[5] The Independent's Tim Perry said the album's "blend of punk, grunge and a touch of hardcore seems to have been made with the tastes of American rock radio in mind".

[6] In The Rough Guide to Rock, writer Alex Ogg said "continued their intriguing blend of metal-tinted guitar fire, punkish brevity, angry attack and thoughtful lyrics".

[7] The album's opening track "Paralyse", as well as "Paranoid People", evokes the early material of Faith No More;[8] John Street of The Times referred to it as a "Lennonesque chant, endlessly repeating its slogan like a demonstration circling a roundabout".

[23][24] On 21 July 1999, 3 Colours Red announced they were breaking up amidst creative differences; they played their final performances at the Reading and Leeds Festivals.

[25] AllMusic reviewer Jason Damas wrote that album was not a "very compelling listen", with the band lacking a "sense of humor or an individual personality" compared to other punk acts.

[6] Rock Hard writer Jan Jaedike noted that the band "matured a bit" with the new album, though this came at the cost of "freshness and a latent tendency towards static compositions is unmistakable".

[26] The Day's Rick Koster said the band "rocks a lot [...] and are quite capable of belting out memorable choruses over the sea of barre chords".

[4] The staff at Evening Standard remarked: "This is rock 'n' roll, kids, and it's loud and shouty and, erm, just a teensy bit boring.

[27] Select writer John Mullen the band's "rage is too formulaic to reach the very concrete terrors of the Manics' 'Holy Bible'", adding that the song names "read like Weird Al-style Radiohead parodies".