The track "Killer" was also featured on the American crime series Homicide: Life on the Street and was included on the 2-disc soundtrack album.

[15] Vox's Isabel Appio praised the album's "textured vocals, sophisticated hooks and full and fascinating orchestral arrangements",[14] while Q's Mat Snow deemed it "a fine debut" which "promises even better vibes to come.

[13] Robert Christgau named "Crazy" the album's sole highlight, designating it as a "choice cut" in The Village Voice.

"[5] Writing for Pitchfork, Philip Sherburne stated that despite its occasionally "asinine" lyrics, "you don't come to Seal for poetry; you come for that voice and the way it navigates Horn's productions".

He noted the album's origins in the early 1990s UK rave scene and found that it "drew sustenance from the spirit of that volatile era", calling it "idealistic, unfocused, and beautiful in its innocence.