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".
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." Rating it four stars out of five, Taste of Country writer Billy Dukes favorably compared McCoy's vocals to Shelton's. 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".
Track listing
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
Charts Chart (2012) Peakposition US Billboard Top Country Albums 58
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