[4] The cover art depicts Neil Crossley, the band's bass player, and a ride from an obsolete decommissioned merry-go-round.

In an early online review, Jon Bryan rated the album 9.5/10, and wrote:The increased emphasis on guitars means that Urge for Offal is a considerably more accessible album for newcomers to HMHB and that’s no bad thing, as they deserve to finally have recognition as one of the UK’s greatest bands.

Various football references, the odd improbably surreal yarn, and some mentions of cycling, too.

[6] In an online review in Louder Than War magazine, Mark Whitby wrote:Urge for Offal doesn’t just avoid disappointment – it carves out its own very distinctive niche in the history of one of our most treasured bands.

[7] In December 2014, readers of The Guardian voted Urge for Offal best album of the year even though that newspaper had never reviewed or even mentioned it.