ɪn ɐ kəntˈɛmpɚɹˌɛɹi ɹᵻvjˈuː ʌv ˌɑːɹɹˌeɪˈɛm, dʒˈɑːn lˈændaʊ ʌv ɹˈoʊlɪŋ stˈoʊn ɡˈeɪv "ˈʌŋkəl ˈælbɚt slˈæʃ ˈædmɜːɹəl hˈælsi" ɐ nˈɛɡətˌɪv ɹᵻvjˈuː, sˈeɪɪŋ ðə sˈɔŋ ɪz "ɐ pˈiːs wɪð sˌoʊ mˈɛni tʃˈeɪndʒᵻz ɪt nˈɛvɚ sˈiːmz tə kˈʌm dˌaʊn ˈɛnɪwˌɛɹ, ænd ɪnðə plˈeɪsᵻz ðˌɐɾɪt dˈʌz, sˈaʊndz lˈaɪk ðə wˈɜːst pˈiːs ʌv lˈaɪt mjˈuːzɪk pˈɔːl hɐz ˈɛvɚ dˈʌn."
In a contemporary review of RAM, Jon Landau of Rolling Stone gave "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" a negative review, saying the song is "a piece with so many changes it never seems to come down anywhere, and in the places that it does, sounds like the worst piece of light music Paul has ever done."