"[1] In another interview with The Dallas Morning News Womack revealed she recorded the album while her marriage to Jason Sellers was falling apart and said, "I hate to say that it was a bonus, but as terrible as it was – and it was going on while I was picking songs, while we were cutting the tracks, while I was doing vocals – I do think that pain did come across.

David Zimmerman of USA Today gave the album three and a half stars and wrote, "Womack is a deep-country singer whose skill with heartbreak and confessional songs will prompt Lorrie Morgan comparisons.

Womack is at her best immersed in hurting ballads like The Fool, but the truly beautiful song here is the old-fashioned duet Make Memories With Me, in which she holds her own with Mark Chesnutt as he pulls out his best heart-tugger vocal tricks.

[6] Billy Kennedy of the Belfast News Letter wrote, "She combines tears and torment in her songs with some light-hearted lyrics and Nashville DJs who normally show a preference for crossover material have really taken to her.

"[10] Alanna Nash of Entertainment Weekly gave the album an A rating and wrote, "This native of Jacksonville, Tex., has more heart than any other new female country singer, and a passel of traditional-sounding songs that may just be good enough to turn Nashville's commercial tide.

"[5] David Hajdu also of Entertainment Weekly listed the album as one of the top of 1997 and wrote, "If country had a breakthrough female this year, it was Womack, who combined Dolly's tremolo, Tammy's sob, and Reba's elongated vowels into a fetching tradition-based style.