[4] Then titled "Young Mother in Style", it evolved into the form seen on Second Album in part through the addition of new lyrics by Sonja Kristina.

AllMusic's review of the CD reissue was largely negative, saying that the album lacks the innovation and originality of the band's other releases, replaced by "a crop of relatively straightforward but sonically flat rock songs".

It notes that the album contains "Back Street Luv", which it says "isn't simply one of the band's own finest moments, it's also one of the crucial singles of the early 1970s."

It further added that only "Piece of Mind" shows any of the classical influences the band was known for, and that, while "spine-tingling" in part, the song also contains features which are by modern standards "hopelessly old-fashioned", "obvious", and "hackneyed".

The river sweats Oil and tar The barges drift With the turning tide Red sails Wide To leeward, swing on the heavy spar.