Hobo Humpin' Slobo Babe
"[3] Larry Flick from Billboard wrote, "Enigmatic trio from Stockholm, Sweden, comes on like a frantic hybrid of Björk, the Beastie Boys, and Onyx on this concoction of wailing guitars, live hip-hop beats, male gang chants, and jiggly female warbling.[6] A reviewer from Gavin Report felt it "have a sound that's a bit like The Sugarcubes meet the Red Hot Chili Peppers—unusual female vocals, solid beats and heavy on the funk.[9] Taylor Parkes from Melody Maker named it Single of the Week, praising it as "staggering, a big funky-assed killmonster bellowing for the indescribable, answered back with the echoed yelps of an angel in a spacesuit"."[15] James Hunter from Rolling Stone said, "That single, a roar of uprooted funk and hoarse cheerleading, had people all over the world wondering just who the hell Whale were – perhaps a band that sounded like it should have its own jersey?"[16] David Sinclair from The Times commented, "An enigmatic slogan which quickly turns into a riotous yobs' chorus, "Hobo Humpin Slobo Babe" is a concentrated burst of meaningless frivolity swept along by a modish hip-hop beat and Berg's ludicrously echoed vocals.[19] Dave Jennings from Melody Maker remarked singer Cia Berg, "who hams up the role of the nymphet in the video, and gets to inspect a line of anonymous hunks in short silver skirts".[3] Leo Finley from Music Week commented, "They were the Swedish outfit with the shapely female lead singer baring her teeth braces to the world while the boys behind her showed off their Y-fronts."[22] Sacha Jenkins from Vibe wrote, "I can remember a time, about a year ago, when my local request-a-video station was blazing–over and over again–with the mindlessly juvenily escapades of this naive looking, lusty, churning chanteuse, and these two dudes who jumped up and down around her like they were playing some frantic game of one-on-one, with the girl's head serving as rim and back-board.