"The country and blues-influenced guitar work that had Clapton salivating is more often than not muted and economical, with little in the way of showboating. The songs themselves, meanwhile, are slow, hushed affairs, evoking memories of Elliott Smith (particularly on Half Asleep) and only sparking into life sporadically, most notably on the unexpectedly unfettered Before It Fell. Heigh Ho is elegantly conceived, but there's little to quicken the pulse here".