Don't Point Your Finger

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Classic Rock	[10]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[11]
Omaha World-Herald	[12]
Rolling Stone	[13]

In its syndicated newspaper column, Rolling Stone likened the band to a "British J. Geils" and noted that "like most white blues units, Nine Below Zero lacks a really exceptional vocalist".^[13] The New Standard compared Nine Below Zero to "John Mayall and early Fleetwood Mac".^[14] The Liverpool Echo opined that Mark Feltham "is one of the best harp players to emerge in the last decade".^[15] The Cambridge Evening News noted that the band put "a 1981 stamp on blues classics ... without using straight imitation."^[16] The Telegraph & Argus concluded that "the lyrics are the weak points".^[17] The Swindon Advertiser praised the "hard, fast and earthy" R&B.^[18]

The Trouser Press Record Guide considered Don't Point Your Finger to be a "transitional album" and opined that the songs "sound authentically old".^[19] AllMusic said, "Nine Below Zero show themselves as sharp players with plenty of hooks up their sleeves. Stix Burkey and Peter Clark whack out a disciplined rhythm attack without fussiness or flourishes, leaving the interplay to singer/harpist Mark Feltham and the main songwriter, lead guitarist Dennis 'The Menace' Greaves. Greaves' tunes successfully execute '60s R&B toughness, yet are updated enough to grace a teen scooter fanatic's good books."^[1] Classic Rock stated that Johns "gave the band a muscular sound retaining much of the rawness of their live shows."^[10]