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American Man: Greatest Hits Vol. II
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X (TEN)
: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 ...
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Trace Adkins Greatest Hits Collection, Vol. 1
: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 ...
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Dangerous Man
: :After a decade of recording, the no-nonsense, deep-voiced Adkins has blossomed recently with riproaring, crowd-pleasing fare like 'Honky Tonk Badonkadonk.' Similar material turns up this time in the form of 'Swing' (will it be Major League Baseball's answer to Hank Williams Jr.'s 'All My Rowdy Friends Are Comin' Over Tonight'?) and the sing-along anthems 'Ladies Love Country Boys' and 'Fightin' Words.' Beyond that, Adkins's honest, emotive blue-collar substance emerges on the thoughtful small-town chronicle 'I Came Here to Live' and the sensual, contrite 'Words Get in the Way.' He similarly excels ...
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Comin' on Strong
: :For Comin' on Strong, Adkins rejoins producer Scott Hendricks, who discovered the rangy Louisiana native in the '90s, signed him to a recording contract, and helmed his initial hits. On Chrome, Adkins's previous release, producer Dan Huff had taken him the predictable pop route--and scored a top five album--but apart from his perfect fit with blue-collar themes, Adkins never sounded completely at home with the album's gussied-up backgrounds. Now Hendricks brings him back to a rootsier sound and makes the most of his distinctive, deep-sea baritone, the likes of which country ...
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Songs About Me
:Album Description:Trace Adkins is on fire! The highly anticipated seventh album from multi-platinum Country music recording artist features the hit single 'Songs About Me' and has been Adkins' fastest moving single to date. Capitol. 2005. :It's no surprise that the best cuts on Songs About Me are produced by Scott Hendricks, the man who gave Trace Adkins his major-label deal and best understands the psyche of a 6-foot-6 Louisianan with a past full of close calls, high emotions, and deep soul searching (getting shot and nearly dying, later going to rehab). ...
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Dreamin' Out Loud
: :Trace Adkins is deservedly one of country's brightest young stars of the late 1990s, a new-school traditionalist with a strong voice that prowls the octaves, and songs that empathize with country's working-man roots. Most importantly, though, he has an excellent sense of humor--Adkins's songs delight in clever wordplay, double entendres, and smart, funny lines that might make even non-country fans smile. The highlight here is the country hit 'I Left Something Turned on at Home,' which as you might suspect, isn't the iron, but rather his wife. Elsewhere he hits all ...
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Big Time
: :After many years on the Gulf Coast and then the Nashville dance-hall circuit, Trace Adkins finally released his debut album, Dreamin' Out Loud, in 1996. Not only did he score three No. 1 hits, but critics responded warmly to his gorgeous baritone, his tasteful sense of understatement, and his neo-honky-tonk instincts. Adkins, though, is not much of a songwriter--he cowrote two songs on his debut and two more on his followup, Big Time. As a result, he's only as good as the songs he sings, and the 10 new tunes on ...
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More...
: :While the term sound-alike easily applies to quite a few singers, Trace Adkins's husky, thoroughly honest baritone is among country's most distinctive and compelling voices. The opening title song of More... sets an optimistic tone that continues with 'I'm Gonna Love You Anyway' and 'Can I Want Your Love.' Contrasting with the jocular Western swing of 'All Hat, No Cattle,' which pairs Adkins with Ray Benson and Asleep at the Wheel, is the eloquent, authoritative blue-collar homage 'Working Man's Wage,' free of the posturing that often undermines similar songs. True, George ...
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Chrome
: :Graced with one of 2001's most distinct voices, Adkins begins by sinking his leathery growl into the title number--a rap track, but one possessing enough wit to avoid falling into gimmickry. From there, the curve is upward. The hit 'I'm Tryin',' a simple inspirational message wrapped in a complex arrangement, possesses strength and integrity too rarely seen in hit singles. Adkins's real-life blue-collar past imbues 'Thankful Man' with a believability missing when such songs wind up in the hands of singers from middle-class college backgrounds. While keeping the otherwise mundane 'Scream' ...
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