[3] Alligator licensed the album in the hope that label head Bruce Iglauer could produce the follow-up.

[10] Chenier made more use of horns than on previous albums, due to his dialysis treatments weakening his accordion playing.

the "first record I've ever heard hot enough to convince me that all those wild tales about the accordion man weren't so much pepper sauce.

"[13] The Journal News deemed it "first class zydeco," writing that Chenier "sings with more gusto and his band sounds tighter" on record.

[17] The Philadelphia Inquirer praised "the funkiest accordion you'll ever hear" and labeled the disc a "prime party album.