Editing Liverpool (album) (section)

==Critical reception==
In the 80s and 90s the album received poor critical reception. ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]'' wrote: "Like most of the era's one-hit wonders, the group did make a second album, though God only knows why anyone would want to hear it."<ref name=RS/>

Alex S. Garcia writing 2.5/5 review for [[AllMusic]] considered that "on many accounts, ''Liverpool'' can be considered as an improvement over its predecessor", that being shorter duration and almost the same quality of all songs, and "the production is impeccable ... worth a listen if you like the band or have an interest for 80s music—of which this is not such a bad sample".<ref name="AllMusic"/>

[[Paul Lester]] in BBC review of 2011 reissue noted how "many of the [original] tracks are straight [[hard rock]]/[[metal music|metal]], with the lavish sonics and orchestral pomp typical of the ZTT label dropped on top", and that the reissue is "a superb repackage of what remains one of the great anticlimaxes in pop".<ref name="BBCReview"/> Lester compared the original album to the similar "climb-down" records [[ABC (band)|ABC]]'s ''[[Beauty Stab]]'' (1983) and [[Simple Minds]]' ''[[Sparkle in the Rain]]'' (1984), "those other early-80s albums where the bands in question retreated from studio opulence towards a more 'authentic' approach that proved they could reproduce the music live; that they were Proper Rock Bands."<ref name="BBCReview" />

[[Steve Howe (musician)|Steve Howe]], who played on the album, said in a 2023 interview, "I just was hoping so much that ''Liverpool'' [...] would [...] make a meaningful dent in the [...] success of the band because it was just great."<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JqGRKklDOc | title=Steve Howe: New Yes Album &#124; Topographic Live Tapes &#124; Rick Wakeman's hatred of TFTO &#124; Tormato Album | website=[[YouTube]] }}</ref>