In a mixed review for Rolling Stone magazine, Nick Tosches highlighted four "quality" songs, including "Hangin' 'Round" and "Satellite of Love", which he felt express a stimulating sexuality, but dismissed most of the album as "artsyfartsy kind of homo stuff" that lacks assertiveness [REF].
In 1997, Transformer was named the 44th greatest album of all time in a 'Music of the Millennium[REF] poll conducted in the United Kingdom by HMV, Channel 4, The Guardian and Classic FM.