 Critical reception to the album was generally positive.Despite rating it with a modest score of 3 out of 5 stars, Allmusic praised "Deflowered" for its "wry, silly and heartfelt" songwriting, singling out singer Jon Ginoli's "engagingly nerdish" vocals and "sweetly enjoyable" harmonizing with bassist Chris Freeman.The cover features a photograph of Mark Ewert (left) and Moon Trent (right), taken by Marc Gellar.