[9] Trouser Press wrote that "the sparse, nearly minimalist arrangements led by pianos and crashing rhythms on Courtesy and Good Will Toward Men threaten to implode throughout the vinyl-only album’s four sides.

"[9] The Chicago Tribune thought that "Milk's masterstroke of weirdness vice-twists slow-time signatures, soft-loud contrasts and spatial geometrics into category-defying forms that have yet to be imitated.

"[12] AllMusic wrote: "Neither strictly metal nor noise nor indie rock, but incorporating elements of all three, Harvey Milk's music remains an almost unclassifiable, love it or hate it proposition.

"[10] Stylus Magazine stated the album "ebbs-and-flows between monstrosity and mystery, brevity and endlessness, repetition and experimentation, but its beauty is an unwavering constant.

Club concluded that the album "portrays some of the harshest aspects of American life while functioning as a profound illustration of what heavy music, in its smartest and most deliberate forms, can do.