I was wholly afraid upon receipt, seeing the heavily damaged jewel-case (-which clearly, had to have been damaged WHEN packaged to send to me as it was "extra" wrapped for further protection...) that the CD would be damaged and I carefully inspected it - then played it and was okay (whew! Returns are no fun!)
It's one of his more "solo" albums without a lot of background and hearing his very clear, exquisite if not wholly unique voice was a true pleasure. I have another CD that is full of 'background" and his voice is minimized to the point? Well, I'm letting go of that CD in FAVOR of this one. Far better!