"The image of Nashville may be forever scarred by the mainstream "country music" industry (not to mention the Christian Contemporary machine), but that doesn't mean Music City doesn't have plenty of other things going on. Stacie Collins, for instance. The singer/writer/harmonica blower eschews anything approaching slick on Sometimes Ya Gotta..., an asskicking roots rock record. Collins and co-writer/hubby/ bassist Al let straightforward lyrics, easy melodies and guitar riffs out the wazoo tell the stories, from the blues-hammering "Cool" and the countrified "Little Things" to the zydeco-flavored "Carry Me Away" and the soulful "It Hurts to Breathe." Rock & roll is Collins' main meat, though, as "Tied To You," "Don't Doubt Me Now" and "Lend the Devil a Hand" make perfectly plain. In that mode she owes obvious debts to Jason the Scorchers and the Georgia Satellites, but that's only natural, given that the Satellites' Dan Baird produced and both he and Scorcher Warner E. Hodges spray their six-string sizzle all over the record. Given that there aren't nearly enough powerhouse Americana LPs like Sometimes Ya Gotta... in the world, let alone coming from Nashville, Collins standing proudly in the tradition of such great bands is hardly a fault, is it?
Michael Toland
Blurt

"With one foot in the honky-tonk and the other in the blues club, Stacie Collin's music could fall between two (musical) barstools, but blues and country are the foundations of rock and roll, and this is a truly barnstorming rock and roll record! But despite these riches, two things set this CD apart from the competition; Ms Collins herself and a truck-load of really great songwriting. Her voice is equal parts Loretta Lynn and Janis Joplin and her musical harp playing is truly first class. Ultimately though, it's the songs that will keep you coming back to this CD. Great tunes, and genuinely interesting lyrics; I've been listening to this album for about a month now, and it's still an exhilarating ride!"
Junior Dog
CD Baby
5 out of 5

USA TODAY highlights 10 intriguing tracks found during the week's listening including "I Won't Do Ya Like That" by Stacie Collins. A honky-tonk angel, flanked by Jason & the Scorchers guitarist Warner Hodges and the Georgia Satellites' Dan Baird.”  
Brian Mansfield
USA TODAY

"I don’t know how to define the music of Stacie Collins other than say it’s very good. There are times on this disc that rocks out with a vengeance, similar to Pat Benatar or Joan Jett. Just as soon as you say the term “Rock Queen,” she can sashay into a Country sounding tune that would make Dolly or Loretta smile with pride. Basically, Collins cooks no matter what she does. She has an attitude & a confidence all her own, & it works & works well. Where Stacie Collins goes from here is up to… Stacie Collins. I think she has a huge chance to make it in mainstream country… if that’s what she chose, but if she did that, she might have to tone down her act just a little... and scorching songs like the raunchy (not lyrically actually, but vocally) “The Very Last Time” would be the exception rather than the rule and that would be a shame! So keep up doing what you’re doing, Stacie Collins! It works!"
Chuck Dauphin
Music News Nashville

"12 tracks of barnstorming rock and roll, with really good song-writing matched by great production and even better performances…Too many highpoints to mention, but quite apart from all the other wonders, Stacie’s best vocals on record yet, hooks to hang your hat on, the best-Stones-intro-the-Stones-never-played on “Don’t Doubt Me Now”..."
Pete Saxby
Reckless Country Soup
Jason & The Scorchers Forum

"I was lucky enough to catch Stacie at the Iota Club in Arlington in October with Jason & The Scorchers. She did a sound check two hours before the main set started that tore the roof off the place, singing "Tied To You". Whoa! That sold me right there, but then she came on and did another four-song set with the band while Jason Ringenberg was taking a break, and there wasn't a single song in the set where she didn't give 110%, as clichéd as that may sound. The songs on this CD tend to rock harder than those on The Lucky Spot, but there's some nice laid-back country songs on it as well, if you prefer her softer side. Highly recommended for fans of Jason & the Scorchers and everyone else who likes their country with a healthy helping of rock, or vice versa."
Kevin Trainor
Amazon.com
5 out of 5

 "Collins gets good and greasy on her third album, rock 'n' rolling, blasting her harp and snapping out smart, oft-funny lyrics with her Southern twang. Produced by Dan Baird of Georgia Satellites fame with Jason and the Scorchers' Warner Hodges adding guitar and Al Collins, her husband, on bass, "Sometimes Ya Gotta" is a roots rockin' delight. Collins swaggers her way through "I Won't Do Ya Like That," swings as she sings about "praying to the porcelain god on the ladies room floor" on "The Very Last Time," and comes up with a bluesy atmospheric take on "Cool." Which is a pretty good way to describe "Sometimes Ya Gotta."
Kent Wolgamott
Lincoln Journal Star
Grade: A-