The cover photo was taken March 17, 1996 at Ann Kong's Bleach Bottle Pig Farm in Berkeley, California, located at 2072 San Pablo Ave.[5] On October 17, 2023, Mike Park announced that Asian Man Records would reissue 17 Reasons and The Struggle Continues on vinyl, as well as reprinting the band's first official shirt.

[5] [8] Maximumrocknroll gave the album a great review stating that "after a couple of splits, finally a full length from these teenage Gilman faves.

"[9] Aaron Carnes of BrooklynVegan praised the album citing "their incredible horn section and Bustos’ crazy good drumming" and goes on to describe their place in the 90s ska scene.

Conversely, AllMusic's Ari Wiznitzer panned the album, stating that Link 80 mimicked other bands but with considerably less talent.

[10] Wrote the fanzine Teenage Warning, Link 80 played with higher speed and less melody than other contemporary ska punk bands.