Music for Babies

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[9]
Robert Christgau	D[10]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[1]
The Guardian	[11]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide	[12]
Muzik	[13]

The Irish Times wrote that "the opening two tracks, beatless and bereft of rhythm, are gorgeous examples of extra chilled head music."^[14] The Guardian called the album "superb," writing that it "is imbued throughout with a funky, chilled-out ambience."^[11]

The Independent determined that the album "may well provide a softly comforting soundtrack to his new daughter's life, but the slowly modulated electronic tones and textures of Howie B's album struggle to offer any more substantial value."^[15] Robert Christgau concluded that the musician "takes the aimless vapidity of ambient another step toward total stasis."^[10]

AllMusic wrote that, "though Music for Babies is one step ahead of most fill-in-the-dots trip-hop, its sleepy mood is a bit too infantile."^[9] The Sunday Times deemed it "sweet but overrated."^[16]