in a september 2005 review of the group for "the herald", rachel devine wrote, "debbie d and daphne d of avenue d deserve to be queens of the electro scene. not since bananarama has a girl group exuded such effortless sexual energy in the pursuit of making music that runs the scale from the ridiculous to the sublime. michael hamersly of "the miami herald" characterized songs "do i look like a slut?" and "the sex that i need" as "raunchy anthems". in a later piece for "the miami herald", journalist tom bowker described avenue d as "the female latina version of 2 live crew". a 2008 review from "the morning call" of swedish recording artist robyn's eponymous album compared it to the style of avenue d., noting, "robyn's pseudo-thug, occasionally profane lyrics hearken back to the earlier days of electroclash".