[8] Fans speculated that the album's title would be Perception based on information found in the “Green Lights” music video.

[10] CCM Magazine's Matt Conner gave the album 4 out of 5 stars, saying "The maturity and musical experimentation grows on Perception, yet the dynamism and authenticity remain firmly in place.

"[12] David Craft of Jesus Freak Hideout gave the album a below-average review, awarding it two out of five stars due to a lack of originality and redundancy.

As always, the thematic production is easily noticed making this a complete NF album, even though it falls short of his previous discography.

1 on the US Billboard 200 with 55,000 album-equivalent units, including 38,000 pure album sales in its first week,[15] becoming both NF's first US top 10 and No.