 Reactions to the song have been generally positive . A review in Billboard magazine describes the track as " winning " . Biographer Rober Shelton includes " Wigwam " among the " quality " songs on Self Portrait , describing it as " hard to forget " ; it is also one of the " AllMusic Picks " of the highlights of Self Portrait , and Michael Gray similarly rates it as one of the " best tracks " on the album . Greil Marcus is likewise positive about the track , calling it " a great job of arranging " . PopMatters reviewer Tom Useted calls the song " more than worthy " , while NME writer Paul Stokes qualifies it as " melodious " and as demonstrating Dylan 's " versatility and impact " . In a review of The Royal Tenenbaums soundtrack , critic Heather Phares writes that the " hazy glow " of the song " add [ s ] to the album 's strangely timeless but emotionally direct atmosphere . " Critic Sean Egan writes that " Dylan la @-@ las against a big brass arrangement in a not disagreeable way — but is ' not disagreeable ' supposed to be what a Dylan track amounts to ? " 
