[9] The title track was included on Intuition and Capitol Records' The World Music Album.

[10] Robert Christgau determined that "the aural environment neither flashes nor fuses—rather than a 'forced collision of cultures,' it sounds like they just barely missed each other.

"[13] The Chicago Tribune wrote that the album finds Hassell "lofting filigreed, electronically expanded trumpet lines and titanium cloud-chords above ethereal musical settings.

"[12] The Boston Globe deemed Flash of the Spirit "tribal music from the global village, sensual, earthy and high tech.

"[15] The Omaha World-Herald concluded that Hassell "sounds warmer than usual because of the rhythmic density of Farafina ... Hassell's sound, altered and enhanced by electronics, bends and blares.