The single "Don't Call Me Dude" makes reference to vaudeville routine "Slowly I Turned", and the intro is a parody of Dion's "Runaround Sue".

[citation needed] The follow-up single "Down With the Ship (Slight Return)" features snippets from a number of classic rock and heavy metal songs, as detailed below.

[3] The album's initial reception was generally positive, with reviews noting the quality of the band's vocals and humorous approach to heavy metal.

[4] The album proved memorable enough for some music writers that it enjoyed continuing retrospective coverage into the 2000s.

[5] Others believe the album demonstrates that the band should hold a more important place in the history of the genre, in spite of the fact that later offerings failed to reach the level of success enjoyed by Here Comes Trouble.