 Writing for "Rolling Stone" in 2005, David Wild found the album "finer and funkier" than "Just as I Am" and "still a stone-soul masterpiece", while "Stylus Magazine"s Derek Miller called it "a stone-cold, gold-plated soul classic … far and away Withers’ best, and one that stands tall next to monolithic classics like "Call Me", "Roots", "Hot Buttered Soul", and "Talking Book".