Robert Christgau wrote: "Hidden in Coleman's dense electric music are angles deep enough to dive into and sharp enough to cut your throat.

"[4] The Globe and Mail noted that "a lot of things could be said about the band—it doesn't swing (rarely even rocks), it's cacophonous, strident and lacking in dynamics—but it also must be acknowledged that it's what Coleman wants.

"[6] Writing for Fact, Frank Schindelbeck stated: "While many regard Dancing [In Your Head] to be the key Prime Time document, in my opinion it's Body Meta that first showed the full depth of Ornette's new band.

The inaugural release on Coleman's own Artists House label, Body Meta touches on juke joint blues vamps, cubist refractions of James Brown's 'on the one' style, and even militaristic waltzes.

"[7] In a review for AllMusic, Michael G. Nastos wrote that the musicians on Body Meta are "loud, boisterous, imaginative, unfettered by conventional devices, and wail beyond compare with Coleman within relatively funky, straight beats."