Critical Reception
The Penguin Guide to Jazz describes the album as "a brisk montage of Arkestra music....t works remarkably well and the playing is tight and enigmatic." The Penguin editors also note that "Mysterious Crystal" is of particular interest, with the track "combining a huge array of elements into something that simply cannot be characterized by reference to any other music." Ron Wynn of Allmusic describes the tracks as being "among Sun Ra's most ambitious, unorthodox, and compelling compositions."
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