Subdued, composed, and solid... All around a wonderful album.

i love it!

Amazing. Deep as a river, and true. Heartfelt poetry about mothers, love, regret, and southern living. (The reality, not the myth.) The guitar is gentle, but the lyrics can cut like a rusty knife.

I must admit it's an adquired taste, at first you may not like it, but...just give it a couple of listenings, let it sink in and slowly it will grow in you.

Beautiful, if I met a girl that didn't like this I wouldn't want her. 10 for me has godlike powers..don't know if I ever heard a 10, but this as close as I need in this life.

A Grand album. Combines two of my favorite things: Dark folk/Bluegrass and Massive amounts of Lo-fi goodness. A definate must hear

This is a fantastic album which does not even do credit to Samuel Beam's talent. His voice is a little bit scratchy on the recording but live he is absolutely amazing. Anyone who likes fingerpicking and folk music should check this album out. Upwards Over the Mountain is one of the better songs I have heard in a long while.

A quiet, soothing listen. The sheer beauty of this album is matched by Beam's superb songwriting.

This is not your typical folk music. I would categorize it more in the singer/ songwriter category. Another category it falls into is one of the best albums of the last few years. I guarantee this will be hard to put down once you give it a listen.

I didn't get it. Maybe it's just me. Everyone else seems to like it.

Sam Beam's finest hour. The hushed home production compliments his songs much better than his later, duller albums.

good stuff

Very good album. The lyrics of many of the songs are great. Beam's vocals are soothing and simply amazing.

Pretty dull, uninspired lyrics, do your self a favour and get a couple of andrew bird albums instead.

Simply the best album I have ever owned. Musically gorgeous, lyrically brilliant, and grippingly sincere. Buy this now.

great music

must have. only if u like amazing music.