[7] According to Irmin Schmidt, the song "Cutaway" was assembled into a collage with fragments recorded within a seven-year period.

The excerpt is taken from half an hour performance, where "Jaki set up a plodding beat like a donkey bumping along the mountain trails of Provence, as Damo vented his frustrations with his recent stay" in Japan.

[12] Dominique Leone of Pitchfork, writing a retrospective review for Unlimited Edition, said the album was "one of the most underrated items in the band's catalog", especially praising "Gomorrha", "Ibis", "The Empress and the Ukraine King", "Mother Upduff", "Connection", and "Fall of Another Year".

[3] In AllMusic review, Ned Raggett described Unlimited Edition as "very much a dog's breakfast—albeit a highly entertaining one", saying the older songs are "manna from heaven for those interested in the band's roots".

Reggett praised "a lot of" the tracks that "easily stands up on its own", highlighting "Cutaway", "The Empress and the Ukraine King", "I'm Too Leise", "Mother Upduff", and "Gomorrha".