Entertainment Weekly (p.106) - "[A] group whose four-part harmonies and musical chops are lifted right out of the vintage SoCal rock scene..." -- Grade: A-
Additional personnel: Wayne Kirkpatrick (acoustic guitar, 12-string guitar, dulcimer, mandolin, Clavinet, shaker, tambourine); Jimi & Phillip (acoustic guitar); Gordon Kennedy (electric guitar); Dan Dugmore (lap steel guitar, pedal steel guitar, dobro); Randy Kohrs (dobro); Phil Madeira (Hammond b-3 organ); Jimmie Lee Sloas (bass guitar); Chris McHugh, Shannon Forrest (drums); Karen (tambourine); LBT, Rebecca Sweet, Glenn Spinner (background vocals); Phillip, Wayne, Jimi.
Although Little Big Town are a contemporary Nashville country act, their debut album, A PLACE TO LAND, has much in common with the dusty country rock of Laurel Canyon circa 1973: the Eagles, Linda Ronstadt, and even RUMOURS-era Fleetwood Mac are all present and accounted for. But looming largest over A PLACE TO LAND is the spirit of Gram Parsons and Emmylou Harris; Harris's "Evangeline" is one of two covers on this mellow, largely acoustic pop-rock album.