To promote the album, two songs were used in film soundtracks: "Nothin' for You" in The Return of the Living Dead (1985) and "Revenge" in Dangerously Close (1986).

[3][4][5] Prior to the album's release, the song "Nothin' for You" was used in the soundtrack for the 1985 horror film The Return of the Living Dead.

Although a couple of up-tempo tunes prove that the band can still muster blasts of raw punk power, [Ron] Emory's blazing guitar work and the raging, Jim Morrison-like intensity of Wood's vocals on 'No Time' and 'Memories' would fit comfortably alongside hard rock and heavy metal on album rock stations.

"[2] Allmusic's Robert Gabriel gave the album two stars out of five in a retrospective review, criticizing the hard rock direction the band took: "T.S.O.L.

"[6] He remarked that, despite the presence of a few fast-paced songs, the more hard rock-oriented tracks on the album "continued the trend toward rock simplicity.