According to The Rough Guide to Rock, Slowdive was released "to rapturous applause from the press".[2]
In his retrospective review, Andy Kellman of AllMusic wrote "Slowdive's first release is their weakest effort, but it's still a good cluster of somnambulist soundscapes and inert sonic haze. They were definitely falling toward a mood-over-song structure at this point."[1]