Kris Kristofferson This Old Road

3.5 stars out of 5 -- "With a voice like bubbling tar paper and a heart full of thanks for his blessed life, Kristofferson taps into a timeless trove of country-blues melodies."
4 stars out of 5 -- "Kristofferson's comeback is a quietly gorgeous affair. His voice mostly a low rumble over picked guitar, the man who united the long-hair rock crowd with Nashville's early-'80s outlaws is in a reflective mood."
"[With] hauntingly sparse arrangements that spotlight his husky-voiced lyrics..."
4 stars out of 5 -- "The substance is in the words he's singing. The conviction is in his honesty....It's a good album, whose songs are a mix of political and personal and whose mood is equal parts nostalgia and bravado..."