A BBC review called it "beautifully fragile, remarkably melodic and enticingly charming". It is much sought after for its enticingly scented fruit that it bears underground. Human received critical acclaim and was described by "Clash" as "sumptuous, enticingly beautiful". Jason Birchmeier of AllMusic described it as "overwrought, yet enticingly so". He describes the track as "an enticingly downbeat opener" for "Beatles for Sale".