This album is more confirmation that some people just can't be pleased. There is a stubborn group of country fans that just can't accept anything that doesn't take them back to old-school classic country and expecting this collection to register any postive comments from that group is like expecting the war on terror to suddenly end with the other side passing out a bunch of "Coexist" bumper stickers and leading a chorus of Kumbaya.Honestly, Sugarland hasn't made it easy for the classic country lovers to accept them, at least not with this particular album. There are lots of musical influences on display here, as is easily confirmed by a listen to the reggae sounds that some people might say infects or infests the first big radio single release from this disc, Stuck Like Glue. If you listen to the "long version" of the song, rather than the radio edit you might ask yourself just what you are listening to as the beebop rolls along.There's more to this collection than just Stuck Like Glue though as this album is something of a throwback in a different way. As Ms. Nettles and Mr. Bush described in an interview on the "After Midnight" national radio show, there is a method to the madness here. This is meant to be a planned experience and planned journey, not just a collection of music that is all thrown together because it happened to be recorded all at the right time. While the music here was written and recorded in that manner, it was put together here in a designed order, with a desired flow, so it brings the listener along as the group intended. The idea of including an interlude in the middle of the track listing was part of that plan, as the band wanted the music to flow somewhat in the way that old school album listeners would have experienced when they had to flip the vinyl over to get to the songs on the back side of the album. That "whew!" feeling as you got through half of the disc and then proceed through listening to the second half in whatever direction it took you is just what they were shooting for.Each listener will of course have to decide if what Sugarland tried to do was effective for them, but for me it works. I really enjoy the tracks here, and also enjoy the ride that I'm taken on in getting to consume them. I was very, very happy to get my order of this disc and get to hear all of the tracks that are included, not just the few songs I had heard on the radio. Really, I had the great experience of seeing the band in concert just a few weeks before the release of this album was scheduled for, so I was able to enjoy several other of these songs during that performance and it had me waiting impatiently for the opportunity to hear all of those songs and the rest of the album as well.The one complaint I might register about the disc goes to the packaging of the "deluxe" version of the disc. The nice foil type cover is a fingerprint magnet that makes me wish the paper that was used was of a matte style finish rather than the slick and shiny type that was used here. But for that complaint, call me a very pleased customer.Now, if you haven't already purchased this disc and need more information to decide on such a purchase, make use of the sample clips that are available here to hear what you'd be getting. For me, it's a big thumbs up, though perhaps your ears would disagree.