0 ▁to ▁reviews ▁from ▁main stream ▁critics , ▁the ▁album ▁received ▁an ▁average ▁score ▁of ▁ 6 8 , ▁based ▁on ▁ 1 1 ▁reviews , ▁which ▁indicates ▁" gener ally ▁favor able ▁reviews ". ▁The ▁album ▁was ▁extens ively ▁screen ed ▁by ▁musical ▁critics . ▁ ▁Fred ▁Kap lan ▁of ▁S tere oph ile ▁wrote , ▁"... the ▁band ’ s ▁new ▁album , ▁For ▁All ▁I ▁Care ▁[ ... ], ▁resol ves ▁the ▁question : ▁The ▁Bad ▁Plus , ▁it ’ s ▁now ▁clear , ▁can ▁go ▁on ▁for ▁as ▁long ▁as ▁they ▁want ; ▁their ▁resource ful ness ▁seems ▁to ▁be ▁limit less . ▁This ▁is ▁their ▁most ▁am bit ious , ▁and ▁most ▁accomplished , ▁album , ▁the ▁one ▁that ▁should ▁persu ade ▁the ▁final ▁doub ters ▁that ▁there ’ s ▁serious — not ▁brow - fur row ed , ▁in ▁fact ▁still ▁quite ▁play ful , ▁but ▁in ▁the ▁best ▁sense ▁of ▁the ▁word ▁serious — music ▁going ▁on ▁here ." ▁A ▁rev iewer ▁of ▁Down Be at ▁stated , ▁" The ▁album ▁marks ▁the ▁first ▁Bad ▁Plus ▁recording ▁to ▁include ▁a ▁guest ▁vocal ist , ▁alt - rock ▁singer ▁Wend y ▁Lewis , ▁as ▁the ▁fourth ▁instrument ▁in ▁its ▁son ic ▁ar sen al . ▁In ▁the ▁midst ▁of ▁The ▁Bad ▁Plus ’ ▁character ist ically ▁un con vent ional ▁approach , ▁Lewis ▁stro ve ▁to ▁avoid ▁the atr ics ▁and ▁let ▁the ▁lyr ics ▁and ▁mel od ies ▁speak ▁for ▁themselves ." ▁Michael ▁J . ▁West