"...Nothing Like the Sun" was praised by many critics. In a review for "Rolling Stone", Anthony DeCurtis wrote: ""...Nothing Like the Sun" represents impressive growth for Sting. His voice is rich, grainy and more mature; his ideas are gaining in complexity; and musically he is stretching without straining. His mistress's eyes may be nothing like the sun, but on this fine new album Sting's intrepid talent shines on brightly." In 1989, the album was ranked number 90 on "Rolling Stone"s list of the "100 Best Albums of the Eighties".