Critical Reception
| Professional ratings | |
|---|---|
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic | |
| Blender | |
| Entertainment Weekly | C− |
| Rolling Stone | |
The album met with resoundingly negative reviews upon its release. Both Allmusic and Rolling Stone commented that Ray Wilson was a fitting new vocalist for Genesis, but that the album is wholly lacking in good material. Both also commented on the album's odd mix of art rock and pop, saying that it failed to capture any of the likable elements of either genre; Rolling Stone summarized it as "a Mike and the Mechanics artrock album."
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