 Patterson appreciated Cook's focus on "sly wit topics such as her own quest for stardom", and identified Everyday Sunshine" and "Stupid Things" as "well-written pop confections".Flowers cited Cook's more autobiographical songs, specifically "Mama You Wanted to Be a Singer Too", as the album's high points.Although Melinda Newman praised Cook's songwriting for tracks like "Dolly", she criticized her as having "a certain naiveté that may have worked in the '60s or '70s that sometimes wears a little thin here".