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  • Summary: The first studio release of original songs since 2005's Freedom And Weep from the Chicago alt-country band led by Jon Langford was produced by Mike Hagler.
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  1. Positive: 11 out of 12
  2. Negative: 0 out of 12
  1. Magnet
    Mar 30, 2016
    85
    The country-tarnished/garage/indie/glam-rock edge of this collection of 10 tracks has not one disappointment. [No. 129, p.60]
  2. Uncut
    Feb 24, 2016
    80
    A soaring, Ian McLagan-dedicated Small Faces cover, "All Or Nothing," is the spiritual centrepiece of the set, but every song arrives with crisp melodies, burning guitars and impassioned vocals. [Apr 2016, p.81]
  3. Mojo
    Feb 24, 2016
    80
    Sturdy, rousing, crank-it-up Rock'n'roll that's sometimes more punk, sometimes more country. [Feb 2016, p.93]
  4. 80
    Hard truths are faced down and bad voodoo gets annihilated throughout in unflinching, life-affirming, hard-rocking glory.
  5. Apr 4, 2016
    80
    It's the sound of a great band evolving with the times, even as those times try their soul and conscience.
  6. Feb 24, 2016
    70
    Long-time fans will be rewarded in spades, and newcomers to the Wacos could do a lot worse than starting their journey here.
  7. Apr 22, 2016
    60
    While most tracks capture the hell-for-leather energy and countrified cruises of the Waco Brothers’ renowned live shows, the album also enjoys diversions such as the early Rod Stewart-like ballad Orphan Song and an unlikely but spirited cover of the Small Faces’ All Or Nothing.

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