The album was performed by original group members Neil Innes, Roger Ruskin Spear, Rodney Slater, 'Legs' Larry Smith, Vernon Dudley Bowhay-Nowell, Martin 'Sam Spoons' Ash, and Bob Kerr, with New Millennium Bonzos Adrian Edmondson, Stephen Fry, and Phill Jupitus.

[citation needed] When compared to the CD from the above package, the CD-only edition omits "Scarlet Ribbons", "Mornington Crescent" and "Sweet Memories".

The Times awarded the album four stars and described it as "rarely less than charming",[1] while The Observer gave it three, calling it "predictable" and "only half amusing".

[2] Record Collector said, "Delicious idiocy through wordplay, Wire People, songs about dead dogs, Old Tige, neurotic gardening, Purple Sprouting Broccoli and a gloriously levelling cover of the Kaiser Chiefs "I Predict A Riot" – it’s all here.

Tiptoeing through the innate silliness, it’s often easy to forget the quality of their playing, which, unlike some of the low-grade gags on offer, is faultless.