Music critic Clint West of Americana UK praised the album, noting: "On listening to the record, the first thing that strikes you is the richness and variety of the songs. Hall is equally comfortable using warmth, wit, comedy, tragedy and just about any other sentiment or emotion that you care to mention. The astute matching of artists to songs also contributes greatly to making this compilation work as both a showcase for Hall's songs, but also a vehicle for the artists themselves." In the
Chicago Reader, Peter Margasak wrote about the project's impact on Hall himself: "In the process, [Tom T. Hall] even became reacquainted with some of his early material: when Linn and Bass played him [Richard] Buckner's cover of 'When Love Is Gone,' recorded by Bobby Bare in the 70s, he responded, 'That's real pretty, but I didn't write that song.'" ==Track listing==