XII (Neal McCoy album)

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Critical reception

Matt Bjorke of Roughstock gave the album three-and-a-half stars out of five, saying that it "finds him doing what he does best, performing nimble mainstream country music tunes as good as anything else on the marketplace."<ref name="roughstock">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Rating it four stars out of five, Taste of Country writer Billy Dukes favorably compared McCoy's vocals to Shelton's.<ref name="toc">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> J. Poet of Allmusic rated it three stars out of five, saying that the album had "one great tune, two good ones, and a whole lot that get by on McCoy's powerful vocals".<ref name="allmusic">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Personnel

• Perry Coleman – background vocals
• Eric Darken – percussion
• Scott Ducaj – trumpet
• Dan Dugmore – Dobro, electric guitar, steel guitar, lap steel guitar
• Lester Estelle Jr. – drums
• David Grissom – electric guitar
• Aubrey Haynie – fiddle
• Wes Hightower – background vocals
• John Barlow Jarvis – piano
• Kim Keyes – background vocals
• Miranda Lambert – background vocals
• Tim Lauer – organ, synthesizer, Wurlitzer
• Mac McAnally – acoustic guitar
• Neal McCoy – lead vocals, whistle
• Greg Morrow – drums, percussion
• Wendy Moten – background vocals
• Michael Rhodes – bass guitar
• Mike Rojas – piano
• Brent Rowan – bass guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, piano, sitar
• Blake Shelton – acoustic guitar, background vocals
• Bryan Sutton – banjo, acoustic guitar, resonator guitar
• Glenn Worf – bass guitar

Charts

Chart (2012)	Peak position
US Billboard Top Country Albums	58