Trace Adkins - X (TEN)
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Artist: Trace AdkinsEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
CD Release Date: 2008-11-24
Music Label: Capitol Nashville
Soundtracks:
- Sweet
- Happy To Be Here
- All I Ask For Anymore
- Let's Do That Again
- Hauling One Thing
- Better Than I Thought It'd Be
- Marry For Money
- Til The Last Shot's Fired
- I Can't Outrun You
- Hillbilly Rich
- Sometimes A Man Takes A Drink
- Muddy Water
Music reviews of X (TEN)
Music Review: Hit and miss...but the hits are certainly worth it.
Rating: 4 Stars
I'm always hesitant when I purchase a Trace Adkins record. He's a fantastic singer, a great interpreter of songs. The problem is, he doesn't always choose the choicest material. He can record a terrific ballad ("Every Light in the House is On"), a geuinely sexy number ("One Hot Mama")...but he can also record utter trash ("Swing") and cliched redneck anthems ("Rough & Ready"). So when I listen to a Trace Adkins record, it's with a sense of trepidation.
X begins on a slow note: "Sweet" isn't horrible, but it's not that great, either. Other songs follow a similar suit, bouncing between tolerable ("All I Ask For Anymore," "Hauling One Thing") and just god-awful ("Hillbilly Rich"). Adkins is on record as saying he records the cheesier songs because a country album needs them; thankfully this time around, he decided on some weightier material as well. Aside from the downers just mentioned, the rest of the album is pretty decent, even at times fantastic. "Marry For Money" is a witty little number; "Better Than I Thought It'd Be" and "Let's Do That Again" revolve around a couple of nasty grooves; even "Muddy Water" and "Happy to Be Here" are elevated by oustanding vocal performances and lyrics that manage to remain basically uncliched.
The true album highlights, though, occur in some of the ballads. "Sometimes a Man Takes a Drink" is absolutely stunning; as is the bare-bones delivery of "I Can't Outrun You": a haunting, emotionally-ripped vocal set against a piano and strings. The surprising number here is "'Til The Last Shot's Fired," a nice, non-biased (at least until the bridge) look at fallen soldiers that echoes Adkins's previous hit "Arlington" (but is actually a stronger tune, in my humble opinion).
So X (as in TEN) is a bit hit-and-miss; but, as will all Trace Adkins records, the "hits" tend to win out. This certainly features one of his finest performances ("I Can't Outrun You"), and some of the strongest material he's tackled in a while. If nothing else, this album--even the worst cuts here--show that Trace Adkins is one of the best, most evocative vocalists in country music today.
Description of X (TEN)
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.Country CDs
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