[1][2] The album was put out by DGC Records; band member Luke Wood was working for the company at the time.

[7] Robert Christgau wrote that "rather than hiding their privilege behind obscure witticisms, these alt-rock everyboys tell it like it is for their cultural class—bright, affluent kids who still have more options than they know what to do with.

"[6] The Evening Standard said that "Jesse Hartman's affecting, weary vocals give the outfit its panache.

"[11] The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette wrote: "Playing like Elastica's kid brothers and writing like graduate students bucking for an A, Sammy has style to burn.

"[14] AllMusic deemed it "a fun, if derivative, album," writing that Sammy "distills the half-mumbled, half-sung vocals, loopy guitars, off-kilter percussion, and sunny pop hooks that Pavement made their own in the late '80s.