later reception of the album has been mostly positive. steve huey of the online music database allmusic scored the album four and a half "stars" calling it "arguably devo's strongest set of material, though several brilliant peaks can overshadow the remainder", and "a seminal touchstone in the development of american new wave." "q: are we not men? a: we are devo!" is on "best of" lists, including "spin"'s 50 most essential punk records, pitchfork media's top 100 albums of 1970s and "rolling stone"'s list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.