▁from ▁critics . ▁At ▁Met ac rit ic , ▁which ▁assign s ▁a ▁rating ▁out ▁of ▁ 1 0 0 ▁to ▁reviews ▁from ▁main stream ▁publications , ▁the ▁album ▁received ▁an ▁average ▁score ▁of ▁ 7 2 , ▁based ▁on ▁ 1 6 ▁reviews . ▁Ex c laim ! ▁critic ▁Daniel ▁Syl v ester ▁believed ▁the ▁songs ▁sound ed ▁familiar ▁but ▁still ▁distinct ▁from ▁one ▁another , ▁as ▁" Ber ry ▁covers ▁a ▁lot ▁of ▁musical ▁ground ▁on ▁Ch uck , ▁and ▁most ▁important ly , ▁reve als ▁just ▁how ▁much ▁fun ▁he ▁was ▁still ▁having ▁at ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁his ▁stor ied ▁life ." ▁No el ▁Murray ▁from ▁The ▁A . V . ▁Club ▁cred ited ▁the ▁record ▁for ▁making ▁" a ▁cas ually ▁prof ound ▁closing ▁statement ". ▁Writing ▁for ▁Vice , ▁Robert ▁Christ g au ▁regarded ▁Ch uck ▁as ▁" both ▁a ▁summ ation ▁[ Ber ry ] ▁put ▁his ▁all ▁into ▁and ▁a ▁little ▁something ▁he ▁might ▁have ▁followed ▁up ▁if ▁he ▁hadn ' t ▁up ▁and ▁died ▁at ▁ 9 0 ". ▁Christ g au ▁called ▁the ▁music ian ▁" m isch iev ous ▁and ▁horn y ▁and ▁locked ▁in ", ▁show c asing ▁" und imin ished ▁guitar " ▁playing , ▁strong ▁vocals , ▁and ▁sh rew d ▁lyr ics ▁on ▁" e ight ▁well - craft ed ▁new ▁ones ▁and ▁two ▁sav vy ▁covers ▁that ▁indicate ▁he ' s ▁learned ▁a ▁few ▁things — the ▁warm ▁songs ▁to ▁the ▁long - s uffer ing ▁wife ▁he