In an article for
The Guardian,
John Fordham called the album a "seismically influential session," and wrote: "for all the familiarity of computer-assisted vocals now, nothing prepares you for the howl of her searingly high notes spiralling up out of spooky organ chords and soul-brass riffs on the title track, or against the rolling blues groove of 'Pony', or the dark and prowling one of 'Blood'. Elvis's 'Love Me Tender' is the only cover, a blend of soft, lyrical intimacy and fierce exhortation. The underpinnings are as 1970s soul/blues-rooted as any classic-pop listener could wish, but the uncompromising, sound-manipulating focus still sounds contemporary. In a review for
Perfect Sound Forever, Richard Mason wrote: "this is a remarkable recording, featuring song formats ranging from free jazz to soulful funk, but all with the unmistakeable Annette Peacock touch, music that invites you
in, implores you to get involved, to think, to feel physically and cerebrally, to hear and listen actively." Stephen Judge, writing for
Blurt, stated: "Forty years on, ''I'm the One'' shouldn't sound so unusual – the collision of singer/songwriter pop and electronic tomfoolery has become fairly common in the current millennium. But Peacock's avant jazz background and the spirit of doing something new suffuses ''I'm the One
with enough joie de vivre'' to keep it sounding fresh even now." Martin Aston called the album "revelatory", and commented: "''I'm The One
remains a visionary slab of darkly intimate avant-funk electronic torch blues... Out there and yet equally soulful, I'm The One
had no peers, save perhaps Tim Buckley if you combined his jazz odyssey Starsailor
and his subsequent sex-funk riposte Greetings From LA''." ==Track listing==