[2] Upon its release, Lisa Tilston of Record Mirror stated that, on his "polished debut album", Lloyd "assumes the guise of matinée idol" on several tracks, whereas others see him "slip into his alter ego as purveyor of daft songs and silly sagas to the masses".

"[8] Fred Dellar, writing for Hi-Fi News & Record Review, noted that Lloyd had "produced one of the most unpretentious albums of the year" and believed he should "deservedly reap some rewards for his pure pop way of things, for Me and My Mouth is nothing if not entertaining.

"[9] Andrew Collins of NME said that, despite the "expenso-production" and "mainstream MOR padding", Lloyd is "a fine songwriter, whatever studio trickery they throw at him" and added that the range of musical styles "prov[e] that the doomy fatalism in a lot of his lyrics spells carefree costume-changing rather than bedsit introspection".

"[7] Simon Rushton of the Plymouth Evening Herald described it as "safe pop music with cutting lyrics that are very listenable" and believed it "needs a couple of plays to get into but Lloyd's attitude is worth the risk".

[10] Ian Gittins of Melody Maker considered most of the album to be "staggeringly ordinary" and wrote, "I'm sure Lloyd's much-vaunted, and genuinely engaging, eccentricity is bubbling under these surfaces but it's too submerged and, quite frankly, it's not worth labouring through his music to find it.