All Dressed Up and No Place to Go

"[5] Cash Box felt the album was a "strong showing", with "laid-back love songs folk-rock listeners should relish".

They added that the cover art acted as a "perfect metaphor for [Larson's] innocent, beguiling vocal manner".

[6] J. D. Considine wrote in Musician: "If, like me, you believe that the lack of quality on a female vocalist's album is directly proportionate to the amount of clothing worn on the cover, be advised that on this one, Larson is wearing a towel.

"[7] In a retrospective review, Bruce Eder of AllMusic felt the album was Larson's attempt to "jump from country singer to pop diva", but "somehow it didn't take".

He added: "The album isn't as strong as it might've been, and part of the problem involves the production, which mixes '80s-style electric drumming with country-pop sounds.