 In his 2019 book "", Benjamin Piekut called the title "brilliant".He wrote that after Frith's experiences with Henry Cow's restrictive way of conducting themselves, which Piekut called, "clumsy, slow, inefficient, and inconclusive", the title "Gravity" refers to the "carefree music therein as well as the ponderous concerns of [Frith's former band] reflected in its rearview mirror.