Album Description: Trace Adkins "X" (TEN) will give fans anything and everything they have always loved about his music over the past 12 years, including the gospel-and bluegrass-sired song and his current hit single "Muddy Water." In addition, there are songs like "Sweet," which turns a common national expression into a tight and particularized country tune, and "I Can't Out Run You," a vocal tour de force about the weight of romantic obsession in which Adkins records a haunting country soul song, in 2008, Sinatra-style. These songs show how both sides of Adkins' music work with a great stylistic co-cooperation: "Hillbilly Rich" wouldn't be nearly as good without the rooted center of Adkins' steady, nuanced baritone, and "Sometimes a Man Takes a Drink" could be tradition merely without his ability to infuse heritage styles with modern tensions and vibes. And the album features as well a song like "Till The Last Shot's Fired," which looks at military history and personal sacrifice, and in which Adkins' vocal is augmented by the rare presence of the West Point Cadet Choir." An energetic tune built around a heavy guitar lick -- Adkins introduces the song as "a little funkabilly" -- called "Better Than I Thought It'd Be" and a thoughtful orchestrated ballad, "All I Ask For Anymore," round out the album.
Customer Reviews
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Rating: - More GREAT Country from Trace Adkins
Trace Akins' new album X (ten) dose not disappoint!! My faorite tracks are ill te Last Shot's Fired, Sometimes a Man Takes a Drink, Sweet and Muddy Water. I saw Trace in Concert last month before ths CD was released and he did Muddy Water with a local church choir singing background . . . it was quite a moving prformance!!
Dangerous Man s still my favorite Trace Adkins Album, but this album is certainly one of his finest!!
Rating: - Love Trace Adkins, But This CD Isn't For Me
I see that this CD is getting great reviews, and I am a Trace Adkins fan, but I was totally disappointed. I couldn't find a single song that I enjoyed, and am very sorry I bought it. I'll just stick with the other CD's he done and toss this one out.
Rating: - WARNING!!!!!! ONLY BUY THIS CD IF YOU LIKE YOUR COUNTRY MUSIC REAL AND RAW!
Well, let me just say that a cd has to be one of two things for me to blog about it on this board. It either has to be really really bad or really really good. This one is definitely the latter! I happen to love country music that talks about real life and that comes from the heart and there is no singer in the world who is better at delivering this kind of music than Trace Adkins. I have been a constant fan of Trace Adkins for the past 10 years but this may be his best material yet. This CD has some fun upbeat songs including Sweet, Marry For Money, Hillbilly Rich, Hauling One Thing, and ... Read More
Rating: - This Man Just Keeps Getting Better and Better
I just purchased this CD today and listened to it in its entirety. Trace continues to impress and I think this is his best yet. So many touching ballads on this CD and songs that moved me to tears. His big, deep voice touches your heart and soul and he knows how to deliver a lyric in a big way. Keep the songs coming Trace, you are truly one of a kind.
Rating: - i'm just happy to be here
Like many others, I'm a big fan of Trace's "You're Gonna Miss This". There are some more great songs on X that are refreshingly different. "All I Ask For Anymore" is a nice ballad about family, which Trace says is his favorite ballad he's ever done. He deals largely with songs about tough times such as "I Can't Out Run You", which is an acoustic song that is well done and haunting...with just piano and cello to go along with vocals.
"Till the Last Shot's Fired" is a powerful song that might be the highlight of the album. It's kind of a follow-up to "Arlington" - a somber solute ... Read More
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