Reception
Barret Hansen in a December 1968 review for Rolling Stone was unsure of the value of the record; he felt that Beefheart and his band had "the capability of making the ultimate white blues album", but that the "noisy, discom-bobulated freakout shit" and "liquid audio" spoil the potential, so that it was unclear to him if the album was the work of "the world's greatest white bluesman", "a competent musician, capable of occasional titanic moments", or "a hack performer" with genius production.
Stewart Mason in a retrospective Allmusic review]] feels that it's a terrific album but underrated due to the reputation of Bob Krasnow's remixing; though he does feel that the "sound effects and phasing do detract from the album at points".
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