pˈiːɾɚ ɡˈælvɪn fɹʌm ˌɛntɚtˈeɪnmənt wˈiːkli vjˈuːd ðɪ ˈælbəm æz ˈeɪ "ɪɹᵻpɹˈɛsᵻbəl" fˈɑːloʊˌʌp tʊ ˈɛlɪɡənt slˈʌmɪŋ, kəŋklˈuːdɪŋ ðætˈɪt "hɐz mˈoːɹ ðɐn ɪts ʃˈɛɹ ʌv hˈaʊskwˈeɪkɪŋ ɡɹˈuːvz.
Peter Galvin from Entertainment Weekly viewed the album as a "irrepressible" follow-up to Elegant Slumming, concluding that it "has more than its share of house-quaking grooves.