 In the January 1983 edition of "DownBeat" magazine, Bill Milkowski wrote that in contrast to Art Bears's "bleak attitude", Frith's "Gravity" is a "truly joyous solo LP, ... an extremely warm, almost whimsical album".Thomas Schulte at AllMusic described it as an "entertaining and multicultural pocket folk festival" and said it was "one of the most important guitar-based, experimental guitar titles from the avant-guitarist".In a BBC Online review of "Gravity", Peter Marsh called it "Absolutely essential", adding that it "manages to be wildly eclectic yet avoids incoherence".