In a list for "The Quietus", Pauline Black of The Selecter named "The Raw & the Cooked" as one of her 13 favourite albums ever. At the time of the album's release, she had "given up on music" and turned to acting, but said the album renewed her faith in music and inspired her to reform The Selecter, saying "When I heard the album, I wished I'd done it myself. They were messing around with Tamla and soul and creating their own sound with it. Andy Cox said it was 30 years of pop music condensed into 30 minutes and that’s what it was; everything that had influenced me all wrapped up and repackaged. It renewed my faith in music."