 "Melodic" reviewer Pär Winberg praised the album for being "a very good piece of plastic" and complimented Benson's "very good" production.Punk News staff member GlassPipeMurder said "direction seems to be exactly what The Starting Line is lacking in their latest release" and that despite having "a handful of enjoyable rock and pop-punk tracks", the album includes "too many struggling grabs that come up empty for it to be considered the mature and developed achievement it was meant to be".Jon Young of "Spin" criticized the album as being "another formulaic record", but noted it has "compelling moments".