He commented that the album is "free of the sub-Van Morrison wank that has marred her recent work" and noted that "harmonies abound and arrangements are spartan but full".

He admitted the album is "weird folk pop whose appeal I don't understand" but concluded, "You could be fond of this record if you were a fan of the acoustic meander, the obscure but personal lyric and the Tikaram voice.

"[9] In the US, Dan Bennett of the North County Times noted the album's "distinct and flavorable style", with Tikaram "exhibit[ing] a knack for gutsy themes amid roving musical impressions".

[11] The Santa Fe Reporter felt the album "wears thin during the second half", but added "there is ample evidence of Tikaram's natural affinity for effective arrangement and her vocals have become rough-hewn dynamic expressions that vary to suit the needs of the individual pieces".

[12] Don Weller of the Honolulu Star-Bulletin considered it Tikaram's "least accessible work", "The problems are rooted in lean, flat arrangements which heighten rather than color her dark, often brooding voice, and which do nothing to put sparkle in her melodies.