▁a ▁payment ▁of ▁US $ 9   mill ion ▁during ▁the ▁next ▁five ▁years , ▁Nelson ' s ▁deb t ▁was ▁satisfied . ▁ ▁Entertainment ▁Week ly ▁r ated ▁the ▁album ▁with ▁a ▁B + : ▁" The ▁album ▁features ▁only ▁Nelson ' s ▁warm , ▁emot ive ▁bar it one ▁and ▁the ▁de ft ▁accompan iment ▁of ▁his ▁ac oust ic ▁guitar . ▁All ▁of ▁these ▁t unes ▁explain ▁how ▁he ▁came ▁close ▁to ▁being ▁a ▁de ity ▁in ▁his ▁native ▁Texas , ▁bringing ▁together ▁hi pp ies ▁and ▁red ne cks ▁in ▁pure ▁appreci ation ▁of ▁his ▁music ." ▁ ▁Meanwhile , ▁Chicago ▁Trib une ▁r ated ▁the ▁album ▁three - and - a - half ▁stars ▁out ▁of ▁five : ▁" E ven ▁before ▁his ▁st agger ing ▁tax ▁problems , ▁Nelson ▁had ▁become ▁such ▁a ▁cross - market ▁figure ▁that ▁it ▁was ▁easy ▁to ▁forget ▁that , ▁at ▁bottom , ▁he ▁is ▁one ▁of ▁country ▁music ▁history ' s ▁most ▁liter ate ▁and ▁sensitive ▁song writ ers ▁and ▁succ inct ly ▁ev oc ative ▁sing ers ▁[...] ▁[ The ▁album ▁of ▁songs ], ▁some ▁familiar ▁and ▁some ▁not , ▁re - emph as izes ▁that . ▁It ▁presents ▁him ▁at ▁his ▁most ▁effective , ▁with ▁just ▁his ▁guitar ▁and ▁mem ories ." ▁Houston ▁Chron icle ▁commented : ▁" N el son ▁sounds ▁so ▁naturally ▁relax ed ▁you ▁can ▁picture ▁him ▁stretch ing ▁out ▁on ▁your ▁so fa ▁when ▁he ' s ▁finished ▁his ▁t une . ▁With ▁no ▁band