X_(Trace_Adkins_album)
X (Trace Adkins album)
2008 studio album by Trace Adkins
X is the eighth studio album by American country music artist Trace Adkins. The album's name is the Roman numeral for ten, as counting his two Greatest Hits packages it is his tenth album overall. X was released November 25, 2008, on Capitol Records Nashville. The album includes the singles "Muddy Water", "Marry for Money", and "All I Ask For Anymore", all of which have charted in the Top 40 on Hot Country Songs, with the latter two becoming Top 20 hits.
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| Released | November 25, 2008 (2008-11-25) | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 45:04 | |||
| Label | Capitol Nashville | |||
| Producer | Frank Rogers | |||
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After Adkins performed a moving version of "'Til the Last Shot's Fired" with The West Point Cadet Glee Club live at the Academy of Country Music Awards in 2009, the song received unsolicited airplay which brought it to No. 50 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart while "Marry for Money" was charting. It also peaked at No. 5 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100.
Although considered one of the highlights of the album by critics and fans, "I Can't Outrun You" was not released as a single, although it received a music video treatment. It was later covered by Thompson Square on their 2013 album Just Feels Good, whose version was released to country radio on June 23, 2014, and reached a peak of number 52 on the Billboard Country Airplay chart. It was also covered by the country acapella band Home Free in 2017 with a video.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Sweet" | Kelly Garrett, Kendell Marvel, Tim Owens | 3:07 |
| 2. | "Happy to Be Here" | Patrick Jason Matthews, Jim McCormick, Michael Mobley | 3:15 |
| 3. | "All I Ask For Anymore" | Casey Beathard, Tim James | 3:57 |
| 4. | "Let's Do That Again" | Jim Beavers, Chris DuBois, Chris Stapleton | 3:41 |
| 5. | "Hauling One Thing" | Monty Criswell, Tim Mensy | 3:34 |
| 6. | "Better Than I Thought It'd Be" | Jay Knowles, Marvel | 3:41 |
| 7. | "Marry for Money" | Jimmy Melton, Dave Turnbull | 3:04 |
| 8. | "Til the Last Shot's Fired" | Rob Crosby, Doug Johnson | 4:59 |
| 9. | "I Can't Outrun You" | Ben Glover, Kyle Jacobs, Joe Leathers | 3:36 |
| 10. | "Hillbilly Rich" | David Frasier, David Lee, Johnny Park | 3:31 |
| 11. | "Sometimes a Man Takes a Drink" | Larry Cordle, Amanda Martin | 4:44 |
| 12. | "Muddy Water" | Criswell, Rick Huckaby | 3:55 |
| Total length: | 45:04 | ||
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| 13. | "In Color" | Jamey Johnson, Lee Thomas Miller, James Otto | 4:04 |
| Total length: | 49:08 | ||
- Trace Adkins - lead vocals
- Pat Bergeson - acoustic guitar
- Mike Brignardello - bass guitar
- Jim "Moose" Brown - clavinet, Hammond B-3 organ, keyboards, piano
- Pat Buchanan - baritone guitar, electric guitar, harp
- John Catchings - cello
- J.T. Corenflos - baritone guitar, electric guitar
- Eric Darken- percussion
- Shannon Forrest - drums
- Paul Franklin - steel guitar
- Kenny Greenberg - baritone guitar, electric guitar
- Aubrey Haynie - fiddle, mandolin
- Wes Hightower - background vocals
- John Hobbs - conductor, string arrangements
- Dann Huff - electric guitar
- Ben Issacs - background vocals
- Sonya Issacs - background vocals
- Mike Johnson - dobro, steel guitar
- Love Sponge String Quartet- strings
- B. James Lowry - acoustic guitar
- Greg Morrow - drums
- Gordon Mote - Hammond B-3 organ, piano
- Frank Rogers - banjo, electric guitar
- Bryan Sutton - banjo, acoustic guitar, national steel guitar
- Ilya Toshinsky - banjo
- West Point Cadet Glee Club - background vocals
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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Singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | ||
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| 2008 | "Muddy Water" | 22 | 109 | — |
| 2009 | "Marry for Money" | 14 | 98 | 84 |
| "All I Ask For Anymore" | 14 | 95 | — | |
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Other charted songs
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| 2009 | "'Til the Last Shot's Fired" | 50 | 105 |
- Jurek, Thom. "X review". Allmusic. Retrieved July 2, 2011.
- Keefe, Jonathan. "Album Review: X". Slant. Retrieved July 2, 2011.
- "Trace Adkins Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
- "Trace Adkins Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
- "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2009". Billboard. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
- "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2009". Billboard. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
- Whitburn, Joel (2011). Top Pop Singles 1955–2010. Record Research, Inc. p. 20. ISBN 0-89820-188-8.