Stereo Review acknowledged the album as Beefheart's attempt to "go commercial," while opining that "Captain's conception of commercial is still sweetly weird." Colman Andrews writing in Phonograph Record Magazine described the album as evidence that Van Vliet was "the greatest white blues singer in America today."
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The incarnation of the Magic Band on this album was Bill Harkleroad and Elliot Ingber, guitars; Mark Boston, bass; John French, drums; and Art Tripp, marimba.
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In the period leading up to the recording the band lived communally, first at a compound near Ben Lomond, California, and then in northern California near Trinidad.
Kid Rock | Billy the Kid | The Karate Kid (1984 film) | Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid | The Karate Kid | Kid Ory | Alex da Kid | Kid A | Sundance Kid | Kid Montana | Kid Galahad | Kid Creole and the Coconuts | Kid Carpet | Kid Auto Races at Venice | Ḳid. | I Know My Kid's a Star | The Tap Dance Kid | Star Wars Kid | Star Kid | Marvel Spotlight | Kid 'n Play | Kid British | Karate Kid | In the Spotlight | Diary of a Wimpy Kid | The Sheriff and the Satellite Kid | The Kid with the Broken Halo | The Hot Kid | The Clitheroe Kid | The Butterfly Kid |
On CD, the album is now available only as a "two for one" with its predecessor The Spotlight Kid, giving an overview of the work created when the band were in Felton and then nearby Trinidad, CA.