It's surprising that the newly independent DeVaughn, whose transition to a smaller budget is sonically transparent, doesn't let loose with some freewheeling funk like 'Lose Control.' That said, the throbbing 'Love Connection,' released as a single several months prior to the album, is his best uptempo song, as well as one of his catchiest concoctions. Even when DeVaughn sings 'On the phone saying I love her, but in the bathroom there's another,' as he does on 'Wrong Forever,' it's done as repentance. Andy Kellman of AllMusic gave the album four out of five stars, saying 'No matter how boastful DeVaughn gets, a listener can feel as if she's being addressed directly pretty much all the way through. A Place Called Love Land was met with generally positive reviews from music critics.
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