XII (album)
XII is an album by American country music singer Neal McCoy. Released on March 6, 2012, by Blaster Records, it is his first album of new material since That's Life in 2005. Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert co-produced the album with Brent Rowan. The album includes the single "A-OK".[4]
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| Released | March 6, 2012 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Label | Blaster | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| Roughstock |  [2] |
| Taste of Country | [3] |
Critical reception
Matt Bjorke of Roughstock gave the album three-and-a-half stars out of five, saying that it "finds him doing what he does best, performing nimble mainstream country music tunes as good as anything else on the marketplace."[2] Rating it four stars out of five, Taste of Country writer Billy Dukes favorably compared McCoy's vocals to Shelton's.[3] J. Poet of Allmusic rated it three stars out of five, saying that the album had "one great tune, two good ones, and a whole lot that get by on McCoy's powerful vocals".[1]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "A-OK" | 2:56 | |
| 2. | "Real Good Feel Good" | 4:05 | |
| 3. | "Judge a Man by the Woman" |
| 3:58 |
| 4. | "Mouth" | 3:15 | |
| 5. | "Shotgun Rider" | 3:00 | |
| 6. | "That's You" |
| 3:24 |
| 7. | "Crazy Women" |
| 3:34 |
| 8. | "Lucky Enough" |
| 3:33 |
| 9. | "Every Fire" |
| 3:39 |
| 10. | "That's Just How She Gets" |
| 2:56 |
| 11. | "Borderline Crazy" |
| 3:16 |
| 12. | "Van Gogh" | 3:56 | |
| Total length: | 41:42 | ||
Personnel
- Perry Coleman – background vocals
- Eric Darken – percussion
- Scott Ducaj – trumpet
- Dan Dugmore – dobro, electric guitar, steel guitar, lap steel guitar
- Lester Estelle Jr. – drums
- David Grissom – electric guitar
- Aubrey Haynie – fiddle
- Wes Hightower – background vocals
- John Barlow Jarvis – piano
- Kim Keyes – background vocals
- Miranda Lambert – background vocals
- Tim Lauer – organ, synthesizer, Wurlitzer
- Mac McAnally – acoustic guitar
- Neal McCoy – lead vocals, whistle
- Greg Morrow – drums, percussion
- Wendy Moten – background vocals
- Michael Rhodes – bass guitar
- Mike Rojas – piano
- Brent Rowan – bass guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, piano, sitar
- Blake Shelton – acoustic guitar, background vocals
- Bryan Sutton – banjo, acoustic guitar, resonator guitar
- Glenn Worf – bass guitar
Chart performance
Album
| Chart (2012) | Peak position |
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| US Billboard Top Country Albums | 58 |
Singles
| Year | Single | Peak positions |
|---|---|---|
| US Country | ||
| 2011 | "A-OK" | 52 |
| 2012 | "Shotgun Rider" | — |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||
References
- Poet, J. "XII review". Allmusic. Retrieved 7 March 2012.
- Bjorke, Matt (March 6, 2012). "XII review". Roughstock. Archived from the original on March 11, 2012. Retrieved March 6, 2012.
- Dukes, Billy (March 6, 2012). "XII review". Taste of Country. Retrieved March 6, 2012.
- "Neal McCoy Leads Independent Releases". CMT. March 6, 2012. Retrieved March 6, 2012.