Writing for "Rolling Stone" in 2002, Mikal Gilmore described "Wonderwall Music" as "a soundtrack to a rarely seen film, though Harrison's music was inventive and the album remains among his best works". In the 2004 edition of "The Rolling Stone Album Guide", however, Mac Randall gave the release two-and-a-half stars (out of five) and grouped it with "Electronic Sound" as being "interesting, though only for established fans". In a 2011 assessment for "Mojo", John Harris said it was "As subtly inventive as you'd expect, though hardly compulsory." In February 2011, the website Death and Taxes similarly identified the album as one of Harrison's two "Forgotten Solo Gems", along with "Electronic Sound". "New Zealand Herald" critic Graham Reid considers "Dream Scene" to be "by far the most psychedelic and out-there piece by any Beatle to that time", adding that "towards the end you can almost anticipate Lennon's Revolution 9 coming in." Reid describes the album as, variously, "peculiar and terrific" and "one of the most interesting and courageously different of [Harrison's solo albums". In a review for "Uncut"s "Ultimate Music Guide" issue on Harrison, Jon Dale describes "Wonderwall Music" as "a beguiling, charming snapshot of a moment in time". He says that, in response to the soundtrack restrictions, Harrison skilfully abbreviates the Indian raga form, "somehow capturing an essence, and condensing it to the fleeting, the elemental", while similarly presenting Western experimentalism "cloaked in a velvet glove". Leng praises "Dream Scene" in particular, describing it as a "musical acid trip" that "rivals anything on "Sgt. Pepper" for sheer freak-out effect".