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Upon release, the album received generally positive reviews. ''[[Dork (magazine)|Dork]]'' writer Martyn Young called the album "short, sharp and direct".<ref name="young1"/> He called Cameron a rising star, noting that the album "leaves you tantalisingly, and wanting more from an artist on the precipice of pop glory".<ref name="young1"/> ''[[Washington Square News]]'' writer Eleanor Jacobs also praised the album's songwriting although she noted some criticism for the tracklist, feeling that "the emotional arrangement feels too intentional to create any ongoing narrative within the tracklist, but is perhaps meant to establish a divide between the artist's past and present".<ref name="washington1">{{Cite web|url=https://nyunews.com/arts/music/10/08/dove-cameron-alchemical-review/|title=Review: Dove Cameron’s 'Alchemical: Volume 1' and the relationship between love and change|accessdate=March 24, 2024|website=Washington Square News|date=December 8, 2023|last=Jacobs|first=Eleanor}}</ref> She called the album "rife with reminiscence as well as a longing for healing and conclusion".<ref name="washington1"/>
 
''[[The Statesman (Stony Brook)|The Statesman]]'' writer Clare Gehlich gave the album high praise and felt it was "a culmination of Cameron writing music to process and express the trauma tied to her past relationships with moments of self-discovery".<ref name="states1">{{Cite web|url=https://sbstatesman.com/123706/arts/dove-cameron-shines-in-all-of-her-gothic-pop-glory-with-debut-album-alchemical-volume-1/|title=Dove Cameron shines in all of her gothic-pop glory with debut album "Alchemical: Volume 1"|accessdate=March 24, 2024|website=The Statesman|last=Gehlich|first=Clare|date=December 17, 2023}}</ref> ''[[The Guardian]]'' wrtierwriter Michael Cragg gave the album three stars, and compared Cameron to [[Billie Eilish]] and [[Lana Del Rey]].<ref name="theguard2"/><ref name="theguard1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/dec/03/dove-cameron-alchemical-volume-1-review-high-camp-dark-edged-pop|title=Dove Cameron: Alchemical: Volume 1 review – high-camp, dark-edged pop|accessdate=March 24, 2024|website=The Guardian|date=December 3, 2023|last=Cragg|first=Michael}}</ref> Contrastingly, another writer for the same newspaper felt the album fell flat calling it a "failed experiment".<ref name="theguard2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/dec/01/dove-cameron-alchemical-volume-1-review|title=Dove Cameron: Alchemical: Volume 1 review – former Disney star’s goth-pop bid falls flat|accessdate=March 24, 2024|website=The Guardian|first=Shaad|last=D'Souza|date=December 1, 2023}}</ref> He called Cameron a "black sheep" amongst [[Disney]]-turned-[[Pop icon|popstars]] [[Olivia Rodrigo]] and [[Sabrina Carpenter]], critiquing the album's production.<ref name="theguard2"/>
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