The opener, “Crazy Old Soldier,” hearkens back to the outlaw country sound Coe helped pioneer, with lyrics that juxtaposes regret, defiance, acceptance, and resignation,[1] as does “I Ain’t Gonna Let You Go Again,” which features Warren Haynes on lead guitar.

He turns the lyric inward, like a reflection in a mirror.”[1] Another cover is his rendition of Jerry Butler’s “He Will Break Your Heart,” and once again Coe demonstrates his abilities as an interpreter of material outside the country genre.

Coe, who initially achieved fame as a songwriter at the beginning of his career, contributes four songs, including “Drinkin’ to Forget” and “Someone Special,” which quotes Hank Thompson’s “Wild Side of Life” on the intro.

2” is the sequel to a tune with the same name that concluded the previous album Castles in the Sand, containing the same cocktail lounge opening before moving into a piano-based Rolling Stones-sounding groove.

AllMusic: “Once more there is evidence that Coe's entire period with Columbia and his partnership with Billy Sherrill resulted in consistently high-level work despite the fact that Nashville was changing around him and his trademark brand of restless yet utterly faithful country music was being squeezed from the picture”.