"Just for You" was dedicated to Jon-Erik Hexum, Daily's boyfriend of the time, an American model and actor who died in late 1984 as a result of a firearms accident on the set of the CBS television series Cover Up in which he played the male lead.

Upon release, Cash Box listed the album as one of their feature picks in February 1986 and stated: "Valley Girls star E.G. Daily takes a stab at music with a respectable debut.

[4] Billboard noted: "Her mix of raspy lower register and silky falsetto gives Daily an enticing pop/rock stamp on this debut.

Daily's a sinewy, smoky vocalist who alternately shrieks and pouts as she tosses out some fine, beyond-Benatar, post-adolescent album rock.

"[6] Jon Bream of the Star Tribune wrote: "Wild Child is a bit like Cyndi Lauper's debut album in that it lacks stylistic focus but a listener can sense the performer's winning quality.