[1] Second was recorded in January 2005 at The Jam Room Studio in Columbia, South Carolina, and produced by Kylesa's Phillip Cope.

Although critical of "a couple strange transitions that feel a bit rushed," he wrote that the EP leaves the listener "wanting more."

He concluded by saying, "Baroness are certainly a band on the move...If [their] first two records are any indication to what a full length might be, expect nothing but great things.

The basslines then fill things in nicely and generally play a pretty significant role, and the hoarsely shouted vocals are powerful without overpowering any of the instrumentation.

"[6] In a review of First & Second for AllMusic, Eduardo Rivadavia named "Red Sky" and "Vision" among the tracks he found "particularly inventive and infectious," saying they "often excel during their softer passages..."[7] All music is composed by Baroness; lyrics by John Baizley.