The 2000 release Please No Talking demonstrated Tim Lawson's continued growth as an artist, and elicited more rapturous reviews from fans and critics alike.

Irish journalist Lee Mac wrote that "Lawson is a poet, songwriter, singer, a man with a message and the lyrics to make it happen."

The Sunday World's Eddie Rowley praised "a passion that sweeps the listener along," and concert dates in Europe were received with equal fervor.