"Romance" was credited by music critics to have renewed mainstream interest in bolero music. According to "Chicago Tribune" editor Monica Eng, "Just as Harry Connick, Jr. re-popularized the sounds of Sinatra and Tony Bennett, Mexican platinum-selling heartthrob Luis Miguel brought back an appreciation for the music of Mexico's boleristas." In "The Wall Street Journal", Mary Talbot compared renewed interest in boleros to the revival of big band and swing music in the Anglo-American market, previously dominated by rock music (which had seized bolero's popularity during the 1960s). Elena Kellner of the "Los Angeles Times" noted the album's "introducing old favorites to younger audiences" while Achy Obejas of the "Chicago Tribune" documented Miguel's popularity with older listeners. In "Latin Beat Magazine", Franz Reynold wrote that before Miguel, boleros were considered by young people the "music of the ancients, something to be feared, since it seemed to signal the advent of senility". Mark Holston wrote in "Américas" magazine that the record's "irresistible combination of classic songs, string-laden arrangements, and subtle contemporary influences proved to be the perfect formula to reawaken the bolero's slumbering passions once again."