"[4] Record Collector said, "Inferno primarily concentrates on the erudite, high-calibre guitar pop we’ve long since associated with Robert Forster.

In fact, after all these years, it lifts the heart to hear him sounding so exhilarated on the hard-rocking 'Inferno (Brisbane In Summer)'", but also noted it was unlikely to find him any mainstream acceptance.

[1] Uncut declared, "Greatest living Australian returns," and said, "his antic muse is too skewiff to stay sober for long, and the best moments on Inferno are hymns to everyday pleasures.

"[9] Mojo noted, "this is a slim volume rather than a blockbuster epic, but one exquisitely presented and rendered in the kind of creamy white clarity that will not yellow or crack.

"[3] Pitchfork noted, "The rest of the band, dubbed by Forster the Magic Five, go tight or loose as the material requires, a marriage adapting to the times".

"[7] Tony Clayton-Lea, in The Irish Times, noted, "For an album that lasts a mere 35 minutes, a lot is packed into it – a few generations' worth, in fact.