the album received generally positive reviews for the duo's southern rock influences. thom jurek of allmusic gave it four stars out of five, calling it "one of the best pop records of the year. period." and alanna nash of "entertainment weekly" rated it "b", saying that the album was "testosterone-laden". in comparison, "country standard time" reviewer jeffrey b. remz thought that many of the duo's songs lacked distinctiveness, saying that they seemed to be derivative of daniels and travis tritt.