This is a romantic album, as the title Love Will... suggests: sweet, soulful, and slow, almost entirely ignoring the honky tonk that was once Trace Adkins' stock in trade. In its stead comes a duet with Colbie Caillat, a singer who has nothing to do with country, and a cover of Exile's disco-country classic "Kiss You All Over" cut with the group itself, two indications that Adkins is mining a distinctly smooth and seductive territory, one that sonically could cross over into the pop mainstream if it weren't for his burly baritone, a signature that keeps him planted in country. This is country music but it's rooted in the masculine slickness of the heyday of urban cowboy. The occasional slight Auto-Tune placed on Adkins' voice strongly signals this album was cut in the present day but, otherwise, Love Will... plays a bit like a throwback to the glory days of soft country, crossed with a little bit of new millennial production flair (chiefly achieved in the echo, ringing, single-note riffs that are there for texture, not hooks). Perhaps Love Will... doesn't make itself known the way earlier Adkins records did, but this is charmingly low-key and suggests a nice mature second act as a crooner for the singer.
Love Will...
Trace Adkins
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Love Will... Review
by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Track Listing
| Title/Composer | Performer | Time | Stream | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Trace Adkins | 03:21 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
| 2 | Trace Adkins | 03:25 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
| 3 | Trace Adkins | 02:58 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
| 4 | Trace Adkins | 03:10 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
| 5 | Trace Adkins | 03:15 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
| 6 | Trace Adkins | 03:32 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
| 7 | Trace Adkins | 05:13 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
| 8 | Trace Adkins | 04:30 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
| 9 | Trace Adkins | 03:39 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
| 10 | Trace Adkins | 04:39 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
| 11 | Trace Adkins | 03:56 | SpotifyAmazon |
