Reviewer Andy Gill said: "Adrian McNally's subtle arrangements draw the maximum impact from Rachel and Becky Unthanks' distinctive intonations... the most moving piece here is surely 'I Remember', an account of a crumbling relationship aching with regret.

In a three-starred review he said: "Not every song is weighty enough to carry the full force of the sisters' singing, and some of the dappled pastoral feels like outtakes from Virginia Astley's chamber folk albums".

[3] Neil Spencer, in a three-starred review for The Observer, described Molly Drake's songs, "often as brooding and melancholic as her son's" as "a natural fit for the Unthanks' poignant sibling harmonies".

[4] Jude Rogers, in a three-starred review for The Guardian, said: "Fans of the girlish northern voices of sisters Becky and Rachel Unthank, and the soft, shining piano of Adrian McNally, will adore it; others might get lost in the whispery sweetness of Dream Your Dreams and Never Pine for the Old Love, longing for more gravel and grit.

[5] All the songs were written by Molly Drake and – bar two ("Bird in the Blue" and "Soft Shelled Crabs") – had previously been recorded by her.