Trouser Press wrote that "it was clear that the band’s professed ideals were no longer jibing with their attempts to crack the (American) market ... Protest lyrics swathed in slick, upwardly mobile production were pretty hard to take seriously."
Trouser Press criticized the band's attempt to reconcile their protest music with a commercially successful sound. They felt that the band's lyrics were no longer genuine and instead appeared contrived in light of their new, more polished approach.