Following its international release and Meyer-Landrut's triumph at the Eurovision Song Contest, My Cassette Player also reached the top five in Greece, Sweden, and Switzerland.

While Gunther Reinhardt from Stuttgarter Nachrichten criticised the overly distinct influence of producer Stefan Raab,[12] Neue Presse's Matthias Halbig deemed it a "charming debut,"[13] and Gerd Schild from Hannoversche Allgemeine called it "somewhat banal" but still a "good pop album," characterising "Bee" as a "cheerful hymn to independence" and "Satellite" as "still sounding astonishingly fresh, even after its massive airplay.

When a spacey keyboard joins the slap bass in I like to hang my head or the acoustic guitars complement each other like Jack Johnson in "Wonderful Dreaming," it's simply nice, contemporary consensus pop.

She added that, whilst Meyer-Landrut "is influenced by Kate Nash and Adele, she sounds rather [like a] wimpy Colbie Caillat and Jason Mraz's unbearably perky little sister.

"[5] Anders Nunstedt, music editor from the Swedish tabloid Expressen, gave the album a harsh review calling it a "bland pop debut with nonsense lyrics" and criticising the singer's "exaggerated British accent.

"[6] Carina Jonsson in Nerikes Allehanda gave the album only one out of five and criticised Meyer-Landrut's vocal ability, saying she "sings as bad as any karaoke rookie, also, she has added a hard-won goofy English accent.

"[10] AllMusic editor Jason Birchmeier called My Cassette Player a "relatively straightforward pop album that doesn't rely on the novelty appeal of most Eurovision debut efforts.