Complex sentence: The album was generally regarded among country fans as a huge departure from his usual style by and in the sleeve notes of a 2003 CD re-issue it claims this was the reason it didn't fare as greatly on the charts as his previous releases.
Split into simpler sentences: The album was generally regarded among country fans as a huge departure from his usual style. In the sleeve notes of a 2003 CD re-issue it claims this was the reason it didn't fare as greatly on the charts as his previous releases.