The 40th anniversary release prompted several more reviews, with David Chiu of "The Quietus" calling it "a work that had swagger and attitude," while "Loudersound" wrote that "Despite damping down their instincts so punks wouldn’t spit at them, they still sound like flamboyance has burst through the wall, riding a Harley and wearing a tiara." Several publications have hailed it as the one of the band's greatest albums. "NME" ranked it as the best Queen album, describing it as "their sharpest, surest set", while Christopher Thelen of the "Daily Vault" praised it for being "the best mixture of musical styles they had ever achieved" and Queen's "creative peak."