sentences:  "The American Adventure" received mixed reviews upon release.Jack Rabid of Allmusic noted a distinct change of sound from that of the band's debut album, "Holes in the Wall", but it was a change that he felt worked to good effect; "They abandon any semblance of their first LP's clockwork consistency for a bumpy ride of an LP that shifts gears from song to song, or mid-song abruptly but successfully throughout".He went on to draw comparisons with the baroque music of The Beach Boys and "'70s Pink Floyd comfortable numbness".