[8] The Washington Post wrote that "the Louisville quartet employs a bluesy groove on songs like 'Dirty City Rainy Day' and plunges into the Delta with the honking 'Bad Cat Blues', but its sauntering rhythms, zany lyrics and boy-girl vocals more often recall the B-52's than Muddy Waters.

Funny Farm bears more than a passing resemblance to the B-52’s’ early days—an analogy furthered by the decidedly Cindy Wilsonized vocal harmonies Amy George drizzles over 'Island Paradise' and the frankly touching 'Dirty City, Rainy Day'.

"[14] The Chicago Tribune praised the "sparse, casually goofball lyrics spread over chattering funk guitar, danceable bass lines and cheesy organ.

"[10] The Albuquerque Journal called it "a loping and stilted funk, soul and blues amalgam with songs about running out of gas in Nevada, Kentucky tornados, scuba divers and flippant cartoon characters.

"[16] AllMusic wrote that "the arrangements are fun and playful, as organs and synths creep in among neatly crafted guitar lines and witty lyrics, making for an incredibly live texture—very fitting for a record with such a lack of seriousness.