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''Dangerous Man'' is the seventh studio album by American
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singer
Trace Adkins Tracy Darrell Adkins (born January 13, 1962) known professionally as Trace Adkins, is an American country music singer and actor. Adkins made his debut in 1996 with the album ''Dreamin' Out Loud'', released on Capitol Records Nashville. Since t ...
, released on August 15, 2006 on
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Nashville. The album produced three singles on the ''
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charts between 2006 and mid-2007. The first of these, " Swing", reached number 20 while the second single, " Ladies Love Country Boys", became his second number one hit and his first since " (This Ain't) No Thinkin' Thing" in 1997. The third single, "I Wanna Feel Something", reached number 25 on the same chart. Overall, ''Dangerous Man'' is
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by the
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Content

The track "I Came Here to Live" was previously recorded by Brad Cotter on his 2004 debut album '' Patient Man''.


Critical reception

Thomas Inskeep of
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praised the album's collection of country party tracks and soft introspective ballads that allow Adkins to show not only his brand of reckless attitude but also show honest sincerity where '' Songs About Me'' failed to deliver, concluding that, "Whether his tempo’s fast or slow, the subject matter lascivious or tender, the mood is consistent across ''Dangerous Man''. It sounds like Adkins has finally nailed down who he is as an artist, and by all accounts, it’s not much different from who he is as a man (by all accounts): a good ol’ boy from Louisiana who’s fully embraced it, and found a set of songs that express it. In doing so, he’s made the most complete album of his career." Chris Willman of ''
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'' was put-off by the album's mood-shifts between tracks either being endearing or salacious, but praised tracks like "I Wanna Feel Something" and "The Stubborn One" for finding the right balance, saying that "Both prove Adkins can grab us by our hearts and minds... when he's not so fixated on ogling rears or thumping chests." Jonathan Keefe of
Slant Magazine ''Slant Magazine'' is an American online publication that features reviews of movies, music, TV, DVDs, theater, and video games, as well as interviews with actors, directors, and musicians. The site covers various film festivals like the New Yor ...
heavily criticized the album for being one of the worst the Nashville music assembly line has to offer, with hook-less guitar-driven tracks and cornball ballads being delivered through Adkins' limited range as a performer, concluding that it "isn't awful in any of the creative or important ways that would make it truly dangerous, but in perpetuating every unfortunate, ugly stereotype of the genre, ''Dangerous Man'' is still an embarrassment."


Track listing


DVD extras

The "Dangerous Man" CD features a DVD that includes three bonus audio remixes of "Honky Tonk Badonkadonk": A country club mix, a 70's groove mix, and a eurofunk mix. The DVD also features three bonus music videos, for "Honky Tonk Badonkadonk", "Arlington", and "Swing". In addition, the DVD features behind-the-scenes footage and access to ringtones.


Personnel

Adapted from ''Dangerous Man'' liner notes. ;Musicians * Tim Akers - keyboards (5, 6, 12) * Kenny Beard - background vocals (7) *
Casey Beathard Casey Michael Beathard ( ; born December 2, 1965) is an American country music songwriter. The son of former National Football League general manager Bobby Beathard, and father of Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback C. J. Beathard, and country mu ...
- background vocals (7) *
Bekka Bramlett Rebekka Ruth Lazone Bramlett (born April 19, 1968) is an American singer. She is the daughter of Delaney and Bonnie Bramlett, of the music duo Delaney & Bonnie. Currently, she is a session singer, songwriter, and backing vocalist, working with ...
- background vocals (6) *
Mike Brignardello Giant is an American melodic rock band that was formed in 1987. The band originally consisted of founding members Dann Huff (lead vocals and guitar) and Alan Pasqua (keyboard), and had Dann's brother David Huff on drums and Mike Brignardello o ...
- bass guitar (1-4, 8-11) *
Pat Buchanan Patrick Joseph Buchanan ( ; born November 2, 1938) is an American paleoconservative author, political commentator, and politician. He was an assistant and special consultant to U.S. presidents Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, and Ronald Reagan. He ...
- electric guitar (1, 2, 4, 8, 9, 11),
baritone guitar The baritone guitar is a guitar with a longer scale length, typically a larger body, and heavier internal bracing, so it can be tuned to a lower pitch. Gretsch, Fender, Gibson, Ibanez, ESP Guitars, PRS Guitars, Music Man, Danelectro, Sche ...
(3, 10),
mandolin A mandolin (, ; literally "small mandola") is a Chordophone, stringed musical instrument in the lute family and is generally Plucked string instrument, plucked with a plectrum, pick. It most commonly has four Course (music), courses of doubled St ...
(8) *
Tom Bukovac Tom Bukovac (born December 20, 1968) is an American session guitarist and producer. He is also a popular YouTube personality with over 100,000 subscribers. He is a five-time winner of Music Row's Top Ten Album All-Stars award in the guitar categ ...
- electric guitar (5, 6, 12) * Perry Coleman - background vocals (5, 6, 12) *
Mickey Jack Cones Mickey Jack Cones (born in San Antonio, TX) is an American record producer, engineer, session musician, singer and songwriter. Raised in a musical family, he is the grandson of Glenn Gray Orchestra singer Jane Cones and son of Jackie Cones of The ...
- background vocals (7) * J. T. Corenflos - electric guitar (1-4, 8-10), six-string bass guitar (1, 11) *
Eric Darken Eric A. Darken is an American percussionist, composer, and programmer. Biography Drawing inspiration from his grandfather, a band leader. Darken began playing drums at age 12, and played timpani and mallets in high school. Darken attended ...
- percussion (all tracks) * Chris Dunn - trombone (5) * Paul Franklin -
steel guitar A steel guitar () is any guitar played while moving a steel bar or similar hard object against plucked strings. The bar itself is called a "steel" and is the source of the name "steel guitar". The instrument differs from a conventional guitar i ...
(1-4, 8-11) * Tony Harrell - piano (7), organ (7) *
Aubrey Haynie Aubrey E. Haynie (born March 27, 1974) is an American bluegrass musician who plays the fiddle and mandolin. In his career, he has recorded three studio albums for the Sugar Hill Records label, all three of which contained mostly songs that he w ...
- fiddle (1-3, 8-11), mandolin (4) * Wes Hightower - background vocals (1-4, 8-11) *
Jim Horn James Ronald Horn (born November 20, 1940) is an American saxophonist, woodwind player, and session musician. Biography Horn was born in Los Angeles, and after replacing saxophonist Steve Douglas in 1959, he toured with member Duane Eddy for ...
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baritone saxophone The baritone saxophone (sometimes abbreviated to "bari sax") is a member of the saxophone family of instruments, larger (and lower-pitched) than the tenor saxophone, but smaller (and higher-pitched) than the bass saxophone, bass. It is the lowe ...
(1),
tenor saxophone The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor and the alto are the two most commonly used saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B (whi ...
(1) *
Dann Huff Dann Lee Huff (born November 15, 1960) is an American record producer, studio guitarist, and songwriter. For his work as a producer in the country music genre, he has won several awards, including the ''Musician of the Year'' award in 2001, 2004 ...
- electric guitar (5, 6, 12) * Mike Johnson - steel guitar (7, 8),
Dobro Dobro () is an American brand of resonator guitars owned by Gibson and manufactured by its subsidiary Epiphone. The term "dobro" is also used as a generic term for any wood-bodied, single-cone resonator guitar. The Dobro was originally a gui ...
(10) * "The Ladies" (Emma Grandillo, Melissa Hayes, Morgane Hayes, Sandy Horowitz, Autumn House, Judy McDonough, Leslie Ann Parsons, Morgan Petek) - background vocals (2) * Troy Lancaster - electric guitar (7) * Randy Leago - tenor saxophone (5) * B. James Lowry - acoustic guitar (2, 3, 8, 11),
resonator guitar A resonator guitar or resophonic guitar (often generically called a " Dobro") is an acoustic guitar that produces sound by conducting string vibrations through the bridge to one or more spun metal cones (resonators), instead of to the guitar' ...
(9) *
Chris McHugh Chris McHugh (born 1964) is an American musician from Camden, NJ. He began his career as the drummer of Christian rock band White Heart from 1986 to 1989. McHugh toured and played as a session drummer with artists such as Aaron Neville, Pe ...
- drums (5, 6, 12) *
Greg Morrow Greg Morrow is an American drummer, percussionist, session musician, mixing engineer, and vocalist. Biography Morrow was born in Ripley, Tennessee and raised in Memphis. At age 11, Morrow and his band performed on a local TV show, and he par ...
- drums (1-4, 7-11), percussion (7) *
Gordon Mote Gordon James Mote (born October 25, 1970) is an American Christian country/ southern gospel singer, piano player, and worship leader. He was born blind. He has released eight studio albums. His album ''Don't Let Me Miss the Glory'' (2007) was hi ...
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Hammond B-3 organ The Hammond organ is an electric organ invented by Laurens Hammond and John M. Hanert, first manufactured in 1935. Multiple models have been produced, most of which use sliding drawbars to vary sounds. Until 1975, sound was created from rotat ...
(1, 9, 11), piano (2, 3, 4, 8, 10), announcer (4) * Russ Pahl - steel guitar (5, 6, 7, 12),
slide guitar Slide guitar is a technique for playing the guitar that is often used in blues music. It involves playing a guitar while holding a hard object (a slide) against the strings, creating the opportunity for glissando effects and deep vibratos that ...
(7) * Michael Rhodes - bass guitar (5, 6, 12) * Rex Schnelle - electric guitar (7) *
Chris Stapleton Christopher Alvin Stapleton (born April 15, 1978) is an American country singer-songwriter and guitarist. Born in Kentucky, Stapleton moved to Nashville in 1996 to study for an engineering degree from Vanderbilt University, but dropped out to pur ...
- background vocals (4) *
Bryan Sutton James Bryan Sutton (born 1973) is an American musician. Primarily known as a flatpicking acoustic guitar player, Sutton also plays mandolin, banjo, ukulele, and electric guitar. He also sings and writes songs. Biography Early career Sutton's gr ...
- acoustic guitar (1, 4, 7), banjo (1, 4), mandolin (3, 10),
gut string guitar The classical guitar, also known as Spanish guitar, is a member of the guitar family used in classical music and other styles. An acoustic wooden string instrument with strings made of gut or nylon, it is a precursor of the modern steel-string a ...
(10) * Quentin Ware - trumpet (5) *
Glenn Worf Glenn Worf is an American bassist known mainly for his work as a session musician. He has recorded with many major country music acts and also tours with Mark Knopfler. Early life and education Worf was born in Dayton, Ohio, and grew up in Madis ...
- bass guitar (7) *
Jonathan Yudkin Jonathan Yudkin is an American multi-instrumentalist who is a proficient player of banjo, violin, mandolin, and other stringed instruments. He is a session musician in Nashville as well as a record producer, arranger, and band leader. Biograph ...
- fiddle (6, 7, 12), mandolin (6, 7, 12), octophone (12) ;Technical credits for tracks 1-4, 8-11 * Brady Barnett - digital editing * Richard Barrow - recording assistant, overdubs * Drew Bollman - overdubs, assistant * Neal Cappellino - overdubs * Tyler Moles - digital editing * Justin Niebank - mixing * Frank Rogers - producer * Steve Short - assistant * Hank Williams - mastering * Brian "Loopy Dave" Willis - digital editing ;Technical credits for tracks 5, 6, 12, 13 * Adam Ayan - mastering * Drew Bollman - assistant * Richard Dodd - recording * Darrell Franklin - A&R coordination * Mike "Frog" Griffith - production coordination * Mark Hagen - recording, overdubs * Dann Huff - producer * Steve Marcantonio - recording * Seth Morton - assistant * Justin Niebank - mixing * Mike Paragone - assistant * Lowell Reynolds - assistant * Christopher Rowe - digital assistant * Aaron Walk - assistant ;Technical credits for track 7 * Trace Adkins - producer * Kenny Beard - producer * Casey Beathard - producer * Tony Castle - recording * Mickey Jack Cones - overdubs, digital editing * Billy Decker - mixing * Mel Eubanks - assistant * Rex Schnelle - overdubs * Hank Williams - mastering ;Visual * Denise Arguijo - art production * Kristin Barlowe - photography * Joanna Carter - art direction * Michelle Hall - art production * Lee Wright Creative - graphic design


Chart performance


Weekly charts


Year-end charts


Certifications


References

{{Authority control 2006 albums Trace Adkins albums Capitol Records albums Albums produced by Frank Rogers (record producer)