Popular References & Awards
In the film The Big Lebowski, Jeffrey "The Dude" Lebowski has a cassette of the album in his car stereo. One car scene features "Run Through the Jungle", while another scene depicting The Dude smoking marijuana in his car is accompanied by "Lookin' Out My Back Door". The album is also mentioned in the Coen Brothers' later film A Serious Man as one of the LPs that Larry Gopnik is offered by the Columbia Record Club.
"Long As I Can See the Light" plays over the ending credits of the 2009 thriller State of Play and the closing scene of the Las Vegas episode "Always Faithful".
In 2003, the album was ranked number 265 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.
"Long As I Can See the Light" was covered by Monkey Mafia and released as a single in 1998 from their 1998 album Shoot the Boss.
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“You are, I am sure, aware that genuine popular support in the United States is required to carry out any Government policy, foreign or domestic. The American people make up their own minds and no governmental action can change it.”
—Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945)