Mike Daly from The Age said "Stephen Cummings plays the melancholia game more convincingly than any other Australian singer/songwriter.

On Unguided Tour he is at it again, full of recriminations and regrets, addressing lost loves and shadowy memories.

But his is a dry-eyed perspective in which, however gloomy the emotional landscape, a flicker of ironic humor illuminates the horizon.

"[1] Greg Taylor from Rolling Stone Magazine gave the album 4 out of 5 calling it "One of the best recent outings, any weight, any distance."

adding "Unguided Tour sees Cummings returning to a sparser style than his recent, more funkier, albums.