This is a collection of mostly instrumental music that Nils recorded, I assume, as the soundtrack for some sort of John Madden "All Madden Team" TV special. There are 34 tracks, and the average length per track is under 2 minutes. Only 8 tracks are 3 minutes or longer. Not surprisingly, many tunes end before they get much chance to be fleshed out or developed. Nils sings on only 3 songs, the fine "The Wind", the Walter Payton tribute "Tried And True", and the party anthem "I'm Buyin'". On 4 of the first 7 tracks, John Madden's voice is superimposed on the music, repeating inane phrases like "now THAT is a football play" or "tough stuff - all Madden". Thankfully, the rest is Madden-free, and 3 of the 4 Madden tracks are repeated at the end in Madden-free versions. What's really great about this collection, though, is the way it gives Nils a chance to indulge himself by playing around with a lot of musical styles you don't ordinarily hear him play. There's a lot of blues (with wailing harmonica by Mark Wenner of The Nighthawks) and a lot of old (1950s &'60s) style instrumental rock 'n' roll, complete with honkin' saxophone. But he also touches on jazz (the smoky sax workout "A Lefty"), rockabilly ("Texas"), zydeco ("Squeeze Box"), and country ("Country"), and one track ("Harmonics") almost sounds like ballet (easy to imagine it with footage of wide receivers making fingertip catches). There's some great drumming on a few tracks, including my favorite on the album, "Midnight Steel", and on the whole it seems he's teamed up with better players than he usually employs on his solo projects. Another great track is "Stalker Blues", which I can visualize accompanying footage of someone like Ronnie Lott, lurking in the background, ready to hammer some unsuspecting ball-carrier). Lofgren's guitar playing, mostly on electric, some on acoustic, is fabulous. I think most Nils Lofgren fans would enjoy this, but it is an odd collection.