Rolling Stone determined that, "if Erickson covers a lot of territory, it is because his music has always functioned as a living archive of musical form, exploring the seams between supposedly incongruous genres." The
Austin American-Statesman deemed the album "arguably his most accessible and listener-friendly to date, with the sort of buoyant melodicism, lyrical invention and shimmering jangle that the R.E.M. generation can accept as a kindred musical spirit." The
Philadelphia Daily News stated that "the psychedelic pioneer brings his
Bob Dylanesque phrasing and charmingly vulnerable voice to a mixed bag of old and new material that focuses more on love than on his past themes of demons and aliens."
The Santa Fe New Mexican concluded that "We Are Never Talking" "could almost be mistaken for a long-lost
Blood on the Tracks outtake." The
Chicago Tribune determined that "best of all is the plaintive 'Please Judge', in which Erickson pleads, 'Don't send or keep the boy away'."
AllMusic wrote that "Roky's most excessive traits are mostly absent; he sounds sort of like an eccentric, updated
Buddy Holly."
Record Collector thought that his "dishevelled yowl elevates [the songs] into the otherworldly realm, spookily channelling both his fractured mind and convincingly extra-terrestrial soul." ==Track listing==