When Veedon Fleece was released, it sold poorly and was received unfavourably by critics from Rolling Stone and Melody Maker.
In a retrospective review for The Rolling Stone Album Guide (2004), Rob Sheffield hailed Veedon Fleece as "the culmination of everything Van was doing up to that point, all Celtic mystic tumult in the vocals and pastoral beauty in the music" and ranked it among "his most majestic music" [REF].