"[2] The Sydney Morning Herald's Gil Wahlquist said Francis had an excellent voice and called Breaks, Works And Thoughts "an album to listen to right through.
"[3] In the same masthead he said for Open Fist Francis changed from an "open-eyed country boy approach" to "bustling bluesy rock" and says "This is a thoughtful exercise which says something about the current musical condition.
"[4] Commenting on Open Fist Garry Raffaele of The Canberra Times says Francis is "folk-oriented but not folk dominated" and "he sings directly, broken by a hack saw-edge roughness that is his humanity.
Noel Mengel of the Courier Mail gave it 3 1/2 stars noting Francis had moved on from "folkie" and was leading a "cranked-up rock'n'roll band".
[8] Anthony O'Grady of The Australian gave it 4 1/2 writing "Francis's LOUD elevates the sensibility of many of the songs on Absolutely Imperfect to the core of their content: the guitar-gnashing, feedback-splattered Electric Train and the whispering menace of The Bogeyman is Coming.