On May 27, 2009 Norway's biggest newspaper Verdens Gang was the first to review the album giving it hàng đầu, đầu trang score, 6 out of 6. "Alexander Rybak has not only become a ngôi sao in no time, he deserves the status as well", the paper said.
On the same ngày it was revealed that the album had been leaked illegaly on the net.

Norwegian newspaper Dagbladet was less enthused. "Rybak is seducing, but not entirely convincing" their critic stated, giving it 4 out of 6 points.

Aftenposten gave it 5 out of 6 stars, calling Rybak "a complete artist."

Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet, however, caused a stir bởi giving the record merely 1 ngôi sao and hurling epithets like "violin hobbit" and "smurf hits" at the artist.

TV2 in Norway gave the album 4 out of 6 stars, stating that Rybak was "no one-hit-wonder at all".

NRK gave Rybak a good review saying that Rybak was "a good pop composer."

Dagsavisen gave the record 5 points out of 6, exclaiming "the fairy tale continues!"

The radio channel P4 Radio Hele Norge gave the album a rather poor review. Calling it a record for "13 năm old girls and Eurovision enthusiasts" it got 2 stars.

Bergensavisen was impressed bởi the record, especially bởi the album's "personal style", and gave it 5 stars