Expands upon this rumination by offering a couple of soulful heartbreak numbers -- 'I Was Wrong' and 'Without Your Love' -- an old-fashioned barroom lament ('Up to No Good Livin''), and a pair of rowdy, funny blues-rockers ('Second One to Know,' 'These Stems') that give dimension and color. As good as each of these songs is individually -- and there isn't a bad song in the bunch -- what's best about is how it holds together. Revives his blueprint, adhering to the worn, leathery sound of '70s outlaw country, but his success has slowed his roll, allowing him to proceed with a quiet confidence. A sly cover of 'Last Thing I Needed, First Thing This Morning' -- a 1982 hit for -- builds upon this contemplative mood and he returns to it frequently, whether it's on the skeletal 'Either Way' or the simmering tension of the closing 'Death Row.' Volume 1. Most of the album does move at a leisurely pace, with the bruised ballad 'Broken Halos' setting the tone for the rest of the record.