"Miller also viewed it as an example of Withers' musical daring, fusing soul, blues, and "muscular funk" into a sound that finds "form between the lines … bound by the heated muscle of its rhythms and the satin berth of its softer moments".In 2007, "Still Bill" was included in "The Guardian"s list of "1,000 albums to hear before you die", with an accompanying essay saying the album "contains two of [Withers'] most epochal and best-loved compositions 'Lean on Me' and 'Who Is He (And What Is He to You)?'