According to Jason Berry's Up from the Cradle of Jazz, several tracks on this album are preliminary recordings and were selected for release in the absence of band members.

[4] Stephen Erlewine had a negative view and critiqued the album's attempt to sound mainstream.

He singles out three tracks as exceptions: "Mister Moon", "Doodle Loop" and "Honky Tonk Women".

[2] Joe McEwen of Rolling Stone critiqued the song choices and the attempt to please the commercial market.

[5] Robert Christgau also critiqued the song choices and had a positive view of the title track.