CMJ: Love and Hope and Sex and Dreams - CMJ review: "they also write some of the most addicting songs we've heard-the hooks sink in immediately and stick." - http://www.cmj.com/articles/display_article.php?id=10557
Rolling Stone: Love and Hope and Sex and Dreams - Jimmy Guterman's review: "Though there are minor problems...the joys of this tough music makes such criticisms seem petty." - http://www.rollingstone.com/recordings/review.asp?aid=56015&cf=183
AMG All Music Guide: Love and Hope and Sex and Dreams - William Ruhlmann's review: "Much of the album was slight, but there was enough of an individual sound to the better material to think of the BoDeans as a band of considerable promise." 4 1/2 stars. - http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=A1zjqoa8abijr