Review from Akustik Gitarre - The photo on the cover shows Tim Sparks in front of a cozy shed. But instead of the ancient National guitar that one might expect in such a farming location, on his lap there is an elegant archtop. And this is actually the only guitar he uses on this recording, strictly acoustic besides, even for the racy, awe-inspiring fingerstyle of "Moonshine Ramble". Yet ignoring expectations and blurring genre lines has always been the basics of business for the man from Minnesota who ever since his transcription of the Nutcracker Suite for steelstring guitar has been an acknowledged expert for any kind of music between the Mississippi, the Danube, and Rivers Jordan, Tigris, and Volga. It’s only logical that Sparks´ versions of four Beatles tunes offer more than just further fingerstyle arrangements of these pieces. This is mainly a trio album anyway, featuring Ben Abrahamson on (flamenco) guitar and Ted Olsen on double bass, both from the big thriving music scene in Minneapolis/St. Paul. Thus three of the Beatles songs turn into stepping stones for collective improvisations and charming trips into the open, discovering new things about the compositions without rendering them unrecognizable. "She's Leaving Home", however, is taken care of by the master on his own - as a jazzy etude with beautiful chords under the melody that still remains intact at any time. Generally on this album Sparks proves himself to be an especially sensitive and imaginative single-string improviser, playing mesmerizing solos in the opening piece(which also provides the album title) and in an excellent version of "Take Five". 

— Michael Lohr