Down Beat (p.78) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "Hunter's lyrics, as always, revel in the quiet wonder of romance, their imagery and wordplay pretty much timeless." Q (Magazine) (p.102) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[W]ith songs that recall the likes of The Drifters, Robert Parker and even early James Brown. A sweetly soulful singer and spiky guitarist too..." Mojo (Publisher) (p.65) - Ranked #46 in Mojo's "The 50 Best Albums Of 2008" -- "[T]here's still something thrillingly original here." Paste (magazine) (p.66) - "[T]his follow-up to PEOPLE GONNA TALK re-renders the art of musical seduction even more convincingly than Hunter's mentor Van Morrison." Record Collector (magazine) (p.92) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "The singer/guitarist once more melds the gospel tones of Sam Cooke with the R&B flamboyance of the Five Royales and T-Bone Walker."

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