The original white label release of "All You Need Is Love" was made "single of the week" in "Sounds" magazine, who announced that The JAMs had "produced the first single to capture realistically the musical and social climate of 1987". Calling the result "a seething terror ridden pulp", "Sounds" elaborated: "How have JAMs produced a record more powerful than Lydon/Bambaataa's "World Destruction" without laying a finger on a synthesiser or guitar? THEFT! By stealing all the various beats, noises and sounds they've wanted, and building it into their own stunning audio collage, JAMs are making a direct assault on the way records are put together."