“Just for a Day combines the somberness of pre-pop star Cure with Fleetwood Mac circa 1971’s Future Games, and is airily delicious.” - Entertainment Weekly
“Just for a Day is Slowdive’s first album; when one listens to the magnificent sound of Souvlaki or the brilliant experimentation of Pygmalion, it becomes clear that Just for a Day was only a step toward the greatness they would later achieve. But the album as a whole must have sounded wonderful before anyone knew what great things the band was capable of.” - Nitsuh Abebe, AllMusic