[4] The review of the album by Stephen M. Deusner of Pitchfork refers to the title track as having the loveliest melody and catchiest chorus.

[1] In January 2005, Stephen Siegel of The Tucson Weekly said that Anders Parker had never made a bad album and Tell it to the Dust continued that rarest of streaks.

[5] Acrording to Stephen Seigel's review for The Tucson Weekly (issue July 21, 2005), Tell It to the Dust wasn't a lot different from the albums by Varnaline.

[7] Peter Funk of PopMatters said in his 15 June, 2005 review that Parker had "created a magical set of songs that found themselves on many year-end top ten lists.

"[8] In 2012, The Los Angeles Times wrote that Tell It to the Dust and The Wounded Astronaut were "hidden gems with a mix of dusty Americana and jagged Crazy Horse guitars.