 "The Guardian" retrospectively qualified "Arabian Knights" as a "pop marvel" while AllMusic described it as "dreamy".Billy Corgan of the Smashing Pumpkins selected it in his playlist in December 2014 when he talked about some of his favourite music on BBC radio.Paul Roland covered "Arabian Knights" on his 1992 album "Strychnine", and Icky Blossoms covered it in 2013.