Alexis Petridis of The Guardian claimed "He really hit commercial paydirt in the world of gobby, femme-fronted British pop, working on Lily Allen's Alright, Still and Amy Winehouse's Back To Black.

In its place comes the musical formula that served him so well on Winehouse's hit single Rehab - an affectionate pastiche of a 60s soul revue's brass-laden sound.

"[6] John Murphy of MusicOMH wrote "Version is destined to become one of the great party albums of the summer – just playing it once is guaranteed to cheer you up.

Devoid of amusing adaptations and with tongue-in-cheek remixes nowhere in sight, Version is hardly Ronson getting his Weird Al on, but it's not a stuffy and serious selection of songs, either.

"[7] James Cobb of Stylus declared "on its own merits, Version is one of the most vibrant, invigorating works of pop music to pass by my ears in a while.

"[9] Rob Sheffield of Rolling Stone gave the album three-out-of-five stars, calling Version "an audacious set of similar left-field covers...turned into dance-soul tracks.

Rich Hughes of Line of Best Fit gave it a 60% rating, saying that "whilst it was an admirable project and some of the results here are genuinely great, the misses just seem to dominate it.

[17] BBC Radio 1 listed the album as the 12th most successful of 2007 in the UK, outperforming the likes of Justin Timberlake, Foo Fighters, Nelly Furtado and Lily Allen.