 In an online article for "Mojo" published shortly after Lomax's death in September 2013, Danny Eccleston described "Sour Milk Sea" as "a brilliantly excitable recording".He said that the single had become a "cult rendering" and attributed its lack of commercial success to an "accusatory tone" in Harrison's lyrics.In his preview of Apple's 2010 reissues, for "Rolling Stone", David Fricke listed "Is This What You Want?"