Rolling Stone (9/2/99, pp.107-8) - 3 stars (out of 5) - "...it's an album that finds [Filter] in transition...and at a crossroads of modern rock, wiring industrial not only into grunge but also folk, world beat and psychadelia..."
Entertainment Weekly (8/20-27/99, p.128) - "...Make no mistake, Filter are still derivative, but their attention to melody and craft is refreshing." - Rating: B
Q (9/99, p.106) - 4 stars (out of 5) - "...[It] is the sound of [Richard] Patrick ditching his past and finding his own style, a mixture of hazy FM vocals, corrosive guitars, psychedelic loops, restrained NIN-otronics and mud-hurling lyrics about a failed relationship..."
Alternative Press (9/99, p.89) - 4 out of 5 - "...gloriously dysfunctional...and nerve-damaged...if TITLE OF RECORD sounds fragile and primal, geeky and dangerous, loving and loathing, it's because art imitates life."
Mojo (Publisher) (9/99, p.109) - "...if you shou;d ever feel the twitch of an air-solo in your fingertips, check this out. As brain-mashingly heavy as you'd expect from an escapeee from industrial champs NIN..."
Rovi