Soul, Glitter & Sin

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[10]
Alternative Rock	6/10[11]
The Boston Phoenix	[12]
Calgary Herald	A[13]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[14]
The Great Alternative & Indie Discography	5/10[15]

The Los Angeles Times noted, "Every song features endless, mindless and senseless guitar solos. The 10 songs actually sound like one long song with 10 short pauses."^[16] The Guardian praised the "sinister slow blues" and "macabre swamp shimmy".^[9] The Rocket concluded that "they're still rabid around the edges, but Thee Hypnotics have banked the fires that made them initially so attractive."^[17] The Penn said that "the sound is neither riff- nor groove-based... It just kind of bangs and clangs with no direction."^[18] The Blade labeled the band "a horn-metal unit".^[19]

AllMusic called Thee Hypnotics "a great rock band that hasn't locked itself into one modern format".^[10] The Trouser Press Record Guide opined that Soul, Glitter & Sin "drifts into psychedelic lassitude, either heading off in too many directions at once or simply running out of ideas."^[20]