Editing Hand On the Torch (section)

==Critical reception==
{{Album ratings
| rev1      = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name=allmusic>{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r191393}}</ref>
| rev2      = [[Robert Christgau]]
| rev2score = {{Rating-Christgau|cut}}<ref>{{cite web|first=Robert|last=Christgau|url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=us3|title=Us3|website=Robert Christgau|date=|access-date=7 January 2023|author-link=Robert Christgau}}</ref>
| rev3      = ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''
| rev3score = A<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Hajdu |first=David |author-link=David Hajdu |date=14 January 1994 |title=Hand on the Torch |url=https://ew.com/article/1994/01/14/hand-torch/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151118044322/http://www.ew.com/article/1994/01/14/hand-torch |archive-date=18 November 2015 |access-date=19 January 2022 |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |language=en}}</ref>
| rev4      = ''[[Music Week]]'' <small>(1993)</small>
| rev4score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Alan|last=Jones|title=Market Preview: Mainstream - Albums|work=[[Music Week]]|date=17 July 1993|page=7|accessdate=30 January 2023|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1993/Music-Week-1993-07-17.pdf}}</ref>
| rev5      = ''[[Music Week]]'' <small>(1994)</small>
| rev5score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Alan|last=Jones|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1994/Music-Week-1994-06-04.pdf|title=Market Preview: Mainstream - Albums|magazine=[[Music Week]]|date=4 June 1994|page=13|access-date=18 May 2025}}</ref>
| rev6      = ''[[The Observer]]''
| rev6score = (favorable)<ref>[[Neil Spencer|Spencer, Neil]] (11 July 1993). "Pop Releases". ''[[The Observer]]''.</ref>
| rev7      = ''[[Orlando Sentinel]]''
| rev7score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>Gettelman, Parry (4 February 1994). "US3". ''[[Orlando Sentinel]]''.</ref>
| rev8      = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
| rev8score = {{Rating|2|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/us3/albums/album/283686/review/5943096/hand_on_the_torch |title=Us3: Hand on the Torch : Music Reviews : Rolling Stone |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |access-date=29 August 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090501071046/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/us3/albums/album/283686/review/5943096/hand_on_the_torch |archive-date=1 May 2009 }}</ref>
| rev9      = ''[[Select (magazine)|Select]]''
| rev9score = {{rating|3|5|full=U+25A0.svg|empty=U+25A1.svg|rating=medal}}<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Adam|last=Higginbotham|url=https://selectmagazinescans.monkeon.co.uk/showpage.php?file=wp-content/uploads/2013/03/albums2.jpg|title=New Albums|work=[[Select (magazine)|Select]]|date=August 1993|page=103|access-date=1 January 2025|author-link=Adam Higginbotham}}</ref>
}}
''[[The Boston Globe]]'' listed ''Hand on the Torch'' among the best albums of 1993, writing: "Of all the CDs exploring the hybrid of rap, hip-hop and jazz, none hit the target the way this one did."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Saunders |first1=Michael |title=The Year's Top Ten Recordings |work=The Boston Globe |date=Dec 16, 1993 |department=Calendar |page=21}}</ref>

In 2016, the [[Music journalism|musical publication]] ''[[MusicRadar]]'' labeled the release a "hip-hop tour de force".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.musicradar.com/news/tech/classic-album-geoff-wilkinson-on-us3s-hand-on-the-torch-640876|title=Classic album: Geoff Wilkinson on Us3's Hand On The Torch|accessdate=December 30, 2022|date=August 1, 2016|publisher=[[MusicRadar]]}}</ref>