Other reviewers were less enthusiastic: Stylus Magazine said, "If you were hoping for something to stand above Hats as a late-night, solitary classic, then High will only get halfway there, because it sounds exactly as you would expect a fourth Blue Nile album to sound. Perhaps their best music has long since been made, but The Blue Nile still do what they do exquisitely well."
Critics were less impressed with "High," stating that it doesn't quite reach the level of a classic late-night listening experience as hoped for. They felt the album sounds like a typical fourth Blue Nile record, and perhaps their best work is already behind them.