On October 18, 2019, the album was re-released with remixing done by Dave Cobb and remastering done by Pete Lyman.

[1] Andrew Leahey of AllMusic found that the songs in the album had captured "archetypal characters that populate most struggling Southern towns" with a "sympathetic soundtrack of folk, country, and bar band rock & roll", one that is "bittersweet, but there’s an air of resilience".

[2] Zeth Lundy of Boston Phoenix thought that Isbell had settled into his "comfortable post-Truckers solo-artist groove," and that his voice "is now smoother, older yet less weathered.

[6] "Go It Alone" was used in Sons of Anarchy Season 4 episode "Booster."

"Alabama Pines" won Song of the Year at the 2012 Americana Music Awards.