The album was included in Robert Christgau's "Basic Record Library" of 1950s and 1960s recordings, published in "" (1981). As reviewed by Mark Deming, ""Moby Grape" is as refreshing today as it was upon first release, and if fate prevented the group from making a follow-up that was as consistently strong, for one brief shining moment Moby Grape proved to the world they were one of America's great bands. While history remembers the Grateful Dead and Jefferson Airplane as being more important, the truth is neither group ever made an album quite this good."