Samantha Fox was never a favorite of rock critics, and British journalists have been especially unkind. As a rule, critics tend to favor artists they feel are challenging or provocative on some level; that's why　Bruce Springsteen,U2,Public Enemy,Ani DiFranco, andthe Clash have been critics'　favorites, and it's why artists they see as unchallenging (such as　Bon Jovi,Celine Dion, and Kylie Minogue) have received a lot of negative reviews. As '80s and '90s rock critics saw it, Fox was nothing more than a Barbie doll who made a fortune by exploiting sex and putting out commercial fluff that lacked substance.