allmusic's retrospective review judged the album's biggest flaw to be that the band was still presenting themselves as wall of voodoo, even without the distinctive presences of joe nanini and stan ridgway. they cited "business of love" and "big city" as examples of failed attempts to imitate the original band, while declaring "far side of crazy," "room with a view," "dark as a dungeon," and "(don't spill my) courage" to all be exceptional tracks which sounded little like the nanini/ridgway lineup.