upon release, ben hogwood of "musicomh" wrote: "good songwriters don't usually lose their knack overnight, and kershaw proves that as he gets on this particular bike once more. many of the songs grow in to earworms, which by the third or fourth listen are burned in to the consciousness." fiona shepherd of "the scotsman" stated: "in less conservative hands, this desperately dull mor pop album might yield an insipid hit or two, but kershaw's arrangements drain the life from the songs."