Reception
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| Allmusic | |
Writing for Allmusic, critic Richard S. Ginell wrote of the album "Some of the song choices are as corny as all get out... but the performances are dignified, musical, definitely not throwaways... A most unpretentious, even likeable Columbia debut for Atkins..."
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