 "Hi-Fi Stereo Review" magazine also remarked on the change in Presley's style, calling the album "musically schizoid" despite deeming the overall recording "good".The review said Presley's ballads were "the worst he's ever made" but lauded "his former vitality" in the "commercial rockabilly romps".In his review for AllMusic, Bruce Eder wrote that the album "shows a mature Elvis Presley [who] displayed the rich, deep vocalizing that would challenge critics' expectations of Elvis Presley playing rhythm guitar throughout".