However, the album did receive some criticism, mostly pertaining to its lavish and decadent style. "Blender"'s RJ Smith called Wainwright's "carnival-esque piano playing... so thick, the music all but drowns in pretty surfaces". "The Independent" mostly complimented "Want One", though its review revealed a preference for the simpler tracks like "Want" and "Dinner at Eight", "when it's just him and his piano". The review also criticized "Movies of Myself", describing the song as having "plaintive vocals jar against stadium-rock guitars and dubious Eighties keyboards". Contrastingly, "Pitchfork"s review singles out "Vibrate", "Natasha", "Pretty Things", and "Want" for being "simply too sparse to offer any real substance".