Yunupingu's work on "Tribal Voice" was described by Allmusic's Jonathan Lewis, "voice is suited perfectly to [traditional songs, but it is the rock tracks that are the weak links in this disc. Yunupingu is not a particularly good pop singer, and the music is sometimes insipid". Nevertheless both "Treaty" in 1992 and "Djäpana (Sunset Dreaming)" in 1993 charted on the "Billboard" Hot Dance Club Play singles charts, with "Treaty" peaking at No. 6, "Tribal Voice" peaked at No. 3 on the "Billboard" Top World Music Albums chart in 1992. In 1991 "Treaty", co-written by Yunupingu, won the inaugural Song of the Year Award at the APRA Music Awards presented by Australasian Performing Right Association. In May 2001 it was listed in the APRA Top 30 Australian songs of all time.