[1] An extended, Dylanesque strophic form accompanied only by Harper's guitar ("how the sea she roars with laughter/And howls with the dancing wind/To see my two feet standing here/questioning") suddenly segues, after over ten minutes, first into a brief, new and quieter theme and then into a full-band coda.

The searing falsetto of "She's the One" makes for one of Harper's most intense and moving recordings[citation needed] as manic guitar-strumming accompanies his scornful upbraiding of an acquaintance for his self-pitying insensitivity to a "wonderful wife" whom the singer sees and apparently loves as "a very beautiful young woman".

"Exercising Some Control" and "Manana" may be numbered among Harper's light-hearted crowd-pleasing songs, while "In the Time of Water" and the Incredible String Bandish "Composer of Life" are more experimental, the former featuring the sound of water and Harper's sitar.

The opening "Sergeant Sunshine" features the voice of Jane Scrivener[2] while other contributing musicians include Nicky Hopkins, Ron Geesin, "Russ" on bass guitar and drummer Clem Cattini.

Richie Unterberger reviewing for Allmusic 40 years later noted "influences such as Bob Dylan, Bert Jansch, Donovan, and possibly Al Stewart" and praised Harper's "uniformly excellent" guitar work but criticised Folkjokeopus for being "sprawling and unwieldy".