[1] Joe Muggs of The Arts Desk praised the album, claiming: "it's super grand in its scope, expanding out in all directions from a hodge-podge of leftfield and psychedelic influences".

oeuvre, The Well I Fell Into is for anyone eager to watch their favorite art weirdo heroes get older and grow".

[6] AllMusic's Marcy Donelson resumed: "disconsolate, intricately produced, and surprisingly varied, all things considered, The Well I Fell Into should appeal to sympathetic fans as well as the less-folky sad-song set".

[8] Josh Korngut of Paste found the album "respectfully showcases the cozy cottage WHY?

[4] In his mixed review for Far Out, Tom Taylor wrote: "as you settle into the fact that the record feels a little crass and the songwriting is riddled with dated sentiments that hark back to Wolf's early days as an artist, the truly astounding production drags you back into objective praise and away from subjective questions about artfulness".