Timothy Powell of the BBC stated that the album "reveals a band that is fresh, vital and ferociously good."

He went on to say that the Script are now positioned as "next big thing" and that the album entails "hip-hop, pop melodiousness, state-of-the-art production and anthemic rock."

"[8] The German WOM magazin monthly went as far as writing: "Eigenständing und originell ist anders.

"[16] AllMusic's Alexey Eremenko said that the album was "not reckless or fuzzy enough [to be] power pop"; instead the closest discernible influence was the rock style of U2.

[6] Following the success of "The Man Who Can't Be Moved", The Script entered the UK Albums Charts at number one with sales of 54,520 copies where it stayed for two weeks.

The Irish office of Sony BMG music presented the group with their first multi-Platinum award disc for over 600,000 sales of The Script.

"Breakeven" was released in fall 2009 in the United States and the Script performed it live on The Ellen DeGeneres Show on 14 October 2009.