 Edward Greenfield of "The Guardian" titled his review "Thinking Pop" and wrote that the three Beatles songwriters "habitually go outside the realm of sloppy love-theme, and find inspiration instead (as serious artists always must) in specific feelings and specific experiences".Highlighting the importance of McCartney's classical aesthetic, he recognised the band's ongoing success as "fair vindication" for popular taste in terms of its alignment with artistic merit.In their joint review for "Record Mirror", Richard Green and Peter Jones found the album "full of musical ingenuity" yet "controversial", and added