the allmusic review, written more than a decade later, takes a longer view. reviewer mark deming writes that "their second album captures the group in the midst of a significant stylistic shift" while acknowledging that the song "'triumph of the will' embraces fascism as a satirical target without bothering to make it sound as if they disapprove." kroq-fm/la long-time disc jockey jed the fish, admittedly a huge fan of devo, sees the album as playing "catch-up," fleshing out many more songs from their immense volume of demo recordings.