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At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 60% based on 11 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews".
Tim O'Neil of PopMatters gave the album 4 stars out of 10, saying: "It's an interesting album, just not interesting in a way that particularly compels me to listen to it again." Noah Levine of URB gave the album 4 stars out of 5, saying: "The developed avant-jazz compositions stand out just fine, but with all their consequential underpinnings, Herbert and the band are swinging on all levels."
MusicOMH placed it at number 38 on the "Top 50 Best Albums of 2008" list.