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, The Jordanaires, Keith Urban, Rumer, David Crosby and Graham Nash,

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, Kris Kristofferson, Amy Grant,

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and Art Garfunkel.

Critical reception

In his review for ''Rolling Stone'' magazine, Anthony DeCurtis gave the album four out of five stars, calling it an "equally appealing follow-up to Webb's 2010 release ''Just Across the River''." DeCurtis goes on to write: DeCurtis notes that producer Fred Mollin's "atmospheric, country-tinged settings" provide the album with a consistency that unifies the diverse sounds of the featured artists and the selection of songs that span several decades. The highlight of the album for DeCurtis is

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, here given new life by Brian Wilson's "Beach Boys-style backing vocals, Molin's Americana touches and Webb's own craggy recitation"—all serving to capture the "timelessness" of this classic song.

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music journalist Neil Kelly wrote, "The most praise goes to Webb himself, showing incredible vocal range for his age. His abilities to mesmerize are none diminished, and this benefits a few of the songs as some of his collaborators clearly are having a hard time keeping up."

Track listing

Personnel

;Music * Jimmy Webb – composer, piano *

– featured artist *

– featured artist * Marc Cohn – featured artist * David Crosby – featured artist *

– featured artist * Art Garfunkel – featured artist * Amy Grant – featured artist * The Jordanaires – featured artist * Kris Kristofferson – featured artist *

– featured artist * Graham Nash – featured artist * Rumer – featured artist *

– featured artist * Keith Urban – featured artist *

– featured artist, backing vocals * Fred Mollin – electric guitar, organ, percussion, synthesizer, backing vocals *

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– electric guitar *

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– dobro * Paul Franklin – dobro, steel guitar * Bryan Sutton – banjo, acoustic guitar, mandolin * John Willis – banjo, acoustic guitar, electric guitar *

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– fiddle, mandolin *

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– organ, piano, synthesizer, Wurlitzer * Jeff Taylor – accordion * Larry Paxton – bass * Greg Morrow – drums * Jaime Babbitt – backing vocals *

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– backing vocals * Jim Parr – backing vocals * Russell Terrell – backing vocals ;Production *

Fred Mollin Fred Mollin is an American and Canadian record producer, musician, film and TV composer, music director, music supervisor, and songwriter. He has produced records for Jimmy Webb, Johnny Mathis, Billy Ray Cyrus, Lamont Dozier and America (band), A ...

– producer * Jake Burns – engineer * Gary Griffin – engineer * Kyle Lehning – engineer, mixing * Glen Marchese – engineer * Jim Parr – engineer * "Teenage" Dave Salley – engineer, overdub engineer * Jesse String – engineer * Ben Wisch – engineer * Casey Wood – engineer * Greg Calbi – mastering * Jessica Daschner – photography * Paul Grosso – art direction, design * Steve Blackmon – assistant * Rich Hansen – assistant * Laura Savini – marketing * David Simoné – management * Winston Simone – management

References

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