Allmusic's Scott Yanowgives the album four and a half stars and describes it as an "excellentstraight-ahead quintet set" and "high-quality hard bop".
The Penguin Guide toJazz rates the album three and a half stars and describes Land as an"underrated composer with a deep feeling for the blues" and statesthat The Fox, "tricky and fugitive as much of it is, must be thought hisfinest moment".