ðɪ ˈælbəm ɹˈeɪzd kwˈɛstʃənz ɐbˌaʊt ðə wˈɜːld ænd wʌz ɪnðə wˈɜːdz ʌvðə sˈʌndeɪ tˈaɪmz, "ɐ wˈʌndɚfəl ˈælbəm ðæt ɪz bˈoʊθ stɹˈaɪdəntli pɑːlˈɛmɪkəl ænd dɪtˈɜːmɪnˌɪdli sˈɛləbɹətˌoːɹi".
The album raised questions about the world and was in the words of The Sunday Times, "a wonderful album that is both stridently polemical and determinedly celebratory".