[2] Thom Jurek of Allmusic said "With Love the Donkey, Baptista has done what was seemingly impossible.

In this wild and woolly party, where almost anything goes, the ancient is tied inseparably to the present, and creates a new and joyous future".

[3] On All About Jazz Sean Patrick Fitzell observed "A panoply of percussion erupts from Love the Donkey as Cyro Baptista and his merry troupe of percussionists and special guests unleash fourteen tracks of manic energy and irrepressible fun.

It serves as an effective antidote to overly cerebral and self-consciously serious music... Baptista's music for his Beat the Donkey ensemble works because it's done honestly and with contagious enthusiasm.

Love the Donkey testifies that humor does indeed belong in music".