Reception
Although the album failed to make the Billboard Top 200 albums chart, the single "Get Out Of Denver" reached 80. Critics and longtime Seger fans tend to regard the album as a lost classic, much like its predecessor Back in '72. For example, Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic gave the album 5/5 stars, calling it "one of strongest, hardest-hitting rock records". Summing up, Erlewine wrote:
- "Only nine songs, lasting just over a half-hour, but it's one of the most infectious sets Seger ever cut, proving that he wasn't just a dynamite rocker, but he had the songs to match. And, again, it didn't have any success -- it didn't even chart, actually. That doesn't change the fact that this is one of his very best albums. "
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