Your latest album is not a rock album. You’ve failed to shed the country-rock shackles you were so desperate to flee after alienating your fanbase. (Not that I care about your political views; you’re as qualified to have your views as I am mine, and I don’t hold that against either of us. Still, though—that was a dumb career move.) Not Ready to Make Nice is the closest you come to pure rock, but… one song a CD does not make. Usually.

If my opinion isn’t enough, consider that my sister bought your album from the country section of Best Buy. There might not have been a lot of thought involved in that decision—but it’s certainly a decision made by a rather large player in the distribution channel.

(Incidentally, I haven’t listened enough to be able to tell if this album is good country-rock; that will have to wait for repeated listening. As for country-rock versus rock, though… uh… I know it when I hear it.)