On AllMusic William Rhulmann said, "The obvious difference between this lineup and the previous ones was in the changed arrangements due to the different instrumentation. Leavell covered for Gregg Allman on keyboards when he picked up a guitar, as on "Wasted Words", but much of the time this version of the Allmans was a two-keyboard/one-guitar unit rather than the two-guitar/one-keyboard configuration of Duane Allman's time.... Guitarist Dickey Betts had turned to slide work in emulation of Duane Allman, and he was highly proficient, but the twin-guitar lines of old were gone, and the improvisational sections took a jazzier turn."[1]
In All About Jazz Doug Collette wrote, "Gregg's laid-back "Wasted Words" features Dickey Betts playing slide: rather than make any attempt to match the reckless abandon of the late Duane Allman's style, his leisurely approach sounds like nothing so much as the country-blues instrument, the dobro.... Brought into the band after playing on Gregg's solo album, Leavell transformed the sound of ABB in a number of ways with his versatile playing and improvisational ingenuity.... The rhythm section, however, may be the real star of Nassau 5-1-73."[2]
