Critics often considered the record as showcasing the potential high quality of remix albums, although some reviewers treated it as disjunct and a poor marketing decision.

[5] Fellow Vice Records band Death from Above 1979 were the first act to be asked and covered "Luno" as a B-side to their June 2005 single "Black History Month".

[7] The band had also performed at Dave Pianka's Philadelphia club and the gig inspired the owner to remix "This Modern Love" with Adam Sparkle into something more suited to a disco.

[8] The final track list included the Bloc Party EP edit of "Banquet" by Silent Alarm producer Paul Epworth.

[13] Christian Hoard of Rolling Stone was less receptive and commented that the tracks are flawed in conception, because Bloc Party is not a disco-oriented band despite its propulsive rhythm section.

[15] Liam Colle of PopMatters was not impressed by Silent Alarm Remixed and commented that "the new tricks aren't quite charming, or very tricky for that matter", because the album "reeks of a marketing brainstorm".

[17] Ladytron's mix of "Like Eating Glass" replaces the lead and rhythm guitars with looped synthesisers and adds a large amount of reverberation to the vocals;[11] the resulting effect was described by Pitchfork Media's Nitsuh Adebe as "walking out of your apartment and thinking you can hear Bloc Party playing a festival six blocks over".

[9][13] Engineers' "Blue Light" was dubbed the 'Anti-Gravity' mix and resulted in an ambient track which Nick Southall of Stylus considered as good as Bloc Party's version.

[7] Dave Pianka and Adam Sparkle's work on "This Modern Love" resulted in a musical construction akin to 1980s new wave bands Blondie and The Cure.

[11] Solo act Kieran Hebden, under his Four Tet alias, provided the remix for "So Here We Are" and created a folktronica version of the original,[19] reminiscent of the music once produced by Windham Hill Records according to Christian Hoard of Rolling Stone.