 Liz Hoggard of "The Observer" gave it four stars out of five and called it "a terrific album".She praised "the dissonant guitar chords to the curly-wurly typography on the album cover.The anthemic 'Shine On' is exquisitely crafted while 'I Can't Hear the Music' hooks into your brain with its James Bond-style orchestration" and finished saying "But snobbery apart, this is a terrific album."