[6] The Los Angeles Times wrote that "the lack of definable hooks reduces the music to a luxuriant wash of sound that often buries N’Dour’s vocals.

He noticed that the "joyful, flowing" voice of Senegalese performer matches good with "colourful rhythms."

In the end Robinson said: "It's probably of the strongest world music / mainstream crossover albums and it should repeat the success of the 'Shakin' the Tree' single.

"[11] Trouser Press thought that "the title track sounds like mbalax meets the Go-Go’s, while 'Old Tucson' a song about the museums N’Dour has visited on his world travels, is merely puzzling.

"[12] The Washington Post opined that "some of [N'Dour's] new songs boast the bouncy, hooky tunefulness of [Paul] Simon's, and sit as comfortably atop the Central African rhythms as Simon's did atop the South African rhythms of Graceland.