Joe "King" Carrasco and the Crowns (album)

[5] It was released by Stiff Records (SEEZ 28) on October 10, 1980, in the United Kingdom.

[6] An American version with a different track listing and cover design was released by Hannibal Records (HNBL 1308) around the same time.

Trouser Press wrote that the band's forte "is performing '96 Tears' under a variety of thin guises, all of them delightful ('Let’s Get Pretty', 'Betty’s World', you name it).

"[7] Robert Christgau deemed the album "minimalism with roots, kind of--the irony in these calls to fun is a lot sweeter, a lot surer of its ground, than New Yorkers commonly get away with.

"[3] All listed tracks were composed by Joe "King" Carrasco and Johnny Perez; except where indicated