 In the January 1983 edition of Down Beat magazine , Bill Milkowski wrote that in contrast to Art Bears 's " bleak attitude " , Frith 's Gravity is a " truly joyous solo LP , [ ... ] an extremely warm , almost whimsical album " . Thomas Schulte at AllMusic described it as an " entertaining and multicultural pocket folk festival " and said it was " one of the most important guitar @-@ based , experimental guitar titles from the avant @-@ guitarist " . In a BBC Online review of Gravity , Peter Marsh called it " Absolutely essential " , adding that it " manages to be wildly eclectic yet avoids incoherence " . Brandon Wu of Ground and Sky said that despite his " relative indifference " to the album , one of Gravity 's great strengths is that it is both accessible and avant @-@ garde . 
