Opprobrium wrote "Achingly (re)strained trio - haikus from a man who could easily be exploding the atmosphere with lung-bombs if he still felt so inclined." Chris Detzer (Option) wrote "Neil, in particular, shows a great empathy with Lowe and plays with sensitivity, strength and imagination." Steve Loewy (Cadence) cautions "do not expect the Frank Lowe of old." Ben Watson (Hi Fi News) wrote "Frank Lowe turns understatement into perhaps the broadest boast of all … on eof his most intimate and soulful recordings to date." Johnathan Dixon (Sound Views) listed it as one of the 10 best recordings of 1997