★★★★★
Given the stamp of approval by the reigning king and queen of contemporary country- Miranda Lambert and Blake Shelton who act as producers on McCoy's first album in five years--the neo-traditionalist honky tonker should get some well deserved recognition...
- www.americansongwriter.com
2012-03-08
★★★★★
After a long and steady career with various Warner Music's labels (Warner Brothers, Atlantic, etc), Neal McCoy moved from that label to his own label and released an album on his own before finding a new home with Blaster Records. The album XII (Twelve) represents the 12th album of his career and it also finds him doing what he does best, performing nimble mainstream country music tunes as good as anything else on the marketplace...
- www.roughstock.com
2012-03-06
★★★★★
Neal McCoy's fourth album, You Gotta Love That!, is a testimonial to the Nashville assembly line: an inoffensive voice, well-crafted songs, and sparkling production, resulting in some perfectly forgettable product. And it'll probably sell a millionfor just those reasons.
- ew.com
2009-06-12
★★★★★
Neal McCoy's eponymous album is another set of immaculately crafted contemporary country music. From McCoy's polished but heartfelt performacne to the slik, seamless selection of songs, there isn't an obvious flaw on the album...
- music.aol.com
2008-08-27
★★★★★
The first album to follow a Greatest Hits collection usually provides an artist the opportunity to break free from his formulas and pursue a new path. It can also mean nothing, the artist just continuing to turn out the kind of music that supplied hits in the first place. That's what Neal McCoy chooses to do with Be Good At It, a perfectly fine collection of smoothed-over honky tonk and slick contemporary country ballads...
- music.aol.com
2008-08-27
★★★★★
This Barry Beckett-produced disc was the first to capture the rock-influenced sound of McCoy's stage show (which usually included a rap version of The Beverly Hillbillies theme). Though McCoy had never had a single chart above #21, the album gave the singer his first two number one hits: "No Doubt About It" and "Wink."
- music.aol.com
2008-08-27
★★★★★
This debut's most notable song is its title track, a country version of the Billy Vera prom-night pop hit.
- music.aol.com
2008-08-27
★★★★★
With barely a nod to "Wink" and his other riff-happy hits, McCoy fills this album with quality material and digs into it with some of his finest singing to date. Aside from one novelty number, the goofball romp "Elvis in the Airport," these are straightforward songs, most of them adorned with melodies and chord changes any singer would adore...
- music.aol.com
2008-08-27