Editors at AllMusic rated this album 4.5 out of 5 stars, with critic Thom Jurek writing that Sill "was able to sing without artifice, allowing the full weight of her songs to arrive at the listener clearly with enviable restraint" and in terms of this compilation, "the true gift here is the warm, rich, thoroughly remastered sound that should make even fans who have all of Sill's wondrous material seek it out in this format";[1] the site chose this as Best of 2018 in Compilations and Reissues.[2] Jim Wirth of Uncut also rated this compilation 4.5 out of 5 stars, writing of the demos, "even in their unfinished form they are ruggedly perfect".[3]
