imperfect but devoid of a poor song. B. Wright from Vibe found the music inconsistent and "schizophrenic" but praised Miguel's singing and songwriting abilities while determining the record was "worth the purchase price". Slant Magazines Matthew Cole said the second half of songs was "less stimulating" on an album that "blends slick, radio-friendly R&B with Prince-aping theatrics, both refracted around a sense of humor that, surreal and sexually unsubtle, would have to make [Prince] proud". Cole also compared Miguel to singer Kelis, "whose work has an undeniably commercial cunning to it, but who never fails to imbue her pop confections with real personality". Writing in MSN Music a few years later, Robert Christgau said Miguel "front-loaded his Prince-channeling debut" with "five hooky tracks" that were "followed by six pleasant tracks and capped by two hooky novelties". He viewed the song "Teach Me" as "a treasure hidden in the middle" and "supplicant's" song, "unprecedented" in "a genre that makes its nut promising untold pleasures". He credited Miguel for "laying out the truth that, as Norman Mailer put it in one of the few useful sex tips in his orgasm-mad canon, 'the man as lover is dependent upon the bounty of the woman.' Who knows what pleases her? She does, she alone, and Miguel craves to be let in on that shifting and enthralling secret." He nonetheless critiqued that the song lacked a first-rate hook that would have made it an R&B classic in the vein of Marvin Gaye's "Sexual Healing" and "Use Me" by Bill Withers. Track listing Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes. Personnel Raymond Angry – keyboards, strings Wayne Barrow – executive producer Anita Marisa Boriboon – art direction, design Alex Chiegger – instrumentation Tom Coyne – mastering Kumi Craig – grooming Vidal Davis – instrumentation, mixing, producer Daniel DeLuna – 12-string bass guitar Gleyder "Gee" Disla – engineer Vince Dlorinzo – engineer Ryan Evans – engineer Andre Harris – instrumentation, producer Kasey Phillips – engineer Erik Madrid – assistant Manny Marroquin – mixing Miguel – engineer, vocals Happy Perez – drums, keyboards, producer, programming Miguel Pimentel – executive producer Mark Pitts – A&R, executive producer Christian Plata – assistant Kai Regan – photography Salaam Remi – bass, drums, guitar Anthony Saleh – production coordination Wendell "Pops" Sewell – guitar State of Emergency – producer Steve Bruner – bass Tim Stewart – guitar Jahi Sundance – programming