john eyles of the bbc commented that the album was a "distinctive debut album" and suggested that the album's main strengths were peel's use of "allusions and metaphors", her "insights into the break up of relationships [that] displays a maturity rare in a 28-year-old", and her voice. eyles also noted the "fragile beauty", which "ideally conveys the longing and yearning contained within the complex emotions of the songs".