68 in Canada in September 1975. Reviewing his self-titled 1974 album in Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies (1981), Robert Christgau wrote: "King Biscuit Boy/Richard Newell is a Canadian Paul Butterfield, which I mean as a compliment, and when he sings lead with producer Allen Toussaint doing backups it's the ultimate white blues fantasy. In reality, though, Newell's high-strung earnestness and virtuoso harmonica can't take this album away from Toussaint".
68 in Canada in September 1975. Reviewing his self-titled 1974 album in Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies (1981), Robert Christgau wrote: "King Biscuit Boy/Richard Newell is a Canadian Paul Butterfield, which I mean as a compliment, and when he sings lead with producer Allen Toussaint providing backup it's the ultimate white blues fantasy. In reality, though, Newell's high-strung earnestness and virtuoso harmonica can't make this album better than Toussaint.