Following a five-year hiatus, Neal McCoy will release his new album XII (Blaster Records) on March 6, 2012. He enlisted the help of Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert, as well as guitarist extraordinaire Brent Rowan, to produce and record the album. Full tracklist appears below.
“Neal is not only a friend of mine, but my hero,” commented Blake Shelton. “Our first priority with this album was that Neal only cut songs that he truly loved and was excited about. That was very important to us.” Miranda Lambert added, “It was a blast seeing Neal and Blake together…had the place laughing all the time. I think fans will hear three different artists coming together on this album with their individual takes on the music.”
Writers featured on the project include Tom Douglas, Rivers Rutherford, Jamey Johnson, Allen Shamblin, Rhett Akins, Luke Laird, George Teren and more. The lead off single, which performed well on MusicRow’s CountryBreakout Chart, was the feel-good “A-OK” with harmony vocals from Blake and Miranda.
“It’s like my shows, a little bit of everything that makes music special,” said McCoy. “XII has a little bit of church, a little bit of bar-room, a couple ballads that’ll encourage, and a real Texas thing about finding your groove in the midst of heartbreak with a cold beer and a good jukebox. Blake and Miranda had definite ideas about what this should be – you almost couldn’t hold ‘em back.”
XII tracklist:
1. A-OK
2. Real Good Feel Good
3. Judge A Man By The Woman
4. Mouth
5. Shotgun Rider
6. That’s You
7. Crazy Women
8. Lucky Enough
9. Every Fire
10. That’s Just How She Gets
11. Borderline Crazy
12. Van Gogh
