"[6] The Washington Post thought that Bloom's "new songs boast a restraint and focus that serve his husky voice and high-energy guitar strumming much better than his earlier overblown epics.

Cool J's rap ballad 'I Need Love', complete with gently thumping Celtic drum and fiddle... That it's the most striking cut on the album only serves to pinpoint Bloom's deficiencies.

"[18] Spin deemed the title track "an environmental-age 'Magic Bus', a one-chord novelty tune that at this point is Bloom's best chance for cult success.

"[20] The Calgary Herald concluded that "Bloom writes about the ridiculous exercise of living, openly confused at times, presuming nothing.

"[16] AllMusic wrote that, "while Bloom's second album expanded somewhat on his first record's stylistic range and maintained its urgency, it lacked the debut's exuberance.