Later reception of the album has been mostly positive. Steve Huey of the online music database Allmusic scored the album four and a half "stars" calling it "arguably Devo's strongest set of material, though several brilliant peaks can overshadow the remainder", and "a seminal touchstone in the development of American new wave." "Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!" is on "best of" lists, including "Spin"'s 50 Most Essential Punk Records, Pitchfork Media's top 100 albums of 1970s and "Rolling Stone"<nowiki>'</nowiki>s list of The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.