No Way There from Here is an album by American country musician Laura Cantrell, released on January 28, 2014 by Thrift Shop Recordings. It is her first album of original material in nine years, since Humming by the Flowered Vine was released in 2005.

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	82/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
American Songwriter	[3]
Cuepoint (Expert Witness)	(A-)[4]
The New York Times	(favorable)[5]
No Depression	(favorable)[6]
PopMatters	[7]
Rolling Stone	[8]

According to Metacritic, No Way There from Here has a score of 82, based on 8 critic reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".[1] Among the critics who reviewed the album favorably was Ann Powers of NPR, who described the twelve songs on the album as "deceptively lovely". Powers also wrote that on the album, Cantrell "...finds the most telling private moments in the days and nights of her characters and lays them out simply, with love."[9] Robert Christgau gave the album an A− grade, writing that "two [of Cantrell's] cowrites [on the album] with the darker and sharper Amy Allison are intensely flavorful: the pan-feminist “All the Girls Are Complicated” and the pining-for-my-guy “Can’t Wait.”"[4]

Track listing

References