With this return after an eight-year hiatus, Oklahoma singer-songwriter J.J. Cale serves up thirteen crisp new songs.

Includes one bonus track.

Rolling Stone (p.126) - 3 1/2 stars out of 5 - "[H]e sounds like - no surprise - a Dust Bowl Dire Straits, all whispery vocals and reverb guitar."

Entertainment Weekly (pp.86-7) - "His laconic Okie rock, with its sawdust shuffle beats and bluesy melodies, has always been a tonic for the harried soul." - Grade: B+

Q (p.111) - 3 stars out of 5 - "Underneath the surface calm, there's much going on....Sounding so effortless must take considerable effort."

Uncut (p.101) - 3 stars out of 5 - "Cale has returned to his Tulsa roots, teaming up with a bunch of old-timers for a session of city blues and country, leavened with the light touch of an old master."

Down Beat (p.80) - 3 1/2 stars out of 5 - "[T]he old formula is still working a treat but some of the songs have a greater resonance than in bygone years."

Dirty Linen (p.86) - "Cale returns to his Oklahoma roots and makes a record that sounds eerily and unerringly like his great 70s albums..."

Mojo (Publisher) (p.110) - 4 stars out of 5 - "[With a] warm, good-time sound..."