Stephen Thomas Erlewine of
AllMusic praised the album, observing "
Show featured mostly hit singles;
Paris features the songs that built their cult, including "Close to Me" and "Letter to Elise." Consequently, most fans will find this the more interesting of the two live albums, and, out of the two records, it is the more consistent and satisfying." Patrick Brennan of
Hot Press was also positive on the song choices and felt it was "for die-hard Cure fans it's a gorgeous treat and for other acolytes of the lukewarm or lapsed variety it might well re-recruit them back into Bob Smith's sometimes wacky, ofttimes gloomy and always idiosyncratic world." Michele Kirsch of
Vox praised the album's "top shelf sound engineers" and "good editing". Rating the album eight out of ten, he noted "there's nothing here that doesn't work." ==Track listing==