As of November 29, 2013, the album has sold 715,000 copies in the US,[1] and it has been certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in 2016.

He said that "Church sings like a manicured model, striking all the poses and hitting all the notes, but missing that essential grit.

Of course, he isn't helped out by the production of his second album Carolina, a recording that gleams pristine, designed for two drinks at an after-work smokeless bar, not a long booze-filled night at a honky tonk dive.

"[3] Jonathan Keefe of Slant Magazine was less favorable, calling it "a strident stab at the mainstream commercial acceptance that has thus far eluded the singer-songwriter."

[6] All tracks are written by Eric Church, with additional co-writers as notedCredits adapted from the Carolina liner notes.