The album consists of cover versions of songs written by American musician singer-songwriter Randall Bramblett, whom LaVette called "the best writer that I have heard in the last 30 years".

[3] Stephen M. Deusner called it LaVette's "loosest and most daring album in years, an affectionate tribute to an underappreciated figure that could easily be renamed Bramblett!

in LaVette's hands" and felt that Bramblett "emerges as a deft stylist who mixes various strains of Southern music with slyly evocative turns of phrase, self-denigrating humor, and big questions about existence and spirituality".

[3] Reviewing the album for The Guardian, Stevie Chick stated that although she is backed by "stellar musos", LaVette is the "true focus" as "she has trodden these paths of heartbreak enough times to roll her damned eyes, and you can hear that in her seasoned rasp".

[6] Jim Hynes of Glide Magazine called Jordan's production "eminently funky", which "works well for a while but begins to wear thin, rescued in the latter half by tracks such as 'Concrete Mind', 'Not Gonna Waste My Love' and the superb closer 'It's Alright', which do the best job of depicting LaVette's endearing, pour-it-all-out and leave-nothing-on-the-floor-vocals".