In December 1999, "The A.V. Club"'s Stephen Thompson listed "Boggy Depot" as a nominee for Least Essential Solo Album in his article "Least Essential Albums of the '90s." In April 2002, Thompson gave the album a mixed review, commending "My Song" and "Between" as the best tracks while regarding "Dickeye" and "Devil By His Side" as "pedestrian." He elaborated on the overall sound as "too much [...] like Alice in Chains minus a recognizable vocalist; in other words, a little bit like Creed and Days of the New." Thompson compared it to Scott Weiland's "12 Bar Blues" as another "bad post-grunge solo album."