[10] Impressed by his work on the album Houdini by Melvins, the band hired producer GGGarth to record Shot.

[11] Of note on the album is the very different production of David Yow's vocals, which are now much clearer and higher in the mix than on previous recordings.

[13] Trouser Press wrote that "songs like 'Thumbscrews' and 'Skull of a German' prove Yow hasn’t lost anything in terms of horror-storytelling, but his stab at 'singing' (much in the manner he employed in his Scratch Acid days) is ill-advised.

"[15] Perfect Sound Forever wrote that "even though the band is bathed in 'clean' conventional studio mix, they are still the Jesus Lizard and that means dark, ugly and weird.

"[16] The Rough Guide to Rock called the album "another wedge of death-metal-grunge that showed little sign of burnout.