Reviewer Robert Gordon wrote: "This 'Southern Captain Beefheart' misses, but this Colonel (Ret.)

"[1] A writer for Billboard stated: "Hampton's dadaist vision of rock with duo the Late Bronze Age earned him fans on the outer fringes.

This solo album is more assorted weirdness aimed at listeners from the Beefheart school, and it boasts a strong cast of support players.

"[4] Byron Coley, writing for Spin, called the album "a sweet mom of a thing to hear," and commented: "Like a screwier version of Van Dyke Parks, Hampton delves into all sortsa cultural rootage...

"[5] Swampland's James Calemine remarked: "Colonel Bruce's relentless humor and protean variety place him in the pantheon of American oddball geniuses like Frank Zappa and John Cage.