XII (Neal McCoy album)

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XII
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Studio album by
Neal McCoy
ReleasedMarch 6, 2012 (2012-03-06)
Genre Country
Label Blaster
Producer
Neal McCoy chronology
That's Life
(2005)		XII
(2012)		 Pride: A Tribute to Charley Pride
(2013)
Singles from XII
  1. "A-OK"
    Released: October 17, 2011
  2. "Shotgun Rider"
    Released: April 23, 2012
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
RoughstockStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Taste of CountryStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]

XII is the tenth studio 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]

Contents

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.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."A-OK"
2:56
2."Real Good Feel Good"
4:05
3."Judge a Man by the Woman"
  • Dean
  • Don Poythress
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"
  • McCoy
  • Hyde
  • Ryan Tyndell
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

Charts

Chart (2012)Peak
position
US Billboard Top Country Albums 58

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References

  1. 1 2 Poet, J. "XII review". Allmusic. Retrieved 7 March 2012.
  2. 1 2 Bjorke, Matt (March 6, 2012). "XII review". Roughstock. Archived from the original on March 11, 2012. Retrieved March 6, 2012.
  3. 1 2 Dukes, Billy (March 6, 2012). "XII review". Taste of Country. Retrieved March 6, 2012.
  4. ↑ "Neal McCoy Leads Independent Releases". CMT . March 6, 2012. Archived from the original on March 12, 2012. Retrieved March 6, 2012.
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