[1][2] The first track, "Cissy Strut", was the band's opening song during their residency at the Ivanhoe nightclub in late 1960s.

The album's eighth track was named for the 6V6 vacuum tube, which is commonly used in guitar amplifiers.

[7] Tamara Davidson of Revive Music had a positive review and wrote "the album is filled with infectious grooves, filthy bass lines, and revolutionary drum rhythms.

"[8] According to Brian Knight of The Vermont Review, the album "set the pace for both the Meters and the entire New Orleans funk sound.

Indeed, they could fill a jam-band encyclopedia, hundreds of little ideas that could each be stretched out like twenty-minute rubber bands.