[4] Joe Franco's drumming was influenced primarily by Tony Williams and Carmine Appice.

"[9] The Morning News labeled it "solid, blues-based hard rock from a Zappa-like group.

"[3] Chuck Eddy, in Terminated for Reasons of Taste, wrote: "Heavier than I would have guessed, and more lyrically and structurally eccentric ... than I figured from supposed bar-band hacks, with sonic influences running the gamut from doo-wop to prog to maybe even punk.

"[11] Noting a 1993 reissue, Newsday deemed Good Rats "the tri-state area's greatest bar band.

"[12] The Encyclopedia of Popular Music considered it Good Rats' best album.