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Okay, after a day of listening, I feel the album is mixed. The three early releases are all among the 7 songs I like. The others are "Hitch Hikin," "Moonlight Motel," "Wild Horses," and the criminally short "Somewhere North of Nashville." Other than those 7, I find the other songs lack the musicality of the best ones. "The Wayfarer" really sounds like elevator music. "Sleepy Joe's Cafe" and "Drive Fast" sound like out-takes not good enough to make the last disc of Tracks.  Even one I like, "Chasin Wild Horses," sounds a bit like a soundtrack song to a movie more than a Bruce song. I give this a "B" overall, but it is nowhere in the league of Wrecking Ball. I feel like it's half a great album and rough half are songs I might never listen to again in a week. He should have spent another 6 months in the studio.