Sweeney said the album "clears up the mess" from Minogue's first releases by "letting natural charisma and underrated voice" shine. He commended the producers for "[taking a big step in the right direction" and rated the album higher than any of her other PWL albums. By contrast, Harrison criticized her collaborations with other producers as "useless" but noted there were steps to "reposition in the teen pop queen market". It was one of three of Minogue's studio albums to receive a four-star rating from British writer Colin Larkin in the "Encyclopedia of Popular Music" (2011) beside "Light Years" (2000) and "Fever" (2001), with him classifying it as "high standard".