 In a 2016 "Rolling Stone" article, Stephen L. Betts summed up the album's as "unapologetically country".Patrick Langston, writing for the "Ottawa Citizen", compared the hooks and arrangements to 1950s and 1960s country music.In a 2016 article for the "Chicago Tribune", Steven Knopper said "Hey Y'all" represented Cook's "folksy sense of humor".