Included in A.P.'s "10 Essential Alt-Country Albums" - "...Ryan Adams always seems to be singing at the end of a hard night of drinking, or at the end of a string of hard luck... Alternative Press (3/01, p.104)
Purchase immediately and file next to EVERYBODY HURTS and Big Star's THIRTEEN. It really is that good. Melody Maker (1/24/98, p.37)
...show[s] range beyond the band's trademark roughhouse, twang-tinged punk, but its honky-tonk heart still beats... Option (11-12/97, p.125)
3 Stars (out of 5) - "If there's to be a Nirvana among the bands that are imprecisely dubbed alternative country, look to Whiskeytown. Ryan Adams is a gifted writer who pens aching songs about alienation and love's lackings, and sings in a weary voice scuffed by hard luck... Rolling Stone (8/7/97, p.64)
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