 Calling it "still a winner", "The Sunday People"s Sean O'Brien gave "Pure Shores" a rating of eight out of ten.A "Western Mail" reviewer viewed "Pure Shores" and "Black Coffee" as "equally tremendous", Caroline Sullivan from "The Guardian" said All Saints "lend radiance to [Orbit's] twinkling fairy lights".Lindsay Baker from the same newspaper deemed it "Saints & Sinners" "mellow, infectious" track.