"This wonderful album (...) finds the quirky Ohio-born singer backed by a jazz quartet that includes guitarist Russell Malone and trumpeter Wallace Roney. The album's title alludes to the fact that the arrangements are pared-down, with the resultant spatial, live feel benefitting from the binaural recording process. Gray's husky voice is in fine fettle, framed by some skeletal, low-key jazz instrumentation. The opener, Annabelle, is superb, as is a mellow version of Gray's signature hit, I Try. Most mind-blowing of all is Macy's offbeat jazz take on Metallica's Nothing Else Matters".