"A pastiche of rejectionist Dylan, subdued Westerberg, Woody Guthrie-esque Springsteen, droll Prine and the Mumfords mainlining the Big Pink-era Band, Salutations expands Oberst's raw scratch solo Ruminations' 10 songs into a messier, more glorious celebration of squalor and self-indulgence with a self-loathing chaser".