The compilation album was met with mostly positive critical reviews, and it managed to chart on the Billboard 200 at number 198.

[1][3] "Money for Nothing/Beverly Hillbillies*" was culled from the 1989 album UHF – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack and Other Stuff.

[1][4] "Smells Like Nirvana", "Polka Your Eyes Out", and "You Don't Love Me Anymore" were taken from Yankovic's 1992 album Off the Deep End.

[8] Roch Parisien of AllMusic noted, "Sure, he can be corny, but when "Weird Al" Yankovic hits the target, he can also be one pointed satirist."

He highlighted "Smells Like Nirvana", "Headline News", and "Jurassic Park" as stand-outs, calling them "rib-ticklers".