[3] Jason Ankeny, for AllMusic, wrote: "A sweeping, stately record, it owes a great deal to the Stones' Exile on Main St."[1] The Encyclopedia of Popular Music called the album "a strong collection of original material.

"[5] Trouser Press called it "consistently ace," writing that "strong tunes like 'Firetrap', 'Good Luck Morning' and the rousing, horn-driven 'Hole in the Mountain' [are] given a spiky, full-bodied grace.

"[6] Uncut deemed it an "underselling classic" that "captures perfectly [the band's] haunted experimentalism.

"[7] CMJ New Music Monthly wrote that the album's "disposition is pensive and vaguely ominous throughout.

"[8] All songs by the Walkabouts (c)1994, Fire & Skill Publishing (BMI), administrated worldwide by Bug Music Inc.