[2] The album's final track, "El Rey", is a cover version of a Spanish-language song written and originally recorded by Mexican songwriter José Alfredo Jiménez.

"[13] It received a four-and-a-half star rating (out of five) from Country Weekly reviewer Chris Neal, who said that the album "finds the singer taking several chances with his tried-and-true formula and seeing his bets pay off handsomely.

"[14] Brian Mansfield of USA Today gave it all four stars and said, "Strait has been putting out country hits since before Taylor Swift and Carrie Underwood were even born.

"[9] Jonathan Keefe of Slant Magazine gave it three out of five, saying "The risks Strait has taken here are more like slight variations on his tried-and-true formula and image.

"[16] Julie Thanki of The Washington Post gave it an average review and called the album "a collection as solid as anything the reliable south Texan has ever released.

"[19] However, Margaret Moser of The Austin Chronicle gave it two-and-a-half stars out of five and said that the album "didn't have to be as good as it is, with its punchy Jim Lauderdale songs ("Twang," "I Gotta Get to You") and Delbert McClinton's "Same Kind of Crazy" hand-carving the edges like Strait was still playing local honky-tonks instead of singing hokum like "Where Have I Been All My Life" for the arena masses.