[4] Beautiful Light was issued in France as Forever Fleshtones, with a different track listing.

"[12] Trouser Press noted that "'Mushroom Cloud' reconnects the band to the organ-powered psychedelia that has served it well in the past.

[16] Stereo Review determined that "the Fleshtones rise to the occasion with a hunka-hunka burning blues/psych originals and enough garage-bred mustiness to keep things honest.

"[17] Rolling Stone concluded that, "when the Fleshtones resist the archness that sometimes infects their artful trash, they deliver grins.

"[10] MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide deemed it "a pure pop record.