Dan Wilson's Free Life

If you're invulnerable to the charms of the gentleman singer-songwriter, Wilson (of Semisonic and a co-writer of several Dixie Chicks hits) won't convert you. But if you like sincere songs delivered sincerely, Wilson has a dozen worthy of your time. His high, clear voice makes his tales of girls gone by instantly intimate, while the spectacularly well-played, mostly acoustic music provides the warmth.