In 2010, Fact magazine ranked it the fourth best album of the 1990s, calling it "gloriously knotted, soulful and uniquely psychedelic;" Fact critic Mark Fisher wrote that the album "succeeded in simultaneously being of its moment and transcending it," praising in particular "the way that Gerald transforms the jungle sound into a kind of dreamy OtherWorld music [...]: humid, tropical, full of strange bird cries, seething with nonhuman sentience."
ɪn tˈuː θˈaʊzənd tˈɛn, fˈækt mˌæɡɐzˈiːn ɹˈæŋkt ɪt ðə fˈoːɹθ bˈɛst ˈælbəm ʌvðə nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd nˈaɪnti z, kˈɔːlɪŋ ɪt "ɡlˈoːɹiəsli nˈɑːɾᵻd, sˈoʊlfəl ænd juːnˈiːkli sˌaɪkɪdˈɛlɪk;" fˈækt kɹˈɪɾɪk mˈɑːɹk fˈɪʃɚ ɹˈoʊt ðætðɪ ˈælbəm "səksˈiːdᵻd ɪn sˌaɪməltˈeɪniəsli bˌiːɪŋ ʌv ɪts mˈoʊmənt ænd tɹænsˈɛndɪŋ ɪt," pɹˈeɪzɪŋ ɪn pɚtˈɪkjʊlɚ "ðə wˈeɪ ðæt dʒˈɛɹəld tɹænsfˈɔːɹmz ðə dʒˈʌŋɡəl sˈaʊnd ˌɪntʊ ɐ kˈaɪnd ʌv dɹˈiːmi ˈʌðɚ wˈɜːld mjˈuːzɪk...: hjˈuːmɪd, tɹˈɑːpɪkəl, fˈʊl ʌv stɹˈeɪndʒ bˈɜːd kɹˈaɪz, sˈiːðɪŋ wɪð nˌɑːnhjˈuːmən sˈɛnʃəns."