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Jul 12, 2011Joe Ely is still one of the best things the Lone Star State has to offer, and Satisfied at Last shows he's not about to stop making albums worth hearing, and still finding things to say within the style he's made his own.
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Jul 12, 2011Yet, as familiar as some of his phrases sound, lines like "the watertower has more names" are still striking in their simple evocation of what revisiting the past can be like.
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UncutSep 23, 2011He may not quite be the roaring pistolero of old, but mid-tempo songs like "Mockingbird Hill" and "The Highway Is My Home" are beautiful, time-ruffled distillations of border music, Tex-mex and desert rock. [Oct 2011, p.94]
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Q MagazineSep 21, 2011Solid rather than inspired. [Oct 2011, p.117]
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Aug 1, 2011Now 64, Ely still sings with agility and swagger, though retrospection and mortality tie together the songs here.
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Jul 12, 2011It's a formula sure to satisfy any fan--even Bruce.
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Jul 12, 2011Satisfied lacks a contemporary six-string firebrand like Ely's late partner in crime Jesse Taylor and a team of young production bucks kicking in the stall all night.
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Jul 12, 2011The trouble is, Satisfied at Last is a weak album, period, whether it bears the name Joe Ely or Joe Blow.