Largely acoustic blues-based -- in comparison to 2012's loose, electric guitar-fueled Mystic Pinball -- Terms of My Surrender is John Hiatt's seventh solo studio record for New West since he signed with the label in 2003. It's an immediate, live-sounding record that also benefits from the measured approach of a songwriter in the fifth decade of his career. Produced by his band's guitarist Doug Lancio -- who persuaded Hiatt to take the acoustic route for these sessions -- the album also sees the Indiana artist return to using the harmonica on record for the first time in years. ~ James Wilkinson|
Rovi