▁the ▁" out standing ▁craft sm ans hip ▁in ▁the ▁words ▁and ▁music " ▁of ▁the ▁title ▁track , ▁which ▁was ▁" not ▁a ▁new ▁message , ▁but ▁at ▁least ▁something ▁other ▁than ▁sex , ▁cars , ▁or ▁dru gs ▁is ▁being ▁talked ▁about ▁here . ▁Take ▁that ▁and ▁the ▁quality ▁of ▁the ▁mus icians hip , ▁and ▁you ' ve ▁got ▁a ▁lot ." ▁Deb by ▁Bull ▁gave ▁the ▁album ▁a ▁mixed ▁review ▁for ▁Rol ling ▁Stone ▁magazine , ▁pra ising ▁the ▁" care fully ▁craft ed " ▁effort , ▁writing , ▁" The ▁record ▁is ▁beautiful ly ▁produced , ▁with ▁Mark ▁Kn opf ler ' s ▁ter r ific ▁guitar ▁work ▁catch ing ▁the ▁best ▁light ". ▁Although ▁she ▁found ▁the ▁lyr ics ▁liter ate , ▁Bull ▁noted ▁that ▁the ▁scenarios ▁" aren ' t ▁as ▁interesting ▁as ▁they ▁used ▁to ▁be ▁on ▁records ▁like ▁M aking ▁Mov ies ". ▁Despite ▁the ▁production ▁values ▁and ▁notable ▁contributions ▁from ▁guest ▁artists ▁like ▁drum mer ▁O mar ▁H ak im ▁and ▁the ▁Bre cker ▁Brothers , ▁Bull ▁concluded ▁that ▁" the ▁music ▁la cks ▁the ▁a che ▁that ▁made ▁Kn opf ler ' s ▁recent ▁sound tra cks ▁for ▁Com fort ▁and ▁Joy ▁and ▁Cal ▁so ▁powerful ." ▁In ▁Rol ling ▁St ones ▁end - of - year ▁round - up ▁of ▁ 1 9 8 5 ' s ▁key ▁albums , ▁Fred ▁Sch ru ers ▁said ▁that ▁" K n opf ler ' s ▁nim ble , ▁ev oc ative ▁guitar ▁style