Rockezine highlighted the noisiness and intensity of the album, writing: "The Drones overdrive their amps to a ridiculous level, strum their strings the hard way and beat the drums in a way unheard-of.

Big city blues, although some call it noise [...] The sound [sways] between a chorus of dissonance and numerous tactical silences, only to emphasize the music even more."

The music was compared to The Immortal Lee County Killers in its use of "filthy blues to scare the purists away.

[3] Sydney Morning Herald wrote that the album was "designed to be almost unlistenable from start to finish.

[8] AllMusic wrote that the album "is now regarded as an Aussie garage band classic in the same way that recordings by Scientists, Lime Spiders, the Saints, Beasts of Bourbon, Died Pretty (Free Dirt), and even Radio Birdman have been heralded.