Editors at AllMusic Guide gave this album 4.5 out of five stars and chose this as an "Album Pick" among Ray's catalog, with critic James Christopher Monger noting that "it's hard to balance sweetness and anger, but Ray—who always manages to find a kind of winsome humor somewhere in the middle—makes it look easy, and her not-so-subtle mix of attitude, nostalgia, and compassion makes for a perfectly enlightening road trip of an album".[3] A review in No Depression notes that this album "covers a lot of ground in its short running time" as the album explores identity.[4]
Allen Bleyle – electric guitar on "Driver Education" and "Rural Faggot"
Jody Bleyle – bass guitar on "Driver Education", "Rural Faggot", "Give In", "Blender", and "Pennies on the Track"; electric guitar on "Rural Faggot" and "Pennies on the Track"; recording
Brandon Brown – backing vocals and handclaps on "Put It Out for Good"
Brandon Bush – handclaps and keyboards on "Driver Education"
Donna Dresch – electric guitar on "Driver Education", "Give In", "Blender", and "Sober Girl"
Danielle Howle – handclaps on "Driver Education", backing vocals on "Rural Faggot", "Sober Girl", and "Let It Ring"
Andy LeMaster – backing vocals on "Blender"
Will Lochamy – handclaps on "Put It Out for Good", backing vocals on "Put It Out for Good", drums on "Put It Out for Good", "Covered for You", "Sober Girl", and "Let It Ring"
Michelle Malone – electric guitar on "Pennies on the Track", backing vocals on "Give In" and "Pennies on the Track"
Hunter Manasco – handclaps on "Put It Out for Good"; electric guitar on "Put It Out for Good", "Give In", "Sober Girl", "Covered for You", and "Let It Ring"; backing vocals on "Put It Out for Good", "Covered for You", and "Sober Girl", engineering at Hong Kong School of Sound
Glen Matullo – handclaps on "Driver Education", editing, overdubbing
Katharine McElroy – bass guitar on "Put It Out for Good", "Covered for You", "Sober Girl", and "Let It Ring"; keyboards on "Put It Out for Good" and "Driver Education"; backing vocals on "Put It Out for Good" and "Sober Girl"; handclaps on "Put It Out for Good"; vocals on "Covered for You"; engineering at Hong Kong School of Sound
Les Nuby – backing vocals and handclaps on "Put It Out for Good"
Laurie Ray – backing vocals on "Let It Ring"
Nathan Ray – backing vocals on "Let It Ring"
Simon Ray – backing vocals on "Let It Ring"
Kate Schellenbach – drums on "Driver Education", "Rural Faggot", "Give In", "Blender", and "Pennies on the Track"
Maria Taylor – backing vocals on "Blender"
Colleen Thompson – backing vocals and handclaps on "Put It Out for Good"
Technical personnel
Tina Bafaro – artwork
Jeremy Crowder – editing assistance, overdubbing assistance
Travis Daniels – assistant engineering at Tree Sound Studios
John Holmes – engineering at Tree Sound Studios
Sheri Lee – package design
Thaddeus Levin – intern engineering at Tree Sound Studios