[7] "Piece of the Pie" incorporates lyrics from Bob Marley's "Them Belly Full (But We Hungry)"; it and "American Dream" are protest songs.

[10] The Globe and Mail wrote that "the creamy production values and Cliff's lovely tenor voice aren't quite enough to keep the attention from wandering away here from the banalities of the lyrics and arrangements.

"[16] Robert Christgau noted that Cliff never takes "full advantage of his gifts, exemplified by the gracefully sung and adequately conceived international pop-reggae protest on side two.

"[12] The Buffalo News praised the "light reggae rhythms mixed with familiar R&B melodies.

"[18] AllMusic stated: "No longer dealing in rough-around-the-edges songs of struggle and salvation riding on a tooting organ and insistent off-beat rhythm, Cliff began to sound more like the hybrid reggae/pop of Third World, Steel Pulse, and other groups whose careers he helped make possible.