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Reckless Kelly albums are a perfect example of why I prefer to buy the physical media; either CD or vinyl record of an album. Sure you can buy really high resolution downloads of just about any album. Sometimes the album art comes with it in a "digital booklet". Nothing downloaded however compares to holding the album in your hands, reading the liner notes, feeling the embossed texture and seeing the cover art. The music is the main point, above all and Reckless Kelly makes some great music but there was a time when there was a very simple visual stimuli to a record. Reckless Kelly's albums have some of the best packaging in my collection. Eschewing the classic yet plastic jewel case this album comes in a "gatefold"-ish sleeve reminiscent of vinyl long plays. The music inside doesn't disappoint either. tucked inside the right sleeve is a disc containing well written, played and produced music. The tittle track sucks me in every time with it's plentiful acoustic strings. Guitar, fiddle and bass present the emotion of the song. Regret, loss, anger and pain would come across adequately without the lyrics. Bluegrassy in nature this song sets me back in my chair in a contemplative frame of mind. My own foibles lost to time come back with just a little bitter sweet irony. Motel Cowboy Show changes the tone for a minute to focus on misguided but ultimately harmless youthful exuberance. Both upbeat and slower tempo songs populate this work in a simple pleasurable album. The sound on this album is good, the songs ripped to a larger flac file size than I thought they would, nonetheless at times certain sounds come across a little too compressed. Cymbals are a little thin in places and guitar a little displaced and moves around on the sound stage in others but these are the exception not the rule and as such are few and far between. On my vintage NAD cd player these little issues all but disappear. All tings considered still five star album in my opinion.