[2] When asked about the inspiration behind the track, Keeper of the Keys, Brewer replied that, "The Lord of The Rings trilogy was really big at the time", and there was also a "little political commentary", because of the Civil Rights movement and the Vietnam War.

[7] Barney Glazer wrote in the Anaheim Bulletin, that the duo "draws from the seeds of grass roots folk and applied their progressive spirits to provide music strong in honestly and style and direct in its communication".

[8] Wayne Harada said in The Honolulu Advertiser, that the album "introduces a duo who not only sing, but compose what is sophisticated folk-rock with a twist of pop".

[9] Richie Unterberger from AllMusic said that their "first album was gentle late-'60s folk-rock with touches of pop and country", and that "it's pleasant but on the bland side, bearing some superficial resemblances to early Simon & Garfunkel in the duo's vocal harmonies".

[4] Upon its reissue in 2012, Luke Torn wrote in Uncut, that the album " was instantly forgotten upon release, but ... the duo's dazzling vocal arrangements - intricate, soulful, brotherly - coincide with a pristine studio effort to startling effect".