"...While Mournful Cries may be another easily overlooked album in Saint Vitus’s classic run, it might secretly be their strongest effort. The band’s chemistry is at its peak here, exhibiting a full production job and feeling more balanced than before. The songs might not have the iconic status of something like “Born Too Late,” but they are all excellently written with the brief overall length somehow working with the slow but tight pace. It’s hardly underrated but I think it could stand to be less overlooked."  

- Twisted_Psychology, metal-archives.com