Connie Johnson of the
Los Angeles Times, in a 3/5 stars review remarked, "If we pray together, maybe we can stay together,” El DeBarge earnestly sings on one track in a manner that recalls
Marvin Gaye’s classic “
What's Going On.” The Gaye influence has always been obvious in this singer-songwriter’s music, and “Gemini” sounds like Gaye-meets-Guy." Jason Elias of
Allmusic praised the album saying, "El DeBarge's first solo effort failed to lure the pop audience and left many R&B fans disenchanted. Gemini, released three years later, comes close to achieving the singer's potential as a solo artist. Since Gemini is mostly a self-production, it bares El's harmonic imprint and is more adventurous than many of the R&B albums released around the same time."
Robert Christgau of the
Village Voice called
Gemini, "Just good black music, ancient to the future, all jumping rhythms and space-case melody, less catchy song than gorgeous sound." ==Track listing==