 Robert Christgau gave the album a rating of honorable mention (), indicating a "likable effort consumers attuned to its overriding aesthetic or individual vision may well enjoy".However, Slant Magazine's Eric Henderson found it "musically uneven and ballad-heavy," while Nathan Rabin, writer for "The A.V.Club", noted that Ne-Yo's "winning groove devolves into a rut, and his quiet storm gets awfully sleepy."