[4] A new version of the album was released in 2016 with a different tracklisting, adding tracks by artists such as Alan Vega, Chain Gang and Implog.

[3] Andy Kellman of AllMusic praised the album, stating that "Compilations like this are necessary because they document bygone fragments of time and keep them alive for younger generations.

"[1] Andy Beta of Pitchfork Media praised the album, but compared it to a previous similar compilation by Soul Jazz, In the Beginning There Was Rhythm, stating that "It's long-winded at seventy-one minutes, as most Soul Jazz overviews tend to stay concise (their post-punk counterpart from the UK, In the Beginning was Rhythm, was a half-hour shorter), but trying to assimilate all the important foundations that arose out of this particular lot of ground is near impossible.

From hip-hop to no-wave, jazz-punk disco to house music to electroclash, sleek funk to crusty noise, there's a lot to cover, and Soul Jazz does the job admirably, touring the biggest landmarks and some of the interesting diversions not on the map, but nonetheless co-existing side by side.

[3] Uncut gave the album a negative review, declaring that the "vast majority of it still sounds like what it was: cerebral, bloodless 'dance' music for junkies, the kind of posturing Gotham tripe we used to describe as "atonal" and "angular.