NME gave it 2/5 stars[further explanation needed].[1]
While The Quietus said "Particularly when played loud, bringing to the fore the full guttural impact of Sharkey’s phenomenal guitar playing, ‘Living With A Tiger’ is a triumph, and certainly mauls and makes a mockery of the "avant garde for people who don’t like the avant garde" tag with which the band is sometimes lumbered."[2]