[5] The album's cover was created by Heap's boyfriend at the time, who had been editing a photo of her taken by a friend in Los Angeles, while the title was the first thing she thought of after seeing it.

[9] Songs "Hide and Seek", "Speeding Cars" and "Goodnight and Go" have sold 647,000, 223,000 and 159,000 copies in the United States, respectfully.

[9] Speak for Yourself was re-released digitally in deluxe, standard, and instrumental editions on 24 December 2012 by Sony Music.

A reviewer from About.com gave the album a perfect score, describing it as "a roller coaster ride of beauty and head pounding intensity.

"[11] Conversely, David Raposa of Pitchfork opined that "the results of this musical terraforming are at once both gorgeous and bland.