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"Like most such facile categorizing, 'child prodigy' usually ends up being a dead end rather than a means to explore the subject at hand. In the case of Joey Alexander, it's a disservice precisely because it's so restrictive: if he proves anything on his second album, it is that he will not be confined ... The moments he makes the deepest impression(s) are those within Charlie Chaplin's "Smile." Here the young man evinces an emotional depth far beyond his years and therein lies the source of his nascent genius".

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"Som nogle vil huske, slog [Alexander] for et par år siden sine folder på The Standard i København, og nu er han med sin - ret beset naturstridige - musikalske modenhed blevet et verdensnavn ... [Titelnummeret] er et John Coltrane-uptempo-værk, som vidunderbarnet tager under kærlig behandling, og det gør han da også ganske imponerende, blandt andet i kraft af en aldeles fantasifuld og sprudlende uakkompagneret sekvens. Alt i alt rummer albummet en god gang regulær klaver-bas-trommer-trio-jazz med en pæn blanding af pianistens egne værker og klassikere, herunder Thelonious Monks »Criss Cross« og Herbie Hancocks »Maiden Voyage«. Sidstnævne, som varer næsten 12 minutter, bliver desværre spoleret af en gæstesolist. Det er den lidt for velrenommerede saxofonist Chris Potter, der på sin sopransaxofon affyrer alskens intetsigende tonekaskader. Det er et indslag, der er værd at springe over".

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"Pretend you know nothing about Joey Alexander. Forget for a moment that you probably have sneakers older than him. While it might be impossible to set aside what you already know about this 13-year-old pianist after the wave of publicity that accompanied his Grammy-nominated debut recording, it's worth your time to open your ears and listen ... Following his journey as he matures, develops his own signatures and expands his repertoire promises to be as fulfilling as it was to watch Peterson, Williams and other phenoms in their prime".