 However, despite "Easy Pieces"' commercial success, the reception from critics was lukewarm and the band themselves were unhappy with the end result.Cole would later say, "It strikes me that there's something really fresh on the first album which has been dragged onto the second album, and the freshness is not there and something to replace the freshness is not there either".Bass player Lawrence Donegan was more succinct, describing the album as "terrible".