writer Luke McManus said apart from a few dudes, namely "Right On" and "Love to You", the album was the "overall result is the sound of a band waking up to produce their best work in years". Jon Monks of Stylus Magazine said after "A Man Needs to be Told", the album loses "steam and becomes more a melting pot of tunes that feel rushed and generally of a lower calibre than the top heavy first half". The A.V. Club Josh Modell was more dismissive, stating that the rare occasions on the album that "make sense in the context of the band's history are overshadowed by a musical reach that exceeds its grasp". Mixed comments were made about Burgess' voice, particularly his choice to sing in falsetto. Tangari said that while his falsetto was not as "strong as his usual singing voice, it works surprisingly well in most places". He added that it "feels more at home surrounded by the keening guitars and extra percussion" in "A Man Needs to Be Told". Wade said the falsetto improved some songs, such as "I Just Can't Get Over Losing You" and "Wake Up" as they are "lifted into more confident, free and funkier dimensions", which Alix Buscovic of Playlouder agreed on the former track. Under the Radar writer Mark Redfern admitted that the falsetto took a period of getting used to, as it was "once embarrassing and bold," but now "this new approach signals a definitive change of direction for the band". Monks was less receptive, saying that "more often than not", it lands "between Barry Gibb and the squeaky voiced teen from The Simpsons" instead of Marvin Gaye. Modell added that it came across to a "strange, often embarrassing effect [...] his new voice just sounds silly"; Now Matt Galloway suggested that the remainder of the band should have mentioned to Burgess that "warbling in a ridiculous falsetto throughout much of Wonderland wasn’t such a good idea". Matt Cibula of PopMatters reassured listeners to not be "afraid of what you’ve heard about The Falsetto. It’s not overused, and it doesn’t ruin anything". Kessler, meanwhile, preferred it when Burgess was singing normally, saying that he was in the "best form of his career. This is Tim Burgess finally, really singing from the heart, unselfconsciously and true. It's great". Wonderland peaked at number two on the UK Albums Chart, being held from the