3.7 - I remember watching the 1990 Grammy awards with my parents and Bonnie Raitt stealing the night with an impressive live performance and a smattering of victory speeches. This is one of those adult contemporary records that always loomed large in my teenage periphery growing up and I'm glad I can enjoy it now as a proper adult. She sings honestly about growing old on "Nick of Time" from a uniquely female perspective. She's also matured enough to want a "Real Man", which I imagine as an older fella with a potbelly and a salt-and-pepper goatee, wearing relaxed fit blue jeans and white tennis shoes. It's 1000% mom rock but the fluid guitar work, particularly on the rollicking "The Road's My Middle Name", diminishes the cringe factor to a degree that makes it a fun enough listen for this just-turned-middle-aged man.