The single, "Twisted", made it to number two on the US Billboard Hot 100, his biggest hit ever on that chart.

AllMusic editor Leo Stanley found that "Sweat turns in a typically stylish and sophisticated set of urban soul and new jack swing, all highlighted by his silky singing.

The album does bog down a bit with uneven material, but its high points are as captivating as any of Sweat's previous work.

"[1] In a lukewarm review, Los Angeles Times writer Connie Johnson wrote "what sounded new in 1987 may not be groundbreaking today, but Sweat can still crank out a Jeep jam or a temperature-teasing boudoir ballad with the best of them.

[9] On July 7, 2004, Keith Sweat was certified quadruple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), for shipments of four million copies in the United States.