"[11] A reviewer of DownBeat stated, "The album marks the first Bad Plus recording to include a guest vocalist, alt-rock singer Wendy Lewis, as the fourth instrument in its sonic arsenal.

This music is simply the soundtrack to their time and place..."[13] In his review for All About Jazz, Jeff Vrabel stated, "With For All I Care, The Bad Plus opted to keep things as simple as possible within the new set of sonic guidelines.

"[6] Corey duBrowa of Paste mentioned, "...for all of The Bad Plus’ instrumental prowess and fearless exploration, it's Lewis’ voice that stars here, bending notes and emotion to her will like so many coat hangers left outside in a tornado.

"[8] Peter Hum of Ottawa Citizen wrote, "The Bad Plus pushes its marriage of jazz’s improvisatory zeal and rock’s energy and attitude even further with For All I Care.

"[15] Jeff Tamarkin writing for East Bay Express added, "though it inches the Bad Plus closer to the pop mainstream, it never loses the particular rhythmic and harmonic quirks that have defined them so far.