In a review for "Record Mirror", Eleanor Levy said that the album "shows just how difficult it is to transfer spontaneity [of their earlier work to vinyl." She added that it was a "mixed bag indeed. It's not the album it should have been — but it's close." AllMusic reviewer Dean Carlson called it "hin, spiky, jagged folk music", and commented on the performances by the band: "Booth is a mere bystander to his wild vocals while the rest of the band watch ... Whelan have an absolute fit on — what sounds like — four drum kits at once. This is shoddy, shameless chaos. Nothing more than a terribly produced mess of tragic rock-star baiting and deliberate discordance. An amazing debut." Chris Roberts of "Sounds" considered it "such a "slight disappointment"." He added that it was "an interesting but club-footed student exercise."