 "Brainwashed" cited the album one of several late 1980s albums that "[turned] the sampler into an instrument of unparalleled complexity," noting that the band "were mining cartoons, commercials, and funk 45's" on the album.Ned Raggett also commented that the "fair dollop of moody goth/post-punk touches" on the album inadvertently predicted where the group Massive Attack "partially ended up.