s ▁subt le ty ▁but ▁con cluding ▁that ▁the ▁album ▁demonstr ates ▁great ▁range , ▁pos iting ▁that ▁" all ▁the ▁ecc ent ric ities ▁of ▁the ▁album , ▁however , ▁are ▁offset ▁by ▁sweet ▁mel od ies ." ▁Entertainment ▁Week ly , ▁though ▁pra ising ▁the ▁record ' s ▁mel od ies ▁and ▁temper , ▁felt ▁that ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁songs ' ▁topics ▁( such ▁as ▁album ▁stick ering ▁and ▁Rock ▁Hudson ) ▁" are ▁th ump ingly ▁dated ." ▁ ▁However , ▁some ▁critics ▁were ▁extremely ▁negative ▁regarding ▁the ▁album . ▁Rol ling ▁St ones ▁Rob ▁She ff ield ▁awarded ▁the ▁album ▁ 1 ▁and ▁a ▁half ▁stars ▁out ▁of ▁ 5 , ▁comment ing ▁that ▁the ▁album ▁sounds ▁like ▁" a ▁self - imit ating ▁m ish m ash ▁of ▁shout - al ong ▁ch or uses , ▁te pid ▁be ats ▁and ▁confused ▁ec lect ic ▁did d ling ", ▁de em ing ▁the ▁album ▁" bum bling ▁adult ▁pop ". ▁Louis ▁P att ison ' s ▁review ▁for ▁Amazon . co . uk ▁was ▁also ▁negative , ▁de em ing ▁the ▁songs ▁" s ou ll ess " ▁and ▁" s ac char ine " ▁and ▁comment ing ▁that ▁the ▁album ▁la cks ▁subt le ty ▁and ▁tact . ▁▁▁ ▁Com mer cial ▁performance ▁ ▁Upon ▁its ▁release , ▁the ▁album ▁was ▁a ▁commercial ▁failure ▁for ▁Ch umb aw amba , ▁causing ▁them ▁to ▁leave ▁E MI ▁a ▁year ▁later , ▁due ▁to ▁disput es . ▁However ,