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X
Studio album by Trace Adkins
Released	November 25, 2008 (2008-11-25)
Genre	Country
Length	45:04
Label	Capitol Nashville
Producer	Frank Rogers
Trace Adkins chronology
American Man: Greatest Hits Volume II (2007) X (2008) Cowboy's Back in Town (2010)
Singles from X
"Muddy Water" Released: August 4, 2008 "Marry for Money" Released: January 12, 2009 "All I Ask For Anymore" Released: May 18, 2009

Professional ratings

Review scores
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Allmusic
Slant

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.

Other songs

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.

Track listing

Personnel

• 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

Chart performance

Singles

Other charted songs

References

1. Jurek, Thom. "X review". Allmusic. Retrieved July 2, 2011.
2. Keefe, Jonathan. "Album Review: X". Slant. Retrieved July 2, 2011.
3. "Trace Adkins Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
4. "Trace Adkins Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
5. "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2009". Billboard. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
6. "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2009". Billboard. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
7. Whitburn, Joel (2011). Top Pop Singles 1955–2010. Record Research, Inc. p. 20. ISBN 0-89820-188-8.

• 2008 albums
• Trace Adkins albums
• Capitol Records albums
• Albums produced by Frank Rogers (record producer)