"With only 9 songs, Good Mood Fool makes up for its brevity with vibrant, colorful but occasionally varied tracks. The frequent throwbacks to the `80s can be tiresome and not all of its experiments fully flesh out, like the theatrical, Styx-like harmonies opening "Love Won't Receive". Despite this, Temple is a perfectly capable soul singer with a penchant for luscious hooks, a musician who approaches his influences with an unbridled enthusiasm and almost entirely avoids the cheese and cliché found within them".