The album is a blend of Henry Cow's avant-garde music and Slapp Happy's nostalgic pop,[1] and the success of this collaboration led to the two bands merging and recording In Praise of Learning in 1975.

[7] "Some Questions About Hats" reminded Mills of Kurt Weill, while Blegvad's "Strayed" sounded like Kevin Ayers art rock.

[7] Reviewing the album at Pitchfork Media, Dominique Leone felt that even though Henry Cow features prominently in the recording's baroque sound, it is Moore and Blegvad's songs that "steal the show".

[8] They use "delicate" instruments – "soft" piano, brushed cymbals, violin, clarinet – and are closer to Weill and art song than contemporary pop music.

Erskine stated that the music is "jagged, angular and at time (deliberately) grotesque – not the kind of thing you have humming softly in the background whilst doing the ironing.