You and Your Sister (album)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[11]
Chicago Tribune	[12]
Robert Christgau	B+[13]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[1]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide	[14]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[15]
Spin Alternative Record Guide	9/10[16]
The Tampa Tribune	[17]

Robert Christgau wrote: "These guys make much more than you expect out of what first sounds like almost nothing--just tuneful enough to warrant play two, their mild jangle gains sweetness and kick as your faith increases."^[13] The Chicago Tribune thought that "all of it—even the rhythmically powerful songs—is somehow quiet; it`s the dreamy, heart-tugging stuff that drifts in from another room late at night."^[12] Greil Marcus, in The Village Voice, called the songs "very '50s in their casualness, present-day in their insistence on doubt."^[18] The Boston Globe said that "the band creates its own, often lethargic sound that, after a half-dozen listens, makes perfect sense."^[19]

AllMusic wrote that "a dozen near-perfect roots pop tunes ... address simple concerns, like driving and changing the world all around, to a steady four-four beat that just about accomplishes that latter feat with only the occasional syncopated accent."^[11] The New Yorker thought that "the sound in general was what you’d call 'organic'—you could basically hear the guitars being strummed, the drums occasionally snapped, the almost-resigned naturalness of the lead singer’s voice, the plaintiveness of the melodies."^[20]