The music video for "Rise" received minor play on MTV's 120 Minutes late-night program.

In an article in the December 1994 – January 1995 issue of Addicted to Noise, the band recounted: "I remember we were somewhere in Germany and we found out about the Rolling Stone poll," says Eitzel.

"Eric Weisbard of Spin Alternative Record Guide (1995) wrote that Everclear marked American Music Club's failed attempt to "take over the world", adding that the album "was weirdly produced by Kaphan—imagine a pedal steelist's megalomanic fantasy—with the would-be modern rock hit 'Rise' especially cheesy."

[7] Pitchfork's Chris Ott included Everclear in a list of albums common in second-hand stores.

[1] He wrote: "Hideously produced for Alias-- the same label that fucked up Yo La Tengo's May I Sing with Me-- Everclear is an overstuffed, underdeveloped album drenched in a plate of reverb on par with Queensryche.