Satisfied spawned the title track and "I Don't Want To" as radio singles, both failing to become major hits on the Billboard country survey.

Ashley Monroe was signed to Nashville's division of Sony Music Entertainment after securing a publishing contract at age nineteen.

At times it is difficult to tell whether Monroe is more heartbroken for the “normal" experiences that she has lost or for the inability of others to appreciate the love and stability that she once took for granted.

"Make Room at the Bottom" and "Hank's Cadillac" were collaborative writing efforts between James and Monroe.

Indeed, on her debut single, "Satisfied," and the impassioned ballad "I Don't Wanna Be," Monroe sounds startlingly like the young Dolly Parton.

"[2] Peter Cronin from the Country Music Association originally stated in 2006 that, "Satisfied, released on June 27 on Columbia Records, proves that Monroe has found an artistic voice that is uniquely her own.

Sony Music Entertainment was hesitant to release Satisfied until one of its singles would reach the "top-twenty" of the Hot Country Songs chart.

[12] Stephen L. Betts of the online music site The Boot wrote that Satisfied was a difficult album for radio DJ's to market.

Betts also explains how it led to Monroe's departure with her record label, "... Ashley signed to Sony Music.

Radio programmers (some moved to tears after hearing her deeply confessional songs), however, couldn’t fit her music to their format.

Her one album for Sony, the boldly traditional Satisfied, remained largely unreleased and Ashley and the label parted ways in 2007.