▁pe aked ▁at ▁number ▁six teen . ▁Crit ics ▁der ided ▁the ▁record ▁for ▁its ▁production ▁values ▁and ▁song writing ▁quality ; ▁multiple ▁review ers ▁also ▁found ▁Mc Man us ' s ▁singing ▁voice ▁to ▁be ▁un im press ive . ▁The ▁album ▁was ▁de emed ▁a ▁commercial ▁failure ▁by ▁Sony ▁B M G , ▁who ▁dropped ▁Mc Man us ▁from ▁the ▁label . ▁The ▁album ▁has ▁since ▁received ▁various ▁" wor st ▁album " ▁acc ol ades . ▁ ▁The ▁Mean ing ▁of ▁Love ▁was ▁cert ified ▁as ▁gold ▁by ▁the ▁British ▁Ph on ographic ▁Indust ry ▁in ▁April ▁ 2 0 0 4 , ▁indicating ▁sales ▁of ▁over ▁ 1 0 0 , 0 0 0 ▁copies . ▁ ▁Re ception ▁and ▁legacy ▁ ▁Lyn sey ▁Han ley ▁in ▁The ▁Te legraph ▁wrote : ▁" This ▁whole ▁record ▁sm acks ▁of ▁bo il - in - the - bag ▁song writing ▁and ▁lazy , ▁hast y ▁production ▁tart ed ▁up ▁with ▁che es y ▁strings ." ▁She ▁stated ▁that ▁Mc Man us ' s ▁singing ▁" lack [ s ] ▁any ▁disc ern ible ▁' w ow ' ▁factor " ▁and ▁is ▁on ▁par ▁with ▁" a ▁k ara oke ▁regular ▁or , ▁at ▁best , ▁a ▁provincial ▁cab aret ▁turn ." ▁Guardian ▁journalist ▁Caroline ▁S ull ivan ▁also ▁saw ▁Mc Man us ' s ▁vocals ▁as ▁lack ing ▁the ▁" w ow " ▁factor , ▁which , ▁she ▁said , ▁" could ▁have ▁en l iven ed ▁some ▁of ▁these