Reviews:

It's with more than just tears in my eyes and a lump in my throat that I try to review this last incredible piece of Minutemen vinyl. Things will never be the same and the world will sorely miss D. Boon, not only for what he'd done, but what he could have accomplished. Once again L.A.'s hardest working band has proved to be the city's most important of the last few years. They've musically become slightly slower overall (although, with their all-out versions of such songs as the Urinal's "Ack, Ack, Ack" the energy is still totally driving), and more accessible than in any previous release without losing their heart and intelligence. Appropriately they get a lot of help from many of their friends. Two of the most notable for their influence on this album are Kira (former Black Flag bass player) who co-wrote five songs with Mike Watt, and Ethan James whose production highlights a lot of the band's best aspects. The record starts off with "The Price of Paradise" which is a rock and roll classic in slow motion, and the first side ends to the tune of a true-to-roots cover of Creedence's "Have You Ever Seen the Rain?" The fire of the many protest lyrics, such as "The Spoken Word Piece," the now-classic punk-funk style, the drumming of George Hurley, Mike Watt's bass, and especially singer/activist D.Boon's vocals and guitar work, all touch the soul, the way only a truly great band can.
-Thomas, from Ink Disease #10, 1986