Chris Morris wrote in LA City Beat, "Like his role model Alvin, Serby has a keen eye for detail... Serby interprets his songs with a unique honky-tonk voice: Rather than nail a note, his warm, woolly tenor hovers around the edge of it, asserting imperfect pitch as effectively as Ernest Tubb once did. . . Serby[`s] second album, Another Sleepless Night, sports a harder sound and 15 rueful new songs, mainly about crash-and-burn romances. (Nobody`s ever happy for long in Serby`s universe.) . . . David Serby is the goods." Morris, a man of taste, has it right. Serby is one of those small handfuls of artists every generation that demands close attention. Fans of hard country will be impressed. (Harbor Grove)
