[17] The Austin American-Statesman wrote that Anderson's songs "are the album's strongest, and they provide a necessary balance for Adams' incorrigible whimsy, which occasionally infects the material with an incurable case of the cutes.

"[25] The Los Angeles Times noted that, "if overall the album lacks the seamless wonder of its predecessor, Wild Weekend, it's only because the band's laudable willingness to experiment inevitably produces some failures.

"[27] The Orlando Sentinel determined that "the production has a lustrous sheen, but the arrangements are full of striking and unusual details.

"[20] The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette called the album "infectious, foot-stomping music... And the quirkiness reflected in the disc's title is found throughout.

"[21] The Gazette stated that "NRBQ is virtually alone in expressing the sense of wonder at the heart of great pop, a band putting effortless complexity and more chops than the lumberjack union at the service of throwaway, top-down summer-breeze toons.