In an interview with The Guardian to promote Love Is the Great Rebellion Lee discussed this move from his more recent work.

Lee Zimmerman of PopMatters praised the album's cohesiveness, stating "...it holds together remarkably well as a unified, complete concept, a series of songs conveying like a zen-like mantra and philosophical thoughts on life, love, God and related subjects of similar consequence.

recommended the album and also commended Lee's ability to explore deeper philosophical themes through pop music.

[3] Dan F. Stapleton of Rolling Stone Australia described listening to the album as pleasant but lamented that it lacked "grit".

[4] Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic gave the record a more mediocre review, stating that it is "...the kind of album that can double as motivation or pleasing background music for the office.