admitted, "I was trying to out-Don Don in that song. My ambition with that song was to please Don and, I have to say, he was very pleased. I got open laughter from him, not just a smirk and a snigger. He didn’t bring so much sleaze this time, so it was up to me." Walker had been working on the song "Plan B" for about 12 years. Having written "pages and pages", and unable to finish it, he took the song to Terry Radigan, who came up with the opening lines, "Bass drum, empty stage/women of a certain age". Walker said, "For some reason it was that little click where everything falls into place." Reception Rolling Stone Australia said the album was, "a damn near cinematic listening experience. It’s filled with characters living on the margins, stumbling from one self-created mess to the next." The Sydney Morning Herald noted, "given their earlier work, this was always going to be a sombre set, regardless: it's based on their usual stories of characters existing on the fringes, living with regrets and coping with loss, and it mostly delivers. You Don't Know Lonely rewards in time." The Guardian said the album, "challenges us to consider what we know about diving into the depths of the human soul. It can be a bit uncomfortable at times." Musically, it said, "You could call it blues – and it certainly has more than a hint of country with that pedal steel and occasional dobro – but let’s just call it a magnificent slab of Australiana." Track listing Charts Release history Personnel Tex Perkins – vocals, guitar Don Walker – vocals, keyboards Charlie Owen – guitar, dobro, lap steel Steve Hadley – bass Charley Drayton – drums Garrett Costigan – pedal steel guitar References 2017 albums Tex, Don and Charlie albums