The song "September Morning" was a tribute to Gram Parsons, a country rock pioneer who died in September 1973 as a result of complications from recreational drug use. A review by Brooks and Wilson in "The Spokesman-Review" stated that album owed "little to fad or fashion", with compelling lyrics. A review in the "Toledo Blade" again compared Crash Vegas to Cowboy Junkies, in which reviewer Doug Iverson stated the band to be "juiced up Cowboy Junkies" as it would "languish in quiet, elegant tunes".