Proud to Be Here

Proud to Be Here
Studio album by Trace Adkins
Released	August 2, 2011
Genre	Country
Length	35:59 50:18 (deluxe edition)
Label	Show Dog-Universal Music
Producer	Kenny Beard Mark Wright Michael Knox
Trace Adkins chronology
Cowboy's Back in Town (2010) Proud to Be Here (2011) Love Will... (2013)
Singles from Proud to Be Here
"Just Fishin'" Released: March 21, 2011 "Million Dollar View" Released: October 31, 2011

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Proud to Be Here is the thirteenth studio album by American country music artist Trace Adkins. It was released on August 2, 2011 via Show Dog-Universal Music.^[2] A deluxe edition with four additional tracks was also released, including a duet with Blake Shelton titled "If I Was a Woman."^[3]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Proud to Be Here"	Chris Wallin, Aaron Barker, Ira Dean	3:44
2.	"Million Dollar View"	David Lee Murphy, George Teren	3:21
3.	"Days Like This"	Trace Adkins, Casey Beathard, Kenny Beard	4:14
4.	"That's What You Get"	Rivers Rutherford, Aly Cutter, Beard	3:07
5.	"Just Fishin'"	Beathard, Monty Criswell, Ed Hill	3:30
6.	"It's a Woman Thang"	Craig Wiseman, Jim Collins	3:43
7.	"Love Buzz"	Beathard, Kendall Marvel	3:42
8.	"It's Who You Know"	Rutherford, Wendell Mobley, Beard	3:26
9.	"Poor Folks"	Ray Scott, Phillip Moore	3:41
10.	"Always Gonna Be That Way"	Dallas Davidson, Chris Tompkins	3:25
Total length:			35:59

Deluxe Edition
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
11.	"Damn You Bubba"	Wallin, Bruce Wallace	3:49
12.	"More of Us"	Beathard, Phil O'Donnell	3:32
13.	"If I Was a Woman" (featuring Blake Shelton)	Adkins, Sherrié Austin, Jeff Bates, Beard	3:14
14.	"Semper Fi"	Adkins, Beard, Criswell	3:48

Target Deluxe Edition
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
15.	"How Long?" (Live)	Paul Carrack	6:11
16.	"One In a Million" (Live)	Sam Dees	8:04

Personnel

• Trace Adkins- lead vocals
• Robert Bailey Jr.- background vocals
• Kenny Beard- background vocals
• Mike Brignardello- bass guitar
• Jim "Moose" Brown- keyboards
• Pat Buchanan- electric guitar
• Jimmy Carter- bass guitar
• Jon Coleman- synthesizer
• Perry Coleman- background vocals
• Mickey Jack Cones- background vocals
• J.T. Corenflos- electric guitar
• Aly Cutter- background vocals
• Eric Darken- percussion
• Shelly Fairchild- background vocals
• Shawn Fichter- drums
• Jimmy Fortune- background vocals
• Mark Gillespie- acoustic guitar
• Tony Harrell- Hammond B-3 organ, keyboards, piano
• Aubrey Haynie- fiddle, mandolin
• Wes Hightower- background vocals
• Jim Hoke- harmonica
• Troy Lancaster- electric guitar
• Greg Morrow- drums
• Russ Pahl- pedal steel guitar
• Charles "Pevy" Pevahouse- acoustic guitar
• Danny Rader- acoustic guitar
• Rich Redmond- percussion
• Paul Reissner- fiddle
• Scotty Sanders- dobro, pedal steel guitar
• Adam Shoenfeld- electric guitar
• Lisa Torres- background vocals
• Ilya Toshinsky- acoustic guitar
• John Willis- acoustic guitar
• Brian Wooten- electric guitar

Chart performance

Album

Chart (2011)	Peak position
US Billboard 200	3
US Billboard Top Country Albums	2

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions
		US Country	US
2011	"Just Fishin'"[4]	6	61
	"Million Dollar View"	38	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

References

1. Jurek, Thom. "Proud to Be Here - Trace Adkins". Allmusic. Retrieved August 3, 2011.
2. "Trace Adkins Titles New Album Proud to Be Here". Country Music Television. June 13, 2011. Retrieved July 6, 2011.
3. Stromblad, Cory (June 13, 2011). "Trace Adkins Is 'Proud to Be Here'". The Boot. Retrieved July 6, 2011.
4. "Chart listing for "Just Fishin'"". Billboard. Retrieved July 6, 2011.