Cary represents the kind of quality represented on country's pop side by the likes of Mary Chapin Carpenter (a guest here, actually) and Kelly Willis, and today's country would be a lot easier to take if the spotlight was on these three instead of the cookie-cutter model-types that we see on the country music television station. We good some pretty solid music out of the deal, too, with the likes of the opening "Empty Rooms", the breezy "Sleeping In On Sunday", and ballads like "The Next One" (some lovely slide guitar from Audley Freed sits just right on this one). Producer Chris Stamey is clearly in tune with the music here, and presents it cleanly but not to the point of detracting from Cary's performance. Her vocal on "I Want To Learn To Waltz" and "Beauty Fades" is front and center where it should be, with some really gorgeous melodies behind them.