Rolling Stone - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "'Amanda Jane' is a modified bossa nova with pedal steel. Ellis' sly, unsparing wit still defines the music..."
Spin - "Anchored by Ellis' nimble tenor, virtuosic guitar playing, and knack for turning a phrase, ROBERT ELLIS takes listeners on the entire painful journey of a relationship's end..."
Uncut - "[T]his is essentially a great pop album. Both 'Perfect Strangers' and the burnished 'California' sound like the sort of bittersweet entreaties that might have come from the pen of Dwight Twilley in his '70s prime..."
Rovi