Personnel: Allison Moorer (vocals, guitars, tambourine, background vocals); Feedback (guitar); Steve Earle (guitars); Chris Carmichael (strings); Jim Hoke (horns); Brad Jones (bass guitar); Brady Blade (drums).

On her second album for the Sugar Hill label, singer-songwriter Allison Moorer offers up another strong set of (largely) self-penned tunes. Like her genre-defying older sister, Shelby Lynne, Moorer is intent on straying from her country roots while still keeping them in the fold. This subtle stylistic tweaking is best heard on "Fairweather," co-written with GETTING SOMEWHERE's producer, Steve Earle, who expertly brings out the pop/rock elements in these 10 songs.

Spin (p.86) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[A] set of punchy roots pop whose backbeat thumps as hard as her still-wounded heart."

No Depression (p.113) - "She has always led with her voice, her phrasing, her careful diction, and her depth of feeling, rooted in life experiences that might have disabled a lesser character."