. "Sixwire review". Country Standard Time. Retrieved 18 January 2010.
3. Sixwire (CD liner notes and backing card). Sixwire. Warner Bros. Records. 2002. 48312.