I'm not saying this album is bad, because it's not. But it is the most most critically overrated album of the year.
Lyrically, it's pretty uninteresting, except a few songs. Musically, some of it works for me, some of it doesn't. White's guitar is just too over the top at times. I think it would have worked better with more country oriented production. The best part is Loretta's voice, which still sounds swell.
Of course it can't compare to her classic stuff. Wouldn't be fair of us to expect that.