Everybody Knows was the first Dave Clark Five album not to enter the US charts, and the band therefore focused on the UK market, where three more albums followed. The reason for the failure in America may have been the group's declining popularity, noticeable in the success of their singles in the US (the UK smash hit "Everybody Knows" remained at No. 43 on Billboard), but also the delayed release, which missed the 1967 Christmas market and wasn't offered until January 1968 (the LP was released in the UK in December 1967).
Billboard magazine wrote in the official review, "There's something old and something new – and they both register. The new is
Everybody Knows, with the soft sound not commonly associated with DCF. And in their traditional kick is
You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby. It all adds up to a solid effort, both old and new."
Cashbox magazine wrote, "Presently on the charts with the title tune of this LP, the Dave Clark Five should have no difficulty making the charts with the album itself. Rock foot-stompers and ballads make up the bill of fare. One of the grooviest tracks is a swinging, hard-driving updating of
You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby..." In a retrospective review for
AllMusic,
Richie Unterberger wrote about the songs, "Some of them saw the group competently, if not excitingly, adapt to trends in late-'60s production with an increased brassiness, as they do on the soul-pop tunes
A Little Bit Now and
Inside and Out." And he concluded the review with the opinion, "It adds up to an album that has some appeal for serious Dave Clark Five fans, but isn't essential listening for more discriminating listeners."{{allMusic|class=album|id= mw0000838130 ==Track listing (US version)==