According to Kip Winger, "On the Inside" was a leftover riff from the Pull sessions that he and Reb Beach worked into a complete song for the release of this compilation.

[2] Paradoxically, the album has a track listing essentially in reverse chronological order, with the more recently finished the song the earlier it appears.

[1] Music critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine lauded the release for the publication Allmusic, stating that it proved that the group has had "some good hooks, a good guitarist in Reb Beach, nice chemistry within the band, and a knack for a power ballad".

The critic noted that among heavy-sounding "bands of the late '80s/early '90s... they were the brunt of more jokes than any of their peers", most notably on the subversive program Beavis and Butt-Head.

However, in Erlewine's view, that didn't change Winger's ability to generate multiple "classics", which the album collects.