Although he normally dislikes clip shows, Mirkin liked this episode because of the singing and dancing and called the clips "truly wonderful". The authors of the book "I Can't Believe It's a Bigger and Better Updated Unofficial Simpsons Guide", Warren Martyn and Adrian Wood, wrote "for a clips show, it's not bad. The only one missing really is "Dr Zaius" from "A Fish Called Selma". In his book "Planet Simpson", author Chris Turner wrote, "when songs spring up one at a time, you might notice a clever line or two, or the way that they serve the same kind of plot-advancing or energy-generating purposes they do in "Singin' in the Rain" or "Cats", but piled together in ["All Singing, All Dancing"], they amount to a sort of Simpsonian side project: "Springfield: The Musical". And ... it's a very impressive side project at that." The episode was nominated for a 1998 Emmy Award, in the "Music Direction" category. A review of "The Simpsons" season 9 DVD release in the "Daily Post" noted that it includes "super illustrated colour commentaries" on "All Singing, All Dancing" and "Lost Our Lisa". Isaac Mitchell-Frey of the "Herald Sun" cited the episode as a "low moment" of the season, noting it "recycles parts of previous episodes".