According to the review aggregator Metacritic, Midnight Sun received "universal acclaim" based on a weighted average score of 82 out of 100 from 12 critic scores.[5] Will Hermes of Rolling Stone gave the album three and a half stars and said "This is a rock record, no apologies."[7] Al Horner of NME gave it four stars [8]PopMatters described it as "practically dripping of the hippy, dippy late '60s" and called it "a near perfect album."[9]