The Bay State Banner determined that "Smokey is content to master today's wah-wah-ing and orchestral perfumery, as his production stretches the music so thin it nearly breaks: soloists' one-notes stand as alone as Smokey's voice."[4] In 2011, The New Yorker wrote: "The record has uncomfortable duds, like 'Shoe Soul', which takes a pedestrian pun to absurd lengths, but also songs like 'Daylight and Darkness', which poses a number of increasingly pointed questions about a lover's mood swings. The music is smooth, easy listening unless you're really listening."[5]
Track listing
Side one
"Why You Wanna See My Bad Side" (Smokey Robinson, Janie Bradford) - (3:45)
"Love So Fine" (Smokey Robinson) - (4:34)
"Feeling You, Feeling Me" (Homer Talbert, Jerry Butler) - (3:52)
"Madam X" (words: Smokey Robinson; music: Marv Tarplin) - (6:28)