[2] The song won the 1999 Grammy Award for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals.

[3] Joe Diffie's rendition of Charlie Rich's "Behind Closed Doors" also charted at number 64,[4] and Doug Stone's cover of Steve Wariner's "Gone Out of My Mind" peaked at number 48.

[5] The album was intended as a fundraiser for a retirement center in Nashville, Tennessee.

Although she criticized Joe Diffie and Collin Raye's vocal performance on "Honky Tonk Heroes Like Me" and Mary Chapin Carpenter's on "Oh Lonesome Me", she praised the album for the variety of artists and thought that "Same Old Train" was a "grand finale".

[1] Joel Bernstein of Country Standard Time gave the album a mostly positive review, as he thought the album had potential to introduce country music standards to a more contemporary audience.