Entertainment Weekly (9/29/95, pp.62-63) - "...This is a buoyant, raucous effort, imbued with enough funk, passion, and playfulness to make it more akin to a party--rather than concept--album." - Rating: A- Q (10/95, p.116) - 3 Stars - Good - "...THE GOLD EXPERIENCE is the New Power Generation's finest hour. Whether tightened by their recent touring [or] inspired by their apparently unanimous love of early '70s Sly & The Family Stone...their playing here is never short of excellent..." Vibe (10/95, pp.131-132) - "...THE GOLD EXPERIENCE is a Prince experience par excellence. And yes, I said Prince, no disrespect intended....This is [Symbol's] best complete record since 1987's SIGN 'O' THE TIMES--his best effort since the '90s almost happened without him." Melody Maker (10/14/95, p.38) - "...it's a loose, sprawling suite, wonderfully over-lush, way too much going on....And there's a lot of very, very good [Symbol] here, real hefty glam slamming stuff, pumped up to the trademark levels of absurdity and borderline dodginess....Best album for years..." Village Voice (2/20/96) - Ranked #30 in Village Voice's 1995 Pazz & Jop Critics' Poll. NME (Magazine) (9/23/95, p.49) - 7 (out of 10) - "...THE GOLD EXPERIENCE is Symbol's most consistently enjoyable, fully-rounded album for at least five years....Symbol is at his best here when he cuts the sweet talk and admits that he's got a canoe permanently lodged in his trousers..."