The label reissued their entire back catalog in order to help reaffirm the band's legacy as queercore icons.

[8] Johnny Histon of Spin praised the album's LGBT lyrical themes, writing that they had never been explored before in rock music.

"[8] Retrospectively, Jason Ankeny of AllMusic declared the album a "call to arms" that "explodes on contact", writing, "Of all the punk records to come out of the 1990s, Personal Best comes closest to actually recapturing the sheer passion and rage which originally spawned the movement two decades earlier".

He praised how the band "never put their politics ahead of their songs — each of these ten tracks is airtight, with melodies as blistering as the lyrics".

[7] The Washington Post writer Chris Richards called Personal Best "a fiery, all-but-forgotten punk masterpiece".