Rolling Stone Australia called "Cheap Wine", "a wonderful song with a soulful verse and a boogie chorus which sounds momentarily like early Faces." RAM said, "All of Cold Chisel's abilities and image fused into superb rock song. The lovely verse melody over rolling piano, solid chugging chords, one of the best bridges since Dragon's "April Sun in Cuba"... and lyrics for anyone who has looked back through a wine glass darkly."
