Rolling Stone (7/9-23/98, pp.134-136) - 3 Stars (out of 5) - "...There's a bit of everything....Griffin can be applauded for refusing to conform to the female singer/songwriter stereotype; the Lilith crowd should take note."
Entertainment Weekly (6/26-7/3/98, p.126) - "...Griffin isn't just another mutable member of the post-Lilith archetyping pool. Stakes are high in her scarred narratives, which emote with a muscular empathy; even her wistfulness seems road-toughened....her pop sense and chutzpah almost always wins out..." - Rating: A-
Personnel: Patty Griffin (vocals, guitar); Jay Joyce (guitar, keyboards, programming); Doug Lancio, Angelo, Ty Tyler, Daniel Tashian (guitar); Kristin Wilkinson, John Catchings, David Davidson, Kathryn Plummer (strings); Gil Reeves (keyboards, programming); Michael Ramos (keyboards); Chris Feinstein, Mike Joyce (bass); Kenny Aronoff, Brad Pemberton, Frank Saas
(drums); Emmylou Harris, Julie Miller, Buddy Miller, The Iodine Boys Choir
(background vocals).
Engineers: David Leonard, Jay Joyce, Rick Will.
Recorded at East Iris Studios, Tragedy Tragedy, Woodland Studios, and October Studios in Nashville, Tennessee.