A Thousand Memories

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The album produced four chart singles on the Billboard country charts in "What They're Talkin' About" at number 35), "I Brake for Brunettes" at number 36, "That Ain't My Truck" at number 3, and "She Said Yes" at number 17.

Akins co-wrote all the tracks on this album except for "Katy Brought My Guitar Back Today", which was previously recorded by Alabama on their 1994 album Cheap Seats.

Critical reception

Giving it 2 stars out of 5, Chris Dickinson of New Country described "What They're Talkin' About" as a "guilty pleasure" and compared it to Rick Springfield's "Jessie's Girl". He thought that Akins "has a knack for this sort of thing, but his ballads are harder to buy" due to his "youngish delivery". Entertainment Weekly reviewer Alanna Nash rated it C+, saying that Akins was "not quite ready for prime time" due to his age, and that his "life experience rarely goes beyond falling in love in the back of a Ford".

Track listing

1. "Heart to Heart" (Rhett Akins, Chris Gantry, Mac McAnally) – 3:51
2. "What They're Talkin' About" (Akins, Larry Boone, Paul Nelson) – 3:27
3. "Old Dirt Road" (Akins, Gantry) – 3:26
4. "She Said Yes" (Akins, Joe Doyle) – 3:31
5. "That Ain't My Truck" (Akins, Tom Shapiro, Chris Waters) – 4:03
6. "Katy Brought My Guitar Back Today" (Mickey Cates, John Jarrard) – 3:05
7. "A Thousand Memories" (Akins, Byron Hill) – 4:22
8. "I Brake for Brunettes" (Akins, Sandy Ramos) – 3:23
9. "Same Ol' Story" (Akins, Hill) – 2:43
10. "Those Hands" (Akins, Sam Hogin, Mark D. Sanders) – 3:27

Personnel

As listed in liner notes.

Strings performed by the Nashville String Machine; Carl Gorodetzky, concertmaster.

String arrangement on "Katy Brought My Guitar Back Today" by Charles Cochran.

Strings on "Those Hands" and "She Said Yes" conducted and arranged by Bergen White.