Greg Kot of the Chicago Tribune said the band's new members lacked "personality", while NME magazine dismissed the new line-up as "an above-average pub-rock band". Charlotte Robinson from PopMatters was confounded by the songwriting and described the album as "an odd little number perched somewhere between being embarrassing Dolls-by-numbers and true to the original band's memory".
Greg Kot of the Chicago Tribune said the band's new members lacked "personality", while NME magazine dismissed the new line-up as "an above-average pub-rock band". Charlotte Robinson from PopMatters was confounded by the songwriting and described the album as "an odd little number perched somewhere between being embarrassing Dolls-by-numbers and true to the original band's memory".