 Chris Coplan of "Consequence of Sound" is less impressed with the album, rating it a "B" and "the black sheep of the Beatles' catalog".Although he admires the psychedelic tone, he considers that this experimentalism renders the more standard pop songs, such as "Got to Get You into My Life" and "Here, There and Everywhere", "seemingly out of place" within the collection.Writing for Rough Guides, Chris Ingham describes it as "clearly brilliant" but adds