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That's right suckers, I wrote an article about "The Thanksgiving Song".

Background

Amidst national lockdown enforcement due to the COVID-19 pandemic, most of Ben Rector's touring schedule for The Old Friends Acoustic Tour was cancelled and Rector was forced to stay at home. With an open schedule Rector found the free time liberating; although his next album had been recorded and ready, he rewrote most of it from scratch during quarantine.

Being a fan of the Christmas season, he also saw the free schedule as an opportunity to release a Christmas album.

Composition

Release

Notes

References

http://mousertime.blogspot.com/2011/08/blog-post.html

https://www.voxmagazine.com/music/q-a-ben-rector-talks-new-music-inspiration-and-appreciating-the-little-things/article_078c1d9f-935d-5dec-a0d6-0cc4c750f62f.html - Brand new studio recording date

Rector's voice was lauded, and considered to be "crystalline quality" by Atlanta Music Guide{{'}}s Rosie Judd.{{Cite web |url=https://www.atlantamusicguide.com/album-review-ben-rector-the-walking-in-between-8202013/ |title=Album Review: Ben Rector, The Walking in Between, August 20, 2013 |date=2013-08-20 |access-date=2024-01-26 |website=Atlanta Music Guide |last=Judd |first=Rosie}} Mark Jenkins of The Washington Post and Matt Collar of AllMusic praised the album's themes,{{Cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-walking-in-between-mw0002575809 |title=The Walking in Between Review by Matt Collar |access-date=2024-01-26 |website=AllMusic |last=Collar |first=Matt}} and Jenkins noted that most of the songs could be "wedding standards".{{Cite web |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/goingoutguide/ben-rector-album-review-the-walking-in-between/2013/10/23/5eefbc1e-36a7-11e3-8a0e-4e2cf80831fc_story.html |title=Ben Rector Album Review: 'The Walking in Between' |date=2013-10-23 |access-date=2024-01-26 |website=The Washington Post |last=Jenkins |first=Mark}} Collar enjoyed the album for Rector's interpretation of everyday life. Judd praised "Sailboat" for its escapism and Chelsea Gammon of The MBU Timeline appreciated it for it's honesty. Judd also lauded Rector's songwriting ability in the songs "Making Money" and "I Like You". HuffPost{{'}}s John Chattman declared the album a "smash".{{Cite web |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/a-sides-with-jon-chattman_b_3829863 |title=A-Sides with Jon Chattman: Ben Rector "Keeps Moving On" Up; "Life" Lessons with Little Comets |date=2013-08-28 |access-date=2024-01-26 |website=HuffPost |last=Chattman |first=Jon}} Critics overall appreciated the album's compelling simplicity; Judd referred to the album as a "Sunday afternoon record", Gammon called the album "passionately calm and vividly expressive", and Jenkins particularly appreciated the anthemic "When I'm With You" and "Ordinary Love".