The 1992 edition of the "Rolling Stone Album Guide" gave the album three and half stars out of five: "Set in the richly synthesized mode of "Avalon", Ferry's sixth album envelopes the listener in emotional subtleties and sonic nuance. Then it's over like a pleasant dream. "Boys and Girls" could stand a couple of more tunes along the memorable lines of "Slave to Love" or "Don't Stop the Dance." The 2004 "New Rolling Stone Album Guide" repeated the three-and-a-half star rating; ""Boys and Girls", his first solo album after Roxy Music broke up, was his disco-friendly bid for solo stardom, and while it's too fluffy, it does have one of his greatest love songs ever, the hypnotic slow-dance "Slave to Love."