[13] The Chicago Tribune called the Bottle Rockets "the thinking person's hillbilly bar band".

[21] The Village Voice said that the band uses "foursquare riffs and dual-lead lines to kick up some boogie dust in their wake-kinda like Georgia Satellites, but with real grime under their fingernails.

"[22] Stereo Review concluded, "When a roots-rock band's songs start wearing hangdog expressions, the sense of unbridled fun that is the genre's calling card is lost.

"[19] The Independent said that "one of America's very best bar bands return with a darker, denser and generally louder disc, with their biting humour intact.

[16] The Lincoln Journal Star called the Bottle Rockets "America's last great rock 'n' roll band.